Founded in 1956, Corporate Finance Associates is one of the largest and oldest private investment banks in the U.S. with over 40 offices worldwide. It provides merger, acquisition, divestiture, and recapitalization assistance to privately held companies in the $5 million to $200 million annual revenue range, to private equity groups, and to individual investors. Our sector focus includes manufacturing, distribution, and B2B services. Corporate Finance Securities, Inc., founded in 2007, is the Registered Broker-Dealer through which we conduct our securities related M&A transactions. We are result oriented and will structure engagement agreements that are largely contingent upon successful completion of a transaction.

Phone: (614) 476-2291  Fax: (614) 476-2324

Managing Director with the Columbus, OH Team of Corporate Finance Associates. Registered Representative with both the Series 7 General Securities and Series 63 Uniform Securities Agent licenses. Sponsoring Registered Broker-Dealer is Corporate Finance Securities, Inc. Previous corporate M&A experience included work on acquisitions, divestitures, and joint ventures; participating on a joint venture board; serving in the sell-side management teams on separate $2.2 billion and $470 million mergers; and dealing with the many challenging post-close cultural and integration issues associated with those activities. Has taught Strategic Planning at Franklin University in Columbus, OH; and regularly gives public and private presentations on various aspects of the M&A process. Has a broad functional background from roles in Finance, Marketing, Sales, Engineering, and Strategic Planning at Polaroid Corp., Grumman Corp., Northrop Grumman Corp., Holophane Corp., and NSI, Inc. International experience gained from responsibilities for business development in Europe, Latin America, and Japan. Served in the U.S. Army as a paratrooper in command and staff positions within the 82nd Airborne Division, VII Corps, and 11th Special Forces Group (Airborne) in both the U.S. and Europe. He also graduated from numerous Army leadership programs including: Command and General Staff College, Infantry Officer Advanced, Infantry Officer Basic, Airborne, Ranger, Jungle Operations, Special Forces, and Jumpmaster. He attained the rank of Major before entering the civilian sector full time. Graduate of both the U.S. Military Academy with a B.S. degree in General Engineering and Harvard University with an MBA degree in General Management.

Practice focus is on privately held manufacturing, distribution, and B2B service businesses with up to $200 million in revenues.

Sell-side engagements in Ohio and its contiguous states; buy-side engagements nationwide

To protect our clients from the risk of deal rescission, we conduct securities related transactions (i.e. those that include any business transfers utilizing stock, promissory notes, and certain agreements that meet the legal definition of a "security" in the deal structure) through our sponsoring Registered Broker-Dealer, Corporate Finance Securities, Inc.

Bob St. Germain is a member of the IBBA, from which he earned the Certified Business Intermediary (CBI)designation; the M&A Source; the Association for Corporate Growth; the Gahanna Area Chamber of Commerce; the Columbus Chamber of Commerce; the West Point Society of Central Ohio; and the Harvard Business School Club of Central Ohio

SPECIAL NOTE: Federal and state mandates require that securities related business purchase or sale transactions be facilitated by business brokers or M&A intermediaries who are Registered Representatives sponsored by a Registered Broker-Dealer. Transactions not so facilitated could be subject to rescission for up to three years or more, post-close. Thereby, such a deal would be cancelled or annulled causing the business to be returned to the seller and any consideration in the sale to be returned to the buyer. Consult your attorney before engaging the services of a business broker or M&A intermediary to insure you are selecting properly.