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<h1>Experience</h1>
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For three generations, Duff & Phelps has distinguished itself as one of the leading financial advisory and middle-market investment banking firms in the country, with specialties in business valuations, fairness opinions, M&A advisory, private placements of debt and equity securities, restructurings and intangible asset valuations. Each year we render approximately 500 financial opinions on a variety of complex financial transactions, as well as execute approximately 35 M&A transactions and private placements of debt and equity securities. We have the benefit of diverse experience, the imagination that comes from a multi-disciplinary approach to solutions, and the inspiration that comes from helping you build your future. Finally, we have the national reach to deploy these assets to serve you wherever and however you do business.
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<h2>Select Transactions</h2>
<a href="3_1_4_content_ma.htm">Mergers & Acquisitions</a><br>
<a href="3_1_5_content_pp.htm">Private Placements</a><br>
<a href="3_1_10_content_rs.htm">Restructuring Services</a><br>
<a href="3_1_8_content_pe.htm">Private Equity<br>Sponsor Group</a><br>
<a href="3_1_1_content_cv.htm">Corporate Valuations</a><br>
<a href="3_1_3_content_fo.htm">Fairness Opinions</a><br>
<a href="3_1_9_content_to.htm">Solvency Opinions</a><br>
<a href="3_1_2_content_er.htm">ERISA & ESOP Advisory</a><br>
<a href="3_1_6_content_sc.htm">SEC Compliance<br>and Financial Reporting</a><br>
<a href="3_1_7_content_tc.htm">Tax Compliance</a><br>
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<a href="3_2_5_1_content_pp.htm">Private Placements</a><br>
<a href="3_2_8_1_content_pe.htm">Private Equity<br>Sponsor Group</a><br>
<a href="3_2_1_1_content_cv.htm">Corporate Valuations</a><br>
<a href="3_2_3_1_content_fo.htm">Fairness Opinions</a><br>
<a href="3_2_2_1_content_er.htm">ERISA & ESOP Advisory</a><br>
<a href="3_2_6_1_content_sc.htm">SEC Compliance<br>and Financial Reporting</a><br>
<a href="3_2_7_1_content_tc.htm">Tax Compliance</a><br>
<h2><a href="3_3_1_content_arc.htm">Articles</a></h2>
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<li>The Coming Revolution in the Evolution of Fairness Opinions - Sheryl L. Cefali </li>
<li>Valuation Issues in Implementing FAS 142 - Philip J. Antoon </li>
<li>Valuation of Closely held Companies - Daniel D. Bayston </li>
<li>Fairness Opinions for Private Companies Prudent Risk Management - Jeffrey M. Gordon </li>
<li>Solvency Issues in Highly Leveraged Transactions - Chester A. Gougis & Jeffrey M. Gordon </li>
<li>ESOPs: Fiduciary Concerns in Change-of-Control Transactions - ERISA & ESOP Advisory Group </li>
<li>Middle Market M & A: Credit's Tight, But Backlog of Sellers May Spur Growth - David L. Althoff </li>
<li>2001/A Good Time to Buy or Sell a Business? - David L. Althoff</li>
<li>Institutional Capital: Money to Grow on - Private Placement Group</li>
<li>How to Win the Sales Game: Selling Your Small Assisted Living Company - M&A Group</li>
<li>Are You Thinking About Selling Your Business? - M&A Group</li>
<li>Is Now the Right Time To Sell Your Manufacturing Business? - M&A Group</li>
<li>The Importance of Competitive Strategy in Insurance Transactions - Patricia Luscombe</li>
<li>Forging Strong Strategic Alliances: How Alliances with Non-Accounting Firms Provide Competitive Advantage and How to Enhance Their Success - Stephen M. Burt</li>
<li>Fairness Opinions Do they matter to you? - Jeffrey M. Gordon</li>
<li>Leveraging Strategic Value in Middle-Market Mergers and Acquisitions - Patricia Luscombe</li>
<li>Selling a Company The Investment Banker's Role - M&A Group</li>
<li>How Smaller Medical Device Companies Can Win the Selling Game - M&A Group</li>
<li>Fairness Opinions for Private Companies Do They Matter for Your Privately Held Client? - Jeffrey M. Gordon</li>
<li>Use of Alternative Equity Securities in the Capital Sructure of ESOP Companies - Chester A. Gougis</li>
<li>Is the Time Right for Your Company to Protect Itself Against a Hostile Takeover? Shareholder Rights Plan - Guy Shvartz </li>
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