Business Transition Services successfully helps owners of closely held businesses develop and implement effective plans to achieve their personal & professional goals and objectives.

BTSI’s objective is to help clients reach their life goals - including corporate growth, wealth maximization and retention and tax and estate planning.

The professionals at BTSI are experienced business people with diverse backgrounds in business management, finance, accounting, taxation, law, strategic planning and, of course, mergers and acquisitions.

The unique BTSI team approach supports our comprehensive five discipline integrated mergers and acquisitions model.

This comprehensive approach begins with the M & A process, reinforced with rare intuitive professional judgment. But it also considers concurrently the issues of law, accounting, tax mitigation and wealth retention. Combined attention to all these concerns is what sets Business Transition Services apart from and above others in the field. As a result, our clients often realize an after-tax yield on their transaction that is considerably more than a direct sale would yield.

On the buyer side, BTSI listens carefully to the market. It has developed a proprietary Buyer database with thousands of contacts. Capital investment demands and business competition drive these decision makers. This means they act promptly and without delay. BTSI exploits this situation for seller clients by employing an unusual one-to-many model in its approach to the market. It prompts the buy side to compete for our seller client’s resources.

On the seller side, the timely sale or merger of a business is always a rigorous, intensive and stressful process. And managing the issues of confidentiality, deal structure, taxes, marketing and transition are vital to success but often unfamiliar. Few sellers have sold before but most buyers have programs and methods in place. That’s why thoughtful clients come to BTSI. This let’s the client stay focused on their business’ management while BTSI carries out the transaction process under the client’s oversight.

If you are considering the merger or sale of your business within the next five years, you should start planning now. Your first and best step is to call for a confidential meeting to discuss your goals and objectives; to learn about BTSI’s unique and comprehensive approach to the merger and acquisition process.

Phone: (503) 697-8312  Fax: (503) 697-9560

Linn Crader has worked in the M&A industry for over 25 years, starting as Vice President for Finn & West, an M&A firm located in Southern Oregon. Linn's extensive background includes hundreds of successful transactions. He is well-known for a thorough approach to deal structuring that produces the desired results for his clients. Linn's depth of understanding and experience in business provide BTSI with a solid foundation.

Linn is nationally recognized as an advocate for the advancement and development of ethics and professionalism in the M&A field. His activities include teaching continuing education courses in subjects relating to M&A deal structure in the middle market. He is highly regarded for his efforts in incorporating estate planning, charitable remainder trusts and tax-saving strategies in deal structure. Linn is a popular guest speaker at many national professional development seminars and for a number of local business groups.

Linn served as Vice President of Finance for the Institute of Certified Business Counselors and is a member of the International Business Brokers Association and the M&A Source. He is also a member of the Executive Officers Club, a non-profit group dedicated to providing professional support in the development of private business enterprises. Linn has held a number of leadership positions in many fraternal and professional organizations.