About Us
Creating value through strategic transactions
About Cook M&A
Our M&A advisory team delivers transaction focused strategic advice to private equity investors, family offices, corporations, executives and owners in buy-side transactions. We work with businesses across all industry sectors and sizes to understand the market, identify potential acquisition targets, assist in due diligence and resolve transaction issues throughout the process. Our company culture is characterized by transparency, flexibility and personal relationships, which has resulted in over 150 successful transactions with enterprise values ranging from $5 million to $5 billion.
How Cook creates proprietary deals where others don’t
Any industry at any size
Whether your business is investigating a platform or add-on acquisition, within the industrials sectors or within a niche consumer service, our research-driven methodology has been proven to execute the best deals. Our team of experts learns the ins and outs of the sector to see the world the way you see the world, finding you the right targets right away.
Using an organized, transparent process
As your exclusive partner, Cook M&A prepares macroeconomic industry research and makes recommendations tailored to your industry that are specific to your goals. We don’t operate in a ‘black box’ and our proven process delivers streamlined solutions from the initial research phase to the exhaustive origination process, all the way through to a signed LOI.
Opening doors in ways others can’t
Sourcing deals through investment banking auctions is both inefficient and unsatisfying. Rather than being the 14th bidder on a process-driven banked deal, Cook M&A has a track record of putting our clients in the best position to close deals that others don’t know exist. Because before Cook M&A, it didn’t.
Accelerating transactions within 6 to 9 months
While no two deals are ever the same, the level of discipline we bring never varies. Cook M&A will establish clear goals for the acquisition process, identify viable prospects, enable a dynamic exchange of information, and provide the right tools to systematically complete each step along the way.
Our core values
From ripples to waves
Make an impact by doing lots of little things that add up to big outcomes. Hold yourself accountable by doing the smallest tasks right.
Be the unsung hero
Organize the parade and don’t worry about leading the parade. The unsung hero faces adversity but remains relentless because they’re not doing it for glory. That grind is within them.
Walk the talk
The work is tough so we must be tougher. It takes determination. Give your heart and soul. Hustle. Do the right thing. Be positive, empathetic, perseverant, but most importantly, accountable.
For crying out loud, have fun
Life is too short to get caught up in the muck. Learn from bad outcomes and put them behind you. Love what you do and stop to have a beer along the way.