Carleton McKenna Bolsters Economic Expansion with Canton-Based Companies

During the first half of 2023, Carleton McKenna spent significant time in the city serving as home to the Pro Football Hall of Fame: Canton, OH. Carleton McKenna closed three transactions with headquarters in Canton, OH over a six-month period. Canton is an up-and-coming industrial hub in the state of Ohio with notable manufacturing and…

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Carleton McKenna & Co and Gates Group Advisors Announce Strategic Partnership

Carleton McKenna & Gates Group Advisors are pleased to announce they have entered a strategic partnership, combining Carleton McKenna’s investment banking experience and Gates Group’s private equity led strategic consulting for business owners.  Cleveland, OH Carleton McKenna & Co, a Cleveland-based investment banking firm, today announced its partnership with Gates Group Advisors (“GGA”) to offer Strategic Consulting focused on delivering shareholder value creation for clients. The Strategic Consulting Services are specifically designed to help…

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Creating Silver Linings through M&A During a Downturn Part Three

Silver Linings

Transformational Investing for Success In this article, Carleton McKenna analyzes the silver linings that help businesses come out of recessionary periods with some of their highest growth rates. We will then discuss what transformative investment opportunities may exist in the current environment to help position companies to achieve strong growth coming out of the COVID-19…

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Creating Silver Linings through M&A During a Downturn: Part Two

Silver Linings

The Opportunity to Refocus & Divest The last U.S. recession is twelve-years in our rearview mirror, leaving modern data and anecdotes in its wake. Some companies were better prepared than others, creating more valuable cost structures, maintaining steady revenue or successfully mitigating any steep cliffs. These companies didn’t undertake extreme cost-cutting measures and chose not…

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Creating Silver Linings through M&A During a Downturn

Silver Linings

Part 1: Pursuing Unique Growth Opportunities For most company executives words such as “downturn,” “recession,” “economic slowdown,” and perhaps most fitting for 2020, “global pandemic,” send a cold shiver down the spine. Rightly so, as these periods are associated with stalled growth, pay cuts, layoffs and poor company performance. In the case of dealmakers, financing…

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Brooke Hradisky Discusses “Taking Chips off the Table” – Crain’s Cleveland & ACG Cleveland

Brooke Hradisky Discusses "Taking Chips off the Table" - Crain's Cleveland & ACG Cleveland

Cleveland, OH, January 17, 2020 – Carleton McKenna & Co.’s Vice President, Brooke A. Hradisky, shares thoughts on maintaining ownership and operational control through a minority recapitalization in Crain’s Cleveland. The original article, “Taking Chips Off the Table”, is part of ACG Cleveland’s sponsored content and can be found here. Taking chips off the table: Minority recapitalization an…

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