Prairie Capital Advisors, Inc. serves closely held, private firms located throughout the U.S. As transactions are being considered, Prairie Capital Advisors assists by providing decision-making analysis that objectively compares the impacts of various alternative strategies and structures, ranging from fractional intra-family gifts to sales of entire enterprises. Different transaction forms can have widely divergent consequences with respect to execution timeline, taxes, risk assumed and other factors. Thus, intelligent and thorough analysis is critical because it presents the impacts of these subtleties in addition to valuation expectations.

Once a specific transaction form and structure is chosen, Prairie Capital Advisors can assist with implementation along the entire transaction spectrum*, from pure valuation support to investment banking. At any point in time our staff is typically working on a number of planning, valuation, ESOP implementation, leveraged buyout, management buyout and private enterprise sale transactions. Throughout the process of executing a transaction, project leaders remain aware of alternative strategies and are prepared to assist in the re-evaluation of them as needed.

It’s never too early to start thinking about business ownership succession and transition. We’ll help you identify the issues related to your business goals, work with you to define priorities and develop a comprehensive action plan and timeline. Start the planning process today – and enjoy the peace of mind you’ll have tomorrow knowing your business is taken care of well into the future.

* With the exception of IPOs