Sell-Side M&A Advisory

Mergers and acquisitions, quietly engineered.

When you decide to sell the company you built, the last thing you want is for word to get out before you are ready. We market your business confidentially, we keep the process in the hands of a principal from the first call to the close, and we reach buyers across the United States and the United Kingdom so the right one can find you.

BlackRose Group · A Word From Us
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Years our founder has
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IHow We Work

The same person you meet runs your deal all the way to the close.

Selling a company is one of the biggest decisions you will ever make, and it deserves the attention of someone senior who stays with you the whole way. At BlackRose Group every inquiry is reviewed by a principal, and the principal who takes your first call is the one who carries your mandate through to signing. You are never handed off to a junior, and your name is never out in the open before you choose.

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Reviewed by a principal

Every inquiry comes straight to a partner, in confidence, so you are talking to a decision maker from the very first message.

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Kept quiet

We market your business under non-disclosure agreements and run open mandates under code names, so staff, customers, and competitors learn nothing before they need to.

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Never rushed

We frame the right exit, prepare the materials properly, and bring buyers in on your timeline, because a year of good preparation usually produces a far better outcome than a reactive process.

From the founder
We have closed twenty-seven transactions across nearly five decades. Every one began the same way, with a conversation between principals, in confidence.
Ken Miller · Founder & President · Lafayette, Louisiana
IISectors

Five sectors where we already know the buyers.

We are active across five sectors today, which means when it is time to take your business to market we are not starting cold. We already know who the strategic buyers, the sponsors, and the family offices are in your world.

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Industrials & Manufacturing
Plants, distribution, and the businesses that build and move things, led by a president who has run turnarounds and buyouts for 30 years.
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Energy
Service, equipment, and infrastructure companies rooted in our Gulf Coast home market and beyond.
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Healthcare
Provider groups, services, and supporting businesses, matched to buyers who understand the regulation.
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Business Services
The recurring-revenue service companies that strategics and sponsors compete hardest to own.
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Consumer
Food, beverage, and brand businesses, including deals like Ambhar Tequila, taken to the right strategic home.
IIIThe Principals

The people who pick up the phone are the people who do the work.

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Ken Miller
Founder & President
Lafayette, Louisiana
48 years in M&A advisory and wealth management. 27 transactions closed worth more than $300M. Nominated for 2018 ACG Louisiana Deal Maker of the Year.
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John Howard, II
President, Industrials & Manufacturing
Raleigh, North Carolina
A 30-year career in corporate turnarounds and private-equity buyouts, leading our industrials and manufacturing mandates.
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Moses Elwon
Partner
London, United Kingdom
Runs middle-market M&A and cross-border buyer outreach from London, opening the door to strategic and sponsor buyers across the UK and Europe.
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Matthew Griffin
President of Strategy
Austin, Texas
Middle-market M&A with more than $30M of deal exposure, shaping how we position each business for the strongest possible result.
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Frank Somma
Executive, Food & Beverage
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
More than 20 years across sales and business development in food processing, telecom, and textiles, leading our consumer work.
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Dale Behan
Senior Consultant & Analyst
Dallas, Texas
More than 10 years on both the sell side and the buy side, with the analytics and advisory work that keeps a mandate moving.

Nine principals and operators across the United States and the United Kingdom. The same people you meet at the pitch run your deal to close.

IVOffices & Reach

Rooted on the Gulf Coast, with buyers on two continents.

When a buyer can come from anywhere, you are far more likely to find the one who values your business the most rather than just the one who lives nearby. We work from four offices and reach buyers across the United States and the United Kingdom.

Lafayette
Headquarters · Sell-side & advisory
Louisiana, USA
Dallas
Senior advisory & analytics
Texas, USA
New Jersey
Business development & origination
Asbury Park, USA
London
Capital markets & cross-border M&A
United Kingdom
United StatesUnited KingdomIndependently recognized by Axial
VBegin A Conversation

The most consequential deals start with a single call.

Tell us a little about your company and where you are in your thinking. Your message goes straight to a principal, it stays in strict confidence, and we reply within one business day. There is no obligation, and nothing leaves this conversation.

  • What your business could be worth to the right buyer
  • Who those buyers are, here and across the Atlantic
  • How we keep the whole process quiet until you choose
  • What the months before a sale should look like
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