Barnard/Montague Capital Advisors Establishes Strategic Alliances Internationally
PRESS RELEASE
June 15, 2010
San Francisco, CA
Biff Barnard and Jeanne Montague, the principals of Barnard/Montague Capital Advisors, today announced the establishment of several important strategic alliances with merchant and investment banking firms that give the middle-market focused investment bank broad international reach. As both financial and strategic investors/buyers in today's markets may be foreign as well as domestic, it is increasingly important that investment banks have access to investors from around the world.
Barnard/Montague now has access to international markets through strategic alliances with Chart Group Advisors, a FINRA member firm and subsidiary of The Chart Group, a New York City–based merchant banking firm with extensive contacts in Europe, the Middle East and Asia; with G.R. Associates, a Tokyo-based investment banking firm; and with Capital Express, a Mumbai, India-based investment banking firm.
“We are pleased to have established this important relationship with Barnard/Montague,” stated Jim Whitcomb, a Chart Group Managing Director. “We have known Biff Barnard for many years and feel his joining together with Jeanne Montague creates a compelling team of professionals, who are very well respected for providing quality investment banking services to middle-market companies throughout the western U.S.”
Yoshitake Fujikawa, President of G.R. Associates added, “Japanese financial and strategic investors are very interested in finding opportunities to invest in American middle-market companies. Because of their reputation for professionalism and integrity and the depth of their relationships with such companies in the western U.S., our strategic alliance with Barnard/Montague will provide our clients with quality investment opportunities.”
Suresh Balasubramaniam of Capital Express commented, “I was introduced to Biff Barnard by several very good friends who run companies in California and for whom Biff had provided investment banking advisory services. They reported that Biff and his partner, Jeanne Montague, are respected throughout the western U.S. middle-market investment community for providing thoughtful advice and for being extremely well connected. As I was looking to establish a presence in the U.S. with a respected middle-market focused investment banking firm, I reached out to Biff and Jeanne and I could not be happier to have formalized this strategic alliance with Barnard/Montague.”
“The strategic alliances we have established with The Chart Group, G.R. Associates and Capital Express enable Barnard/Montague to provide our clients with access to investors almost literarily all over the globe,” stated Biff Barnard. “This access, in addition to our deep relationships with many domestic companies and private equity firms, gives our clients the exposure required to maximize company valuations."
About the Firms:
The Chart Group
The Chart Group was organized in 1994. The firm’s professionals share ownership of the company with a large global network of partners who provide access, expertise, and capital. The Chart Group Partners are composed of family investment offices, professional firms, and industrial companies in 16 countries.
Chart Group Advisors provides discreet, senior-level advice and capital access to corporate clients around the world. The company has significant cross-border transaction experience initiated through its overseas offices, its partner network, and strategic affiliations with investment banks in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East
For more information on the Chart Group and Chart Group Advisors, please visit www.chartgroup.com.
G.R. Associates
G.R. Associates’ president Yoshitake Fujikawa founded the company in 1995. The firm provides Western middle-market companies with access to Japanese strategic and financial investors/acquirers and provides Japanese strategic and financial investors with access to investment opportunities in the West. G.R. Associates also offers financial advisory services to Western companies looking to expand into or gain access to customers or suppliers in Japan. The company is also well connected to senior-level Japanese banking, industry, and government executives.
For more information on G.R Associates, please visit www.gra.co.jp.
Capital Express
Suresh Balasubramaniam founded Capital Express in 2005. The firm provides middle-market companies with advisory services in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, private equity capital raising as well as structured and acquisition finance. Capital Express also has a separate desk for real estate private equity and structured finance. Capital Express is well connected to a large number of middle-market companies, local banks and financial investors throughout India.
For more information on Capital Express, please visit www.capitalexpress.in.
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