India Brook Partners
India Brook Partners is a privately held, independent M&A advisory firm established in 2003. It states that it focuses on middle-market companies with revenues of $25 million to $350 million and specializes in food and beverage transactions.
What stands out about India Brook Partners
India Brook Partners publicly offers sell-side and buy-side M&A, acquisition searches, financing, restructuring and succession-related advisory services. Its stated focus includes food and beverage companies and middle-market businesses with revenues of $25 million to $350 million.[1][2][3][6][7][9][11]
What does India Brook Partners do?
India Brook Partners is a privately held, independent mergers-and-acquisitions advisory firm established in 2003 by Jeffrey Tarplin and based in Short Hills, New Jersey.
The firm describes its work as M&A and financial advisory and serves middle-market companies and other transaction participants. Its public services include sell-side and buy-side M&A, acquisition searches and origination, financing, restructuring, recapitalizations, partner buyouts, and liquidity or succession planning for family- and entrepreneur-owned businesses.[1][2]
India Brook publicly offers sell-side M&A, buy-side acquisition searches and origination, senior and mezzanine debt financing, equity financing, restructuring and distressed-company advisory, recapitalizations, partner buyouts, majority and minority acquisitions, and liquidity or succession planning for family- and entrepreneur-owned businesses.
The firm also states that its transaction capabilities include competitive sale processes, proprietary buy-side opportunity sourcing, valuation, transaction diligence, acquisition financing and transaction management.[2][3]
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Published criteria: India Brook Partners states that it focuses on middle-market companies with revenues of $25 million to $350 million. A separate Camsing Healthcare acquisition mandate sought companies, divisions or product lines with revenues between $10 million and $50 million and established retail-channel distribution.[1][6]
What should a business owner evaluate before hiring India Brook Partners?
Owners evaluating India Brook Partners can clarify how the firm’s food and beverage specialization, stated middle-market revenue range, competitive sale process and buyer relationships would apply to the contemplated assignment. The firm’s public examples include seller-side food and beverage work, a majority-interest sale and growth financing.
Before engagement, an owner should confirm the legal entity providing the services, any applicable registrations or exemptions, the proposed fee and expense provisions, exclusivity and termination terms, the day-to-day senior team, buyer-outreach approach, conflicts procedures, confidentiality practices and recent comparable transactions. The Koppers transaction page does not disclose consideration, fee terms, financing terms or a complete closing-date description; the Latina Niagara transaction page states that recapitalization terms were not disclosed; and the Teton Waters Ranch transaction page states that financing terms were not disclosed.[1][3][5][7][9]
Which legal entity would be engaged, and what regulatory registrations, licenses or exemptions apply to the contemplated services
Who would lead the assignment day to day, and what senior-team involvement would be committed
What retainer, success fee, expense, exclusivity, tail and termination provisions would apply
What size transactions and clients does India Brook Partners focus on?
India Brook states that it specializes in food and beverage. Its listed experience includes ingredients, gourmet and specialty foods, dairy, bakery, deli, protein, frozen, organic, ethnic, refrigerated and shelf-stable products.
The firm also references branded and private-label businesses, co-packers, contract manufacturers, and companies serving retail grocery, natural foods, convenience, food service, specialty, drug, mass and club-store channels.[4]
- Koppers Chocolate: Brook Advisors acted as exclusive financial advisor to Koppers Chocolate in its all-cash sale to Nuts.com, announced October 15, 2016.
- Geneva Watch Group: Brook Advisors acted as exclusive financial advisor to Time Watch Investments in its acquisition of the assets and business of Geneva Watch Group through a court-approved Section 363 bankruptcy sale, announced November 30, 2015.
- Latina Niagara Foods: India Brook acted as exclusive financial advisor to Latina Niagara Foods in the sale of a majority interest to The Anderson Group, alongside the acquisition of Boulevard Produce and senior debt refinancing.
- Allied Old English: Brook Advisors represented Allied Old English in its acquisition of the Homade Chili Sauce brand and business from Ventura Foods and originated the acquisition.
- Teton Waters Ranch: Brook Advisors acted as exclusive financial advisor to Teton Waters Ranch in connection with its growth plan and Series A growth financing.
- Camsing Global and Camsing Healthcare: Brook Advisors acted as exclusive buy-side M&A advisor for U.S. acquisitions in nutrition supplements and nutraceuticals.
The firm’s stated transaction focus spans competitive sell-side processes, buy-side acquisition searches, proprietary opportunity sourcing, majority and minority acquisitions, recapitalizations, partner buyouts, debt and equity financing, and distressed-company transactions.
Its public examples include advisory roles for sellers, buyers and companies raising growth capital, as well as acquisition searches for U.S. targets by non-U.S. buyers.[2][3][6][9][11]
What does India Brook Partners publicly disclose about fees, process and engagement terms?
The official firm page does not state a broker-dealer registration, investment-adviser registration, securities license, or other firm-level regulatory authorization.
The Koppers transaction page does not disclose transaction consideration, fee terms, financing terms, or a complete closing-date description beyond the announcement date. The Latina Niagara transaction page states that the recapitalization terms were not disclosed, and the Teton Waters Ranch transaction page states that the financing terms were not disclosed.[1][7][9][11]
The official website describes India Brook Partners as privately held and independent and presents it as an M&A and financial advisory firm.
The official firm page does not state a broker-dealer registration, investment-adviser registration, securities license, or other firm-level regulatory authorization. The legal entity and any registration, licensing or exemption applicable to a contemplated engagement should be confirmed directly.[1]
India Brook states that its food and beverage group has completed dozens of transactions and that the firm and its partners have completed over $1 billion in transactions. It describes capabilities including competitive sale processes, proprietary buy-side sourcing, valuation, transaction diligence, acquisition financing and transaction management.
The firm identifies clients including private equity firms, institutional investors, middle-market family and management-owned food companies, industry buyers, family offices, financial institutions, management groups, entrepreneurs and non-U.S. buyers.[1][3][5]
Questions to ask before hiring India Brook Partners
Which legal entity would be engaged, and what regulatory registrations, licenses or exemptions apply to the contemplated services?
Who would lead the assignment day to day, and what senior-team involvement would be committed?
What retainer, success fee, expense, exclusivity, tail and termination provisions would apply?
Which food and beverage transactions have closed in the last three years, and can references or anonymized case studies be provided?
How would the firm approach strategic buyers, private-equity buyers, international buyers, confidentiality, management continuity and rollover equity?
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