Global Excellence 2019

Acquisition International - Global Excellence 2019 73 Acquisition International - Issue 2 21 Providing Optimum Outcomes In Mid-Market Business Sales and implementation by top talent. The business owner and the M&A Advisor team must work well together to drive these elements to maximum advantage. IBG’s staff provides the talent to coordinate all aspects and teammembers to ensure the best business sale results to accomplish the client’s objectives. The IBG advisor ensures the M&A process is carried forward from start through the conclusion, working to best achieve the priorities and objectives of the client, whether a buyer or a seller. Roger Walker founder and CEO of Citadel Technologies, following his recent sale, said of IBG Business; “(IBG Business) …spotted organizational and strategic opportunities to build Citadel’s value…recommended experts to help us improve sales, save taxes, give transactional legal advice, and assist with due diligence…strategically prepared us for our sale…unearthed and explained the true underlying value from buying Citadel, then ‘set the table’ before working successfully with top strategic and private equity prospects, and navigating us to a great result.” Key to clients’ success is the diverse talents of the deal-maker team. The firm has built extensive outreach contacts, and appropriate tools and resources. IBG’s team has broad and deep training and experience in the multifaceted aspects of managing a transaction from the concept to conclusion. They are ready to recognize the opportunities and hazards that are sure to occur through the process, perceive the best choices, and direct the deal to the optimal outcome. The IBG M&A platform is now in its fourth decade of proven performance and continuous improvement. When people know of the firm, the common refrain is IBG Business helps owners retire as millionaires. Principals of IBG Business have accomplished, managed and overseen over 1,100 company sales in North America in addition to serving scores of business owners with M&A consulting and valuation assignments. Each founder is regarded as a trailblazer for visionary leadership in helping shape the M&A profession as it exists today. Their acquisition expertise has been forged through focus, full-time for more than thirty years, providing superior divestiture and acquisition services for business owners. They have earned leading industry certifications and licenses, and have been honoured repeatedly by industry peers for visionary leadership in the M&A profession. IBG Business and its founding partners -- Jim Afinowich located in Arizona, Gary Papay in Pennsylvania, John Zayac in Colorado, and John Johnson in Oklahoma -- were recognized as Acquisition International Magazine’s 2019 Global Excellence Award selection as The Mid-Market Business Mergers and Acquisitions Specialists for the USA. The company is continuing to grow, having recently added offices in Nevada and New Mexico. With offices strategically located across the USA, IBG Business is prepared to match the best in regional expertise with global reach. To find out more about selling a business in today’s strong market or to discuss M&A broker and advisor services, contact IBG at www. IBGBusiness.com “The business owner and the M&A Advisor team must work well together to drive these elements to maximum advantage. IBG’s staff provides the talent to coordinate all aspects and team members to ensure the best business sale results to accomplish the client’s objectives.” Mid-Market Bus ess Mergers and Acquisitions Specialist 2019 - USA