Are you the owner of privately held business in Illinois? Joseph Associates International, Inc. is the ideal advisor to help you plan and implement an exit strategy. The sale of your business is an important life decision and complex process. The difference between potential outcomes can be dramatic.

You need top talent and can’t afford anything less. We have an unbeatable team with a rare depth and breadth of experience. Our president, Joe McCaul, holds the coveted designation of Merger & Acquisition Master Intermediary from the M&A Source, the world’s largest organization of middle market intermediaries. Our organization boasts two CPAs and four MBAs who are graduates of University of Chicago (2), Cleveland’s Case Western Reserve University and Northeastern University in Boston.

During the planning phase, our staff will assist you by providing answers to crucial questions such as these:

• What is your company’s fair market value?
• Are there corporate assets with hidden value?
• Is this a good time for you to sell?
• Can I attract private equity for a recapitalization so as to achieve personal financial diversification now but continue to operate and grow the company?
• How can you increase the firm’s value prior to the intended sale date?
• What type of buyer (insider, financial, strategic, etc.) would best meet your objectives?

When examining a business in detail, we often identify issues that require outside advisors. Our extensive professional network allows us to introduce you to top specialists that can address virtually any specific needs you might have. You can meet many of them yourself at the Exit Planning seminars we regularly conduct with such well known institutions as Harris Private Bank and Northern Trust.

Our licensed psychologist, Dr. Nick Howard, can provide invaluable assistance in helping you overcome the many issues inherent in such a major transition. He is highly qualified to assess internal candidates for succession planning purposes. Dr Howard is also an executive coach who can help you and your management team on the road to success.

Should you decide to upon a third-party sale now, we are uniquely positioned to find the best buyer. Chicago has the nation’s highest concentration of private equity groups, often the best possible buyers for mid-market firms. Our office in the Chicago Board of Trade Building is located dead-center in the financial district providing us with regular, face-to-face contact with principals of private equity groups. Corporate executives in career transition are the largest pool of prospects. Our patent-pending Credentialing® process generates an independent stream such buyers who we have educated and enabled. Many of our “alumni” have bought businesses that we represented. Our overseas ties and World Trade Center connections give us a global marketing reach.

Besides having more and better buyers, our Biz Tour™ marketing process protects confidentiality, highlights value, motivates buyers to act and sharply reduces owner’s time in the sale process. The owners remain focused on the business because they are not distracted by endless meeting with tire-kickers.

There is no other firm in this market that can offer anything close to the complete package that we offer our clients. Mergers & acquisitions are a team sport. Do not try it alone. Only invite “A” players onto your team. Contact us now!