Sucsy, Fischer & Company
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Sucsy, Fischer & Company is a Chicago
area-based independent investment banking
firm serving middle-market companies throughout the United States. It advises on sell-side and buy-side mergers and acquisitions, management buyouts, divestitures, recapitalizations and restructuring transactions. The firm assists in the process of raising both equity and debt capital for middle-market companies. It also prepares independent valuations of companies for mergers, estate planning and litigation or for other reasons.
, strategic partnering and the planning of significant corporate finance actions and steps. SFCO handles the institutional private placements for middle-market companies of equity, senior debt, mezzanine debt and subordinated debt
, including structuring, negotiating, cash flow analysis and advice on the timing of financing transactions. It offers restructuring
, recapitalization and reorganization advice, as well as providing formal business valuation
, fairness opinion
and research services. Upon occasion the firm has provided interim management. Typically, SFCo focuses on companies with enterprise values up to $300 million. The senior professionals of the firm have completed assignments in a broad range of industries including information technology, communications, Internet-related technology, software, health care services, medical devices, financial services, manufacturing, consumer products and business services.
Chicago
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area-based independent investment banking
Investment banking
An investment bank is a financial institution that assists individuals, corporations and governments in raising capital by underwriting and/or acting as the client's agent in the issuance of securities...
firm serving middle-market companies throughout the United States. It advises on sell-side and buy-side mergers and acquisitions, management buyouts, divestitures, recapitalizations and restructuring transactions. The firm assists in the process of raising both equity and debt capital for middle-market companies. It also prepares independent valuations of companies for mergers, estate planning and litigation or for other reasons.
History
Founded in 1972, Sucsy, Fischer & Company (SFCo) is one of the older continuously operating middle-market investment banks in the greater Chicago area.Operations
SFCo provides financial and advisory services involving mergers, acquisitions, corporate divestitures, management buyouts and leveraged buyouts. It also provides advice on transaction structuring, negotiating assistance, due diligenceDue diligence
"Due diligence" is a term used for a number of concepts involving either an investigation of a business or person prior to signing a contract, or an act with a certain standard of care. It can be a legal obligation, but the term will more commonly apply to voluntary investigations...
, strategic partnering and the planning of significant corporate finance actions and steps. SFCO handles the institutional private placements for middle-market companies of equity, senior debt, mezzanine debt and subordinated debt
Subordinated debt
In finance, subordinated debt is debt which ranks after other debts should a company fall into receivership or bankruptcy....
, including structuring, negotiating, cash flow analysis and advice on the timing of financing transactions. It offers restructuring
Restructuring
Restructuring is the corporate management term for the act of reorganizing the legal, ownership, operational, or other structures of a company for the purpose of making it more profitable, or better organized for its present needs...
, recapitalization and reorganization advice, as well as providing formal business valuation
Business valuation
Business valuation is a process and a set of procedures used to estimate the economic value of an owner’s interest in a business. Valuation is used by financial market participants to determine the price they are willing to pay or receive to consummate a sale of a business...
, fairness opinion
Fairness opinion
A fairness opinion is a professional evaluation by an investment bank or other third party as to whether the terms of a merger, acquisition, buyback, spin-off, or going private are fair...
and research services. Upon occasion the firm has provided interim management. Typically, SFCo focuses on companies with enterprise values up to $300 million. The senior professionals of the firm have completed assignments in a broad range of industries including information technology, communications, Internet-related technology, software, health care services, medical devices, financial services, manufacturing, consumer products and business services.