FINANCIAL ADVISORY
HOULIHAN SMITH & COMPANY INC. is a middle-market investment banking firm that provides financial advisory services to public and private businesses around the world. Houlihan is a leading provider of financial opinions, financing, merger and acquisition advisory, restructuring and reorganization services, and other corporate advisory services.
A partial list of topics for discussion:
| • Shareholder activism | • IPOs |
| • Fiduciary duty | • Business banking |
| • Auction rate securities | • Business funding |
| • FAS 157 | • Alternative business funding |
| • Business reorganization | • Business debt restructuring |
| • Private placement memorandums | • Business lines of credit |
| • Mergers and acquisitions planning | • Business loans |
| • Reverse mergers | • Small business loans |
| • Creating acquisition strategies | • Business plans |
| • Understanding the merger and acquisition pros and cons |
• Buying a business |
| • Working with business attorneys | • Businesses for sale |
| • Broker price opinions | • Selling a business |
| • Solvency opinions, fairness opinions | • Business advisory |
| • Majority opinions | • Business analysis |
| • Minority opinions | • Business intelligence |
| • How to determine fair market value | • Venture capital |
| • Company values | • Debt financing |
| • Corporate values | • Angel financing and angel investors |
| • Corporate governance | • Working capital |
| • Business valuation | • Commercial lenders |
| • Valuation of family owned business | • Accounts receivable financing |
| • Asset valuation | • Mezzanine financing |
| • Book valuations | • Asset based financing |
| • DCF valuation | • Business financing |
| • Chapter 7 bankruptcy | • Equipment financing |
| • Chapter 11 bankruptcy | • SBA business loans |
| • Chapter 13 bankruptcy | • Sarbanes Oxley |
| • ESOPs | |
The Houlihan name is synonymous with deal-making expertise and leadership in valuation and fairness issues. Houlihan’s teams of experienced professionals are located around the world and are able to create custom-tailored solutions to our clients varying needs. Houlihan is frequently engaged to represent Special Committees and Boards of Directors on a broad range of financial matters.
We are a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and registered as a licensed broker-dealer. The methodology applied by Houlihan reflects professional excellence, industry expertise, and client commitment.