Corporate Consultants specializes in representing sellers of privately held Florida businesses, particularly manufacturing, distribution, and service firms. The company often assists buyers with obtaining third-party financing for acquisitions, and it also works with foreign nationals who are applying for a visa or green card coincident with purchasing a U.S. business.

Phone: (727) 343-0444  Fax: (727) 489-9488

Eric Petty began working in the corporate mergers and acquisitions field in 1984. Until 2003, he focused on telecommunications carrier transactions, serving as Director of Corporate Development for a telecom carrier that acquired 24 other carriers and as a consultant to numerous clients.

Prior to forming Corporate Consultants, Eric was an intermediary in the Clearwater, Florida office of Sunbelt Business Brokers. He received the office’s top sales awards for 2005 and 2006.

Eric received his MBA degree in finance from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He holds a B.A. degree in political science from Occidental College in Los Angeles.

Eric is a Certified Merger and Acquisition Advisor and a Florida licensed real estate broker. He is a member of the Institute of Business Appraisers, the Alliance of Merger and Acquisition Advisors, and the Business Brokers of Florida.

He resides in Safety Harbor, Florida and has a son, John.