Our firm represents a broad range of industries including:
Automotive
Attractions & Family Entertainment Centers
Construction & Heavy Equipment
Industrial Products
Manufacturing and distribution
Real Estate
Technology
Worldwide Security
Business Services
Estate &
Trust Planning
Your family’s legacy is one of your most valuable assets, and the successful transfer of wealth and values from one generation to the next requires the proper estate planning tools. You will also need a trusted partner with the proven expertise, as well as dedication, to achieve your goals. Audientis will develop tax-efficient strategies to reduce your overall estate tax exposure, introduce sophisticated family and charitable gifting strategies and consult on techniques that will safeguard assets for future generations.
Financing
In today’s world, the financing market is overly complex; practices once built on relationships are now based on complicated accounting, numerical matrices, and regulations. What makes it more complicated is that different members of the family or closely-owned business may be at different stages of their life cycle. Some members may be looking for security and low risk, whereas others might be more open to investing in the business to keep it growing. Each business has to balance different drivers to create capital.
Being involved with the family from the standpoint of their estate and continuity plan, and understanding the personal goals and aspirations of each member of the family, we are fully prepared to help our client family work through all of these major issues. As such, our knowledge, experience and contacts enable us to gather and review all available opportunities so we can:
• Advise as to what financing is the most appropriate for your circumstances
• Provide advice on offerings (i.e. what the market is paying or receiving for a product)
• Monitor the terms of the financing and market availability
Financial planning is the key aspect of a successful business. Raising capital for your business is an important part of the financial planning structure. Audientis will advise you on innovative ideas to raise capital for your projects and will use its long-term relationships in the financing world – private equity or financial institutions – to provide you with the right financing options.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Internal development is not always sufficient to grow the family business. Many of our clients, whose businesses have been successful for many years, routinely consider acquisitions in order to meet their financial and strategic objectives; others are approached to sell their businesses. Audientis listens carefully to fully understand your merger or acquisition goals, then we assist in the design of the growth or contraction objectives and understanding their implications. Once established, Audientis develops a plan and assists in implementation. Because of our thorough knowledge of the family business and the market, our success in estate and continuity plans for the family is unparalleled.
We will provide you with a complete analysis on the best corporate structure in anticipation of future acquisitions and/or opening of new markets organically. As part of this planning process, we will:
• Review all current corporate agreements
• Evaluate business lines
• Review financial restrictions
• Assess liabilities, both corporate and individual
• Understand business and opportunity flexibility
• Address tax consequences
• Provide management retentions issues/benefits
Audientis’ expertise will improve your odds of a successful M&A through the inherent structure of our organization. Audientis’ inter-connected lines of service will complement our M&A approach that links acquisition strategy, due diligence and integration follow up to Audientis’ intrinsic behavior – confidentiality, loyalty, and our long-term relationship vision in order to provide you with the best representation and service. Audientis has completed a considerable number of M&A transactions and M&A-related projects across a wide range of sectors and geographies and will serve as a trusted advisor to you and will help you navigate through the pitfalls of mergers and acquisitions.
Restructuring
When a family business requires rebirth, the impact can reach far beyond the simple loss of wealth. Bruised egos, reduced confidence, changes in the quality of life, and community perception are all issues that must be addressed in the turnaround of a family business. However, in addition to being personally invested in meeting the unique circumstances of each client we serve, Audientis has witnessed the ups and downs of business cycles within family and closely-owned businesses and provides services that analyze and advise on banking, creditors, investors’ issues and restructures.
Many people believe that restructures require bankruptcy court; however, this evaluation and process can be performed outside court as well. Our advisors have experience in both arenas. The process required includes the following:
• Analyzing and evaluating the current enterprise and assets
• Designing with management a reorganization plan
• Assisting in arranging new capital
• Negotiating with creditors, debt holders, and landlords
• Monitoring the terms of the financing and market availability
Our expertise allows us to develop custom-tailored solutions that address your immediate financial difficulties, enhancing your longer-term operating, financial and strategic objectives.
Automotive
Audientis Automotive Acquisitions (AAA) brings a unique approach to dealership Buy/Sells, by eliminating the inherent conflict of interest brokers that most have today in representing both the buyer and seller in a transaction. AAA will provide true and independent representation to our clients, whether they are the buying or selling, but we will not represent both the buyer and seller in a transaction.
With the introduction of AAA’s approach, we believe that we can eliminate the antiquated practices that exist in the marketplace today and bring transaction representation within the automotive industry in line with all other industries. AAA combines automotive experience with a professional approach to provide a comprehensive level of buy-sell advisory services to dealers.
AAA will advise buyers or sellers on business valuation, negotiation, pricing and structuring of transactions, arranging financing, franchise application and approval, as well as procedure and implementation. In addition to providing representation through a transaction, AAA is a private and personal financial services firm with that provides inter-related and inter-dependent business services including Estate and Tax Planning, Real Estate Development, Succession Planning, Raising Capital and managing Banking Relations.