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Financial Sponsors Group

Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance

Ham Crawford

Managing Director and Co-Head of the Financial Sponsors Group
Financial Sponsors Group

New York

Ham Crawford

Hamilton Crawford is a managing director at Duff & Phelps.

Ham Crawford

Nicholas Clemens

Managing Director
Industrials M&A

Chicago

Nicholas Clemens

Nick Clemens is a managing director at Duff & Phelps.

Nicholas Clemens

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Through our footprint in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific, financial sponsors have global access to our middle-market deal flow, superior transaction execution and industry expertise.

Duff & Phelps maintains active dialogue with over 600 leading private equity and hedge funds across the globe. Clients receive access to our middle-market deal flow, sector insights, market intelligence and add-on acquisition recommendations. We also connect financial sponsors with our product and industry specialists as clients’ needs arise.

Services Offered

Other Areas We Can Help

Fairness and Solvency Opinions

Independent opinions for boards of directors and special committees.

Fairness and Solvency Opinions

Private Capital Markets

Senior, subordinated and mezzanine debt and venture/private equity for a wide range of transactions.

Private Capital Markets

Distressed M&A and Special Situations

Financial and operational solutions for distressed and special situations.

Distressed M&A and Special Situations

Consumer, Food, Restaurants and Retail M&A

Consumer, Retail, Food and Restaurant expertise for middle-market M&A transactions.

Consumer, Food, Restaurants and Retail M&A

Energy M&A

Energy and Mining expertise for middle-market M&A transactions.

Energy M&A

Healthcare M&A

Healthcare expertise for middle-market M&A transactions.

Healthcare M&A

Industrials M&A

Industrials expertise for middle-market M&A transactions.

Industrials M&A

Pagemill Partners, a Division of Duff & Phelps

Technology expertise for middle-market M&A transactions.

Pagemill Partners, a Division of Duff & Phelps

Comprehensive Due Diligence Solution

Comprehensive diligence support primarily in the areas of tax, compliance and regulatory, operations, financial and accounting, investigations and disputes and cyber/IT risk.

Comprehensive Due Diligence Solution