McGladrey Names Industry Leads for its Transaction Advisory Services Practice

Nov. 1, 2011 - PRLog -- NEW YORK (November 1, 2011) – RSM McGladrey, a leading professional services firm providing tax and consulting services under the McGladrey brand, recently named industry leads within its Transaction Advisory Services practice for seven industry sector verticals.

In today’s competitive deal environment, buyers are finding industry specialization can be a true differentiator. And post-deal, that specialization can be used to create efficiencies and improve growth. This trend is highlighted in a recent private equity survey (http://mcgladrey.com/Private-Equity-Groups/2011-Managing-Portfolio-Investments-Survey-Report) published by McGladrey in which 33 percent of respondents said they intend to narrow their industry focus.

As a result of this increased industry focus, buyers and sellers are also demanding industry expertise from their M&A service providers. "Financial and strategic buyers continue to face aggressive competition,  and they are looking to their advisors for the right industry expertise to help them minimize risk, close deals and improve company performance," said Milton Marcotte, national managing director – Transaction Advisory Services for RSM McGladrey. “Our strategy to align our Transaction Advisory Services practice with active industries further builds on our firm’s already deep industry expertise.”

The industry leads within the Transaction Advisory Services practice include:

•     Michael J. Grossman (New York), managing director – consumer products
•     Joe Kinslow (Washington, D.C.), managing director – government contracting
•     John Schmidt (Chicago), managing director – health care  
•     William Spizman (Chicago), managing director – food and beverage
•     Ryan Branon (Chicago), director – business products and services
•     Gil Chiquito (Dallas), director – energy
•     Kartik Sundar Raj (Washington, D.C.), director – information technology

“Industries have fundamental differences, and having an understanding of the issues within a particular industry provides additional value to our clients,” says Marcotte. “With the Transaction Advisory Services team’s increased focus on these seven industries, we know that our specialization will contribute to the continued growth of our more than 1,000 private equity and strategic buyer clients."

RSM McGladrey’s Transaction Advisory Services practice provides buy-side, sell-side, tax and IT due diligence, tax structuring, merger integration, working capital assistance and other transaction-related services on domestic and international transactions. Having completed nearly 300 assignments in the last twelve months, the group continues to build its industry experience to better serve clients. RSM McGladrey also partners with PitchBook—a research firm dedicated to providing data, news and analysis to the private equity industry—to publish quarterly deal flow reports (http://mcgladrey.com/Private-Equity-Groups/McGladreys-Qua...) specifically designed for the business products and services, consumer products and services and IT industries.

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McGladrey is the brand under which RSM McGladrey Inc., and McGladrey & Pullen LLP serve clients’ business needs. Together, they rank as the fifth largest U.S. provider of assurance, tax and consulting services, with 7,000 professionals and associates.