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103 N Main St, 302,
Greenville, South Carolina 29601
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About the Company
Topsail Capital Advisors is a leading nationally recognized middle-market M&A advisory firm specializing in selling founder-owned companies, typically working with owners that are families or entrepreneurs to help guide them through a successful sale process. TCA strives to help our clients accomplish their goals to sell or recap their business while maximizing the price, terms, structure, and fit of any transaction. Our extensive network of contacts and relationships with private equity firms, family offices, and corporate buyers extends across the country. TCA was founded by twenty-year business M&A and commercial real estate veteran Mark Griffin, CM&AA, CCIM. While Mr. Griffin and his team of Analysts and specialty advisors have clients located throughout the US, we focus on privately held lower middle market companies located within the southeastern US. TCA also provides buy-side advisory for private equity groups, family offices, and corporations seeking add-on acquisitions. TCA is a member of the Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors (AM&AA) and the Certified Commercial Investment Member Institute (CCIM). The TCA team are experts in conducting business and real estate market valuations as well as structuring sale-leaseback arrangements whereas the business is sold and the building or facility is in turn “leased back” to the business purchaser. The real estate is then sold separately to private investors/ groups which allows the owner to capitalize on both the sale of the business and real estate at exit.
Broker Biography
Introduction
Mark Griffin, CM&AA, CCIM is the Managing Principal at Topsail Capital Advisors and a graduate of Clemson University with over 20 years of business M&A and commercial real estate advisory and brokerage experience. Mr. Griffin holds the Certified Merger & Acquisition Advisor (CM&AA) designation through the Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors (AM&AA). This coveted designation is earned by only 2% elite M&A advisors and the only in the industry recognized by FINRA, the highest-regarded self-regulatory organization that regulates member brokerage firms and exchange markets in the US. In addition, Mr. Griffin holds the prestigious Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) designation through the Certified Commercial Investment Member Institute of which less than 6% of commercial real estate investment advisors and brokers earn. Mr. Griffin and his team’s unique experience allows TCA to represent their clients in the highest regard if an exit includes the business as well as the real estate that the business occupies. Mr. Griffin is also the Managing Principal of a subsidiary company SperryCGA-Griffin Partners which is an affiliation of Sperry Commercial Global, a leading national commercial real estate company with over 65 offices throughout the US.
Services Provided
Topsail Capital Advisors offers both sell and buy-side M&A services including market valuation reports, exit planning strategies, and buy and sell-side intermediary /brokerage. Topsail Capital Advisors specializes in selling lower middle market businesses with over $250,000 in Discretionary Earnings/ Adjusted EBIDTA. TCA has direct relationships with over forty private equity groups and Family Offices throughout the US actively seeking business acquisitions in many sectors. Our experience in lower middle market M&A, along with industry credentials and affiliations within the Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors and the Certified Commercial Investment Member Institute, sets us apart from the “main street” business broker’s skill set. We are equipped and experienced to assist businesses up to $75 million in annual gross revenues while evaluating and marketing smaller businesses on the same plane with a minimum of $250,000 in adjusted EBITDA.
Areas Served
Licensed In
- Georgia — License number 299694
- North Carolina — License number 310905
- South Carolina — License number 76772
Professional Affiliations
Clemson University, BLA
Alliance of Merger and Acquistion Advisors (AM&AA)
Certified Investment Member Institute (CCIM)
National Association of Realtors
