Engagement Highlights

GSM focuses on working with middle market and high growth companies to monetize their shareholder value with minority and majority sales to Private Equity and Strategic Buyers, raise growth capital from the Private Credit Market, as well as develop their growth strategy, improve business performance and explore strategic alternatives of growing by acquisition or merger. Engagement Highlights are listed below.

GSM advises Marketing Service Business with $92MM in revenue on its recapitalization and growth strategy.

GSM advises Midwest $10MM EBITDA manufacturing company on its exit strategy and sale.

GSM advises Midwest sustainable energy firm on its recapitalization with private placement.

GSM advises Industrial Heavy Equipment privately held company with over 33 locations on the acquisition of five companies to grow its revenues by over $623MM and then advises the company founders on selling the entire business.

GSM advises West Coast information technology high growth company on strategic initiatives, sales effectiveness, and capital strategy.

GSM advises Midwest automotive finance company on strategic initiatives for improving sales effectiveness and executive alignment.

GSM explored strategic alternatives for a Midwest frozen food company with distribution in the food service, government, and wholesale markets and advised the company on its exit options.

GSM advised private equity fund focused on Healthcare, Information Technology, Business Services, and E-commerce companies with its fund formation and capital raise.

GSM advises leading Global exchange on operational improvement initiatives to enable execution of planned growth strategy.

GSM advises Chicago based Decision Management company on montetization strategies and business model alternatives.

GSM advises $100 million Midwest automotive finance company subsidary on strategic initiatives and business transformation strategy.

GSM advises middle market Midwest automotive wholesale company on strategic alternatives for intl growth.

GSM advises Midwest business services company on strategic initiatives.

GSM advises Chicago based Digital Advertising Agency newco and its Fortune 1000 CEO founder on private placement, growth strategy development, offering document creation, organization & board structure, and business formation documents, business systems, and banking relationships.

GSM advises Private Equity Fund on formation and fund capital raise.

GSM advised a small cap public Beverage company on shareholder value creation alternatives including a capital raise with PIPE (Private Investment in Public Equity), a private debt placement, and a take private transaction. After weighing the shareholder impact of various alterntives on shareholder value, we advised the company to increase the shares outstanding and sell additional equity.