Who We Work With
Founder-led or family-owned businesses preparing for retirement, succession, or significant growth opportunities. We have experience across industries such as industrial services, business services, home services, distribution, and specialty manufacturing. Buyers in our processes include both private equity groups and strategic corporate acquirers interested in quality businesses like yours.
Founder-led and family-owned businesses
Owners preparing for retirement or succession
Companies exploring growth, partnership, or exit opportunities
Businesses across services, distribution, and industrial sectors
Built for Owners Who Want More Than Just a Sale
- Build around founders – Selling your business is personal. We bring discretion, candor and calm leadership – protecting your legacy while designing a process that fits your objectives, timing and risk tolerance.
- Big Firm Quality, Boutique Attention – We apply big firm standard to positioning, material, buyer outreach – while staying highly accessible. You get a disciplined process without the bureaucracy.
- Value beyond valuation – Outcomes are driven by terms, certainty and execution, not just sales price. We negotiate on your behalf, and keep deal momentum moving – so you reach the right deal.
OUR PROCESS
A Proven, Structured Process — From First Conversation to Closing
Every engagement follows a proven, transparent process so you always know what’s happening. Here’s how we will work together from our first meeting to the final closing:
Discovery & Goal Setting
Preparation and Positioning
Targeted Buyer Outreach
Negotiating Offers (LOIs)
Due Diligence to Closing
The AMDG Difference
- Big 4 transaction advisory roots — Our team has stress-tested financials for the most demanding buyers in the market
- Due diligence on 150+ acquisitions for private equity — We know exactly what makes buyers pay premium prices, and what kills deals
- Focused on founder-owned businesses — You're not a file number at a mega-firm; you're our priority
- Vertical depth in home services, manufacturing, and distribution — We understand your business model, not just your spreadsheets
- Direct relationships with PE firms and strategic acquirers — Buyers actively looking in your space, not a cold outreach list
Led by Experienced Advisors — Personally Involved in Every Engagement
Nicholas D’Andrea brings over a decade of experience advising private equity firms and business owners through complex transactions. Having worked across Big 4 and boutique advisory firms, he combines technical expertise with a deep understanding of what’s at stake for founders.
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Whether you’re ready to sell or just exploring your options, we’re here to help you think through the next step.