By Bryan Livingston Managing Partner and CEO The boom-bust cycle of the oil patch is nothing new, but the speed of collapse this spring, which turned Permian Basin cities into ghost towns nearly overnight, was something to behold. Energy prices were already falling when OPEC flooded the market in early March after OPEC+ negotiations failed....
By Neal England Managing Director and HRM Practice Leader As the United States moved rapidly into a work-from-home model due to the coronavirus pandemic, cyber criminals wasted no time in exploiting online security weaknesses and vulnerabilities. The sharp rise in cybercrimes — hacked Zoom meetings, crippling ransomware attacks and a massive increase in phishing attacks...
Russell S. Tolander is managing director at Capital Alliance Corp., where he works on sell-side mergers & acquisitions across several industries. Russ assists clients within several sectors, including tech-enabled manufacturing and distribution companies, consumer & e-commerce companies, communications equipment companies, and the energy E&P supply chain, among others. He also assists micro- and small-cap public...
By Russell Tolander Managing Director Nano-capitalization public companies, those with a valuation of less than $50 million, have fewer active buyers interested in them in today’s public markets, due to existing trends such as investors’ favoritism toward large companies, technology startups and disruptive or innovative business models (think Uber, Lyft, Amazon). That can leave small...
Neal England points out important details to keep in mind during the due diligence process. Read more here.
By Neal Patel Managing Director and Energy Infrastructure Practice Leader The Port of Corpus Christi has been undergoing a historic buildout of oil and gas infrastructure that should position the Gulf Coast port as a major energy exporter for decades to come. Last year, Houston-based Cheniere Energy, the second largest global producer of liquefied natural...
DALLAS, Jan. 30, 2020 – Russell S. Tolander has been named a Fort Worth-based managing director at Capital Alliance Corp., where he will work on sell-side mergers & acquisitions across several industries. Dallas-based Capital Alliance Corp. provides expert strategic consulting and M&A advice with sought-after negotiating expertise in a wide range of industries, including human...
By Neal England Managing Director HRM Practice Leader A majority of nurses surveyed in late 2019 said the nursing shortage has worsened, a continuing challenge that will produce a ready pipeline of business opportunities for staffing companies placing nurses. A survey of 20,000 registered nurses in the U.S. by AMN Healthcare Services Inc. found that...
By Brad Buttermore Managing Partner and CFO Art of the Deal is an occasional series about the steps involved in selling your business. Selling a business takes preparation that starts at the beginning, with organizing, funding, building and running the company. If you are thinking about selling your company this year, here are five things...
By Antoine Marchand Managing Director Private and foreign investors saw a notable policy shift in Mexico’s energy reforms over the past year under President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), who recently completed the first year of his six-year term. Mexico’s move toward increased private and international investment in its energy sectors under former President Enrique...
