DALLAS, Sept. 21, 2016 – Global middle-market investment bank Capital Alliance Corp. (www.cadallas.com) has expanded its advisory services in key industry sectors with the addition of three seasoned professionals. New strategic advisor Kelly J. Gerry brings significant experience in the energy sector, including operations, business development and corporate leadership. He will work with Capital Alliance...
By Bryan Livingston Managing Director and CEO West Texas Intermediate crude has been trading in the high $40s, inching toward $50, for about a month now. If this price is sustained, Capital Alliance Corp. (cadallas.com) is cautiously optimistic that oil & gas asset sales will gradually begin to ramp-up. Several asset sales, in fact, were...
Midstream consolidation takes another big step… By Kelly Gerry Strategic Advisor Enbridge and Spectra have announced their intention to merge, sometime in 2017, pending regulatory approval. That sound you might have heard was a collective “wow” from across the North American midstream industry. Is this deal a sign of things to come? I think so....
By Shawn Bhagat Managing Director While mergers and acquisitions in the energy industry have been muted this year, due to persistent low oil prices and other complications, the downstream oil & gas, wholesale marketing, and transportation & logistics sectors have seen some activity. Convenience store acquisitions and their accompanying fuel distribution channels, especially, appear to...
By Mark Lee Strategic Advisor – Healthcare The mergers and acquisitions market is heating up for dental practices, cosmetic surgeons, pharmacies and ancillary businesses as the consolidation trend continues in healthcare. Mergers of dental and cosmetic surgery practices have been a popular way for doctors and dentists to join forces to cut costs, drive efficiencies...
By Neal England Practice Leader – Human Capital Management The gig economy has taken off. Fieldglass, a software company, reports that about a third of our nation’s economy is now made up of such nontraditional workers. The gig, or on-demand, economy refers to companies who hire freelancers for individual work projects, or gigs, often through...
By Bryan Livingston Managing Director and CEO Merger & acquisition activity likely will pick up in the oilfield services sector during the second half of 2016, as companies seek to acquire assets at still-reasonable prices. Oil prices briefly topped $50 on May 26 for the first time this year — still far below the $100...
DALLAS and FLORENCE, AL, July 11, 2016 – Lyons HR of Florence, AL, has announced the acquisition of Nashville, TN, based Aabakus Inc., a professional employer organization, effective June 30, 2016. Capital Alliance Corp. of Dallas counseled Lyons on the acquisition. Brad Buttermore, Capital Alliance managing partner and CFO, sourced and directed the acquisition. This...
Note: Capital Alliance is pleased to offer the following two personal perspectives on Brexit, as observed by principals of M&A International firms in the UK and Germany. Dr. Florian von Alten, president of M&A International and an executive board member of Germany’s oldest M&A firm, shared his comments at a recent meeting in Dallas of...
DALLAS, June 28, 2016 – CFS Antioxidantes de Mexico, S.A. de C.V., a Mexican subsidiary of publicly held Camlin Fine Sciences, Ltd. of India, has acquired a majority stake in Dresen Quimica, S.A.P.I. de C.V. (Dresen). Capital Alliance Corp. (cadallas.com), a global mid-market investment banking firm based in Dallas, represented Dresen in the transaction. Established in...
