What We Do
We understand franchising and restaurants. We listen to you, advising you of all your options. We analyze your business and position your company to maximize its value. We have an established industry network, allowing us to negotiate on your behalf and close your transaction.
We know you have made tremendous personal sacrifices to allow your business to flourish. Rest assured, we appreciate this commitment and will give you our all. We work tirelessly so you can achieve your goals and monetize your hard work and dreams. We exhaustively manage the deal process so you can maintain focus on operating your business and avoid distractions. Regardless of where you and your company are in the business life cycle, you can count on Cypress for superior service and maximum effort.
Mergers & Acquisitions
We help our clients sell, buy, and combine franchise and restaurant companies. Since these transactions involve making critical decisions, our sole aim is to manage the process efficiently and effectively, enabling you to fully understand your options and achieve a successful transaction. While the end result may sound simple and obvious, navigating the path to closing requires persistence and skill.
We are here to serve as your advisor and advocate throughout this complex process, from the initial planning stages to the last signature on closing documents. We aggressively manage every step of the process to ensure that we help you realize your goals and exceed your expectations. We have managed transactions for hundreds of owners, and our experience shines through when it comes down to the fine points of deal execution. Unlike many of our competitors, we work exclusively with franchise and restaurant companies, and by doing our preliminary homework, only accept engagements that we know will close.
Capital Formation
Companies need capital at various times throughout their life cycles for a multitude of reasons, and these situations never fall into a “one size fits all” mold. We fully analyze and understand your business to determine what type of capital you need today, how it will benefit you tomorrow, what the market is willing to provide, and what this will cost your business. We have extensive contacts with key financial providers domestically and abroad; from private equity firms specializing in franchise and restaurant investments to mezzanine and senior debt providers with an appetite for investments in our industry, knowing these institutions and the right people within them is invaluable to any capital raising effort.
Valuation & Fairness Options
"What is my enterprise worth?" | "Am I being offered a fair deal?" | "Where did they come up with that number?"
These are all questions we have heard from owners, investors, and courts trying to figure out how much a business is really worth. Your valuation can’t be found in a book, so rely on our team’s extensive experience in this realm; expertise which leaves us uniquely qualified to evaluate companies in all kinds of situations. We assess current market conditions as well as your specific business attributes, while digging into your numbers and the state of your restaurants. We know what to look for, what to consider, what's normal, and what's not.
Restructuring & Bankruptcy Engagements
In restructuring and bankruptcy situations, experience is critical. Time is of the essence, and an ability to work with and manage multiple parties to achieve a workable solution is paramount. Our experience ranges from advising companies in operational turnarounds and financial restructurings to consulting companies emerging from or contemplating bankruptcy. We always put ourselves in the middle of these delicate situations to ensure the best outcome possible.
Strategic Advisory
No doubt you have faced important decisions at critical points in the evolution of your business. While nobody knows your business better than you, Cypress is here to provide an independent, third-party viewpoint on your current operations and how you can continue to make your enterprise as successful as possible. We assist clients in defining their goals, establishing objectives, and implementing their strategic plans. We provide a flexible approach to our strategic advisory services, tailoring to the specific needs of our clients.
