Bringing 20 years of experience in mergers, acquisitions and capital placement to the middle market.
Woodville Hall Capital was formed to ensure that in a consolidating investment banking industry, the middle market can still access experienced, professional help at a reasonable fee structure. The US banking industry is consolidating at an ever increasing pace
The number of pure investment banks is shrinking as leading players merge with or become traditional deposit banks to strengthen their balance sheets
As banks increase in size, and their income is produced increasingly from trading activities with higher income-to-professional ratios, M&A divisions in the leading banks are under constant pressure to focus on larger transactions with concomitantly larger fee income, and flatter staff structures to increase profit per transaction
Engagement fees now are typically $250,000-500,000
Minimum fees increasingly are at $2-3m per transaction
Given these trends, a space exists in the advisory marketplace for boutiques with experienced professionals who can profitably target M&A and private placement transactions in the $50-500m range and provide:
Senior level attention to each transaction
Traditional fee structures that make sense for the client as well as the bank