KKAP Advisors, is an investment banking boutique and a trusted-advisor to middle-market business Owners, Entrepreneurs, Founders and their Executive Teams.
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We originate, structure and execute, on our clients’ behalf, bespoke private market transactions across a clients’ life cycle including capital raising (Senior Debt, Mezzanine and Structured Equity) and merger & acquisition solutions. The Firm’s bespoke and hands-on approach caters to the individualized needs of each client: Newer Issuers with capital needs but limited exposure accessing the myriad of private capital solutions and knowledge of "market" terms. Experienced Market Issuers seeking a skilled transaction advisor to augment internal capabilities by accessing broader institutional relationships and driving counterparty negotiations to drive "price discovery."
KKAP Advisors is passionate about delivering to the middle-market, the execution excellence large corporates and private-equity backed clients expect from large investment banks. We work closely with clients to ensure that a Company's story is properly communicated to the market by closely managing every aspect of a transaction that may impact outcome.
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We leverage three decades of transaction experience and over $10 billion of transaction value across financing and M&A, to drive transaction certainty of close and value-maximizing outcomes and terms for clients.
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We are turnkey advisors in each Transaction, from pre-transaction diligence and collateral materials preparation, to soliciting interest and proposals from institutional capital providers, to negotiating optimal terms and managing all other transaction professionals ahead of a successful transaction close and funding.
Prior to launching KKAP Advisors in 2020, Kushal Kapadia (Founder) spent over two decades as a senior corporate finance banker with Houlihan Lokey, (NYSE-Ticker HLI), a leading global investment bank. He also spent the early part of his career at WellsFargo Bank (predecessor FirstUnion Bank), where he underwrote credit facilities for clients. Mr. Kapadia earned a B.S. in Business Administration from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and is also a Registered Representative with US securities regulator FINRA.
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Our Founder has successfully advised numerous private equity and institutional investors to manage critical financing and M&A transactions. Select sector leading clients include Golden West Food Group, AMPAM Parks Mechanical, Valley Anesthesiology, Arizona Center for Digestive Health, QuickBridge Funding, Wyle Laboratories, Columbia Forest Products, Old Dominion Freight Line, and the New York Football Giants.
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The Firm Principals are also active private Company investors, successfully realizing strong investment returns and exits in diverse industry verticals including healthcare services, business services/technology, food distribution, consumer products, DTC apparel, aerospace, construction services, multi-family residential, senior living, and hospitality.