Press Room - Facts About CFA

Headquarters

Los Angeles, California USA

Year Founded

1956

Who We Are

Founded in 1956, Corporate Finance Associates (CFA) provides clients with financial advisory services and access to capital resources to help business owners successfully sell, buy or finance a business. As an international investment banking firm serving middle-market businesses; we are a respected advisor to private corporate clients, as well as public companies.

CFA is known for superior M & A advisory skills and capital raising expertise that have resulted in the facilitation of thousands of transactions over the last five decades. Our investment banking professionals provide a broad range of services in support of mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, capital raising, and corporate restructuring. Local service is provided by over 20 offices in United States, three in Canada, three in India and partner offices in China, Brazil and throughout Europe.

Our Business

We deliver professional M & A and corporate finance advisory services to middle market businesses by continually improving our processes, growing our organization and serving the diverse needs of our clients. We remain focused by serving as our clients' partner and guiding them through every challenge, advocating on their behalf, and leveraging our company's wealth of experience and resources to see them through to a successful close. To ensure that we deliver unbiased guidance we are committed to remaining independent from any direct lending or investment capital affiliates. Selling, buying or financing a company is a complex process that requires thorough preparation, skillful negotiation, and intimate market knowledge. At CFA, our clients work throughout the engagement on a personal basis with a local senior principal, who can provide expert valuation, analysis, and deal-making skills, as well as preferred access to national and international buyers, sellers and financing.

Our investment banking professionals apply their expertise across many industry groups including Business Services, Commercial Real Estate, Energy, Engineering & Construction, Equipment, Food & Beverage, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Metal Fabrication, Plastics & Rubber, Printing, Recreation & Hospitality, Technology, Media & Telecom, Transport, Logistics & Supply Chain.