Entrepreneurs and family management generally know their business inside and out – they are good stewards of their investment. But selling your own company has been compared to do-it-yourself cataract surgery…
Ok, DIY eye surgery is clearly an exaggeration, but anecdotally the value added by a skilled M&A advisor to a privately held company is immeasurable.
Frequent concerns of our entrepreneurial clients include:
Grace Matthews remains an entrepreneurial investment bank – our founders are still active deal makers. We understand a private business owner’s concerns, and tailor our advice to the circumstances. You only sell your chemical business once, and want to avoid the big mistake. We work hard to eliminate pitfalls and diminish the chances of mistakes.
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Grace Matthews advised Chemsolv, Inc.
Grace Matthews advised Ferrovia Services
has been acquired by Wind Point Partners' portfolio company
Grace Matthews advised Strem Chemicals, Inc.
has sold its Colorado and New Mexico store locations to
Grace Matthews advised Diamond Vogel
has been acquired by H.I.G. Capital's portfolio company
Grace Matthews advised KOST USA
Grace Matthews advised Custom-Pak Products
Grace Matthews advised Rheogistics LLC
a wholly owned subsidiary of Tingue, Brown & Co. has been acquired by Olympus Partners' portfolio company
Grace Matthews advised Tingue, Brown & Co.
Grace Matthews advised Water Science Technologies
has been acquired by Arsenal Capital Partners' portfolio company
Grace Matthews advised Epoxies, Etc.
Grace Matthews advised Ritus, Classic and Vanseal
has sold select Canadian assets to
Grace Matthews advised Buckman Laboratories International, LLC
has been recapitalized by
Grace Matthews advised Aakash Chemicals & Dye-Stuffs
Grace Matthews advised The Ingredient House
through its subsidiary, GEO Specialty Chemicals, has sold its DMPA business to
Grace Matthews advised CPS & Arsenal Capital Partners
through its subsidiary, Evans Chemetics, has sold its Thioester Business to
Grace Matthews advised Bruno Bock
has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the kaolin minerals business of
Grace Matthews advised KaMin LLC
has sold its methylamines business to Belle Chemical Company, an affiliate of
Grace Matthews advised The Chemours Company
has divested its surfactants, thickeners and dispersants business to
a subsidiary of
Grace Matthews advised H.B. Fuller Company
has sold its Specialty Fluids business to
Grace Matthews advised Cabot Corporation
Grace Matthews advised Merit Capital Partners and Management
has acquired
Grace Matthews advised Gabriel Performance Products
has sold its subsidiary CiDRA Chemical Management Inc. (CCMI) to
Grace Matthews advised CiDRA Holdings, LLC
Grace Matthews advised Applied Adhesives
Grace Matthews advised Henry Company
has sold its Baytown Operations to
Grace Matthews advised TPC Group
has sold its global Polyolefin Catalysts business to
Grace Matthews advised BASF Corporation
a division of
Grace Matthews advised CASS Polymers and Shoreview Industries
Grace Matthews advised Ennis-Flint
has sold it's pressurized polyurethane foam adhesives business to
Grace Matthews advised 3M Company
has acquired select assets of the Capcure business from
has solid its portfolio company
to
Grace Matthews advised Delos and California Products
Grace Matthews advised Edgewater Capital and Management
has acquired the assets of
Grace Matthews advised California Products Corporation
Grace Matthews advised W.F. Taylor Co.
Grace Matthews advised Jones-Blair Company
Grace Matthews advised Compass Chemical
Grace Matthews advised Eastman Chemical Company
has been recapitalized by a confidential private equity group
Grace Matthews advised Polytex Environmental Inks
Grace Matthews advised Allcast
Grace Matthews advised Silbond Holdings
has sold its portfolio company
Grace Matthews advised Superior Capital and Edge Adhesives
has sold its aroma chemicals business to
Grace Matthews advised Kerry Group
has sold certain assets to
Grace Matthews advised Spraylat Corporation
a wholly owned subsidiary of Syrgis Performance Products, LLC has been acquired by
Grace Matthews advised Syrgis Performance Products
Grace Matthews advised Northern Wire, LLC
has sold its Longview, WA operations to
Grace Matthews advised Equa-Chlor, Inc.,
Grace Matthews advised Celeste and Brockway Moran & Partners
Grace Matthews advised Nicoat and Prairie Capital
Grace Matthews advised Marianna Industries
Grace Matthews advised Audax Group
from
Grace Matthews advised Landec Corporation
Grace Matthews advised Safway and ThyssenKrupp
Grace Matthews advised the buying group
has sold its Resilient Floor Coatings Business to
Grace Matthews advised LORD Corporation
Grace Matthews advised Engine Control Systems
has acquired a majority interest in
Grace Matthews advised Vesta
Grace Matthews advised Minco
Grace Matthews advised Akzo Nobel
has acquired the stock of
Grace Matthews advised Specialty Coatings Company
Grace Matthews advised GSI General Materials
Grace Matthews advised Northwest Coatings
Grace Matthews advised Northstar Chemicals
has sold its Specialty Sweetener Division to
Grace Matthews advised Chr Hansen
has sold the assets of Lubrizol Performance Systems to
Grace Matthews advised Lubrizol Corporation
has merged with
Grace Matthews advised Columbia Paint & Coatings
Grace Matthews advised ColorMatrix Corporation
has licensed exclusive fields of Intelimer Technology from
has sold its Engine Control Systems division to
Grace Matthews advised CERAC, Inc.
has sold its U. S. fine chemicals subsidiary to
Grace Matthews advised Borregaard Synthesis, Inc.
Grace Matthews advised Pacific Epoxy Polymers
has sold its Excipients Division to
has sold certain assets of the Foam Latex operations to
Grace Matthews advised Bostik Findley
has sold its Specialty Coatings operations to
Grace Matthews advised Raabe Corporation
has sold its subsidiary Safway Formwork Systems, LLC to
Grace Matthews advised Safway Services, Inc.
has sold its specialty chemical subsidiary