Mergers & Acquisitions Originations
Thematic Targeted Search Expertise Supporting
Middle Market and Lower Middle Market Growth
Andra \an-dra\ – A name of Greek origin meaning “strong or courageous”.
As a thematic buy-side mergers and acquisitions origination firm focused on the middle market and lower middle market, Andra Partners aligns with leading private equity investment firms and corporate clients in support of their strategic growth objectives. Andra Partners is committed to enhancing its current long term client partnerships, and selectively building new client partnerships with appropriate acquirers and investors in collaborative pursuit of these objectives.
To that end, Andra Partners utilizes a proprietary 6-step targeted search process leveraging best in class research protocols and resources to identify pure proprietary acquisition opportunities. These thesis-driven targeted searches support client-defined platform and add-on initiatives across nearly all industry verticals, and engage the ownership of middle market companies and lower middle market companies in confidential dialogues with industry focused acquirers and investors.
As a result, Andra Partners has delivered over $5B in change of control investment opportunities to its clients, and enabled the ownership and leadership of many middle market companies to explore enhanced business growth and wealth capture strategies that further capitalize on their success.
Mission
Andra Partners’ mission is to accelerate growth in the U.S. middle market by delivering proprietary investment opportunities with industry leading middle market companies and lower middle market companies to world class financial and strategic investors.
Core Values
1) Integrity
2) Excellence
3) Collaboration
4) Responsiveness
5) Professionalism
Services
Thematic Research
Andra Partners successfully leverages a unique 6-step targeted search process to identify and engage pure proprietary acquisition and investment targets on its client’s behalf. This structured process is equally effective for both platform and add-on targeted search initiatives, as well as across industry verticals.
Executed Targeted Searches
There are instances when a company identified as the result of a targeted search is a more appropriate acquisition for a firm other than the one which initially chartered that targeted search. In these instances, Andra Partners utilizes a detailed research screening protocol to identify one or more other appropriate prospective acquirer candidate(s).
Andra Partners is a specialized M&A originations practice that primarily executes thesis-driven targeted searches.
It leverages a proprietary 6-step target research and engagement process to generate pure proprietary opportunities for its private equity and corporate clients, and is differentiated from traditional buy-side M&A advisories by both its process and focused collaborative approach. While targeted thematic search is more complex and resource intensive than opportunistic search, it more closely aligns Andra Partners’ efforts with the needs of its clients, as the targets identified and engaged on their behalf are selected by them from our research and specifically aligned with their stated investment criteria and objectives.
If you are the owner of a leading middle market company and are reading this information it may be as the result of either;
a) a direct contact you have received from Andra Partners, or
b) a referral to Andra Partners you have received from an advisor or other referral source.
Andra Partners is not a business brokerage or traditional investment banking operation. It is a buy-side mergers and acquisitions originations firm that primarily executes thematic targeted searches in support of the industry-focused acquisition and investment objectives of its private equity and corporate clients.
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Professionals
Meet our team of buy-side mergers and acquisitions specialists. M&A Advisor, M&A Consulting, Acquisition Advisors.
Peter H. (“PJ”) Smith, Jr.
Char Conlin
Robert A. Ferrante, Jr.
Leonard O. (“Leo”) Qendro
Antonio J. (“Tony”) Aquilina
William G. Freels III
Austin S. Olney
Kenneth C. Boyle
Jacob R. (“Jake”) Varteresian
Andrew Fassel
Maureen E. Herlihy
Jeffrey J. Kirkham
Clients
Andra Partners has been fortunate to support many of the world’s leading private equity firms, and views these relationships as life cycle partnerships that become increasingly effective through collaboration over time.