Molliter Advisory
Molliter Advisory describes an advisory and intermediary model focused on helping owners value, market, negotiate, and bring transactions to closing. Its public materials reference small-to-medium-sized companies, diverse and international markets, and sales prices ranging from $500K to $20 million.
What stands out about Molliter Advisory
Molliter Advisory publicly presents itself as a boutique M&A advisor and intermediary for small-to-medium-sized companies. Its stated process covers candidate identification, financial analysis, enterprise-value determination, presentation materials, transaction structuring, negotiation, and due-diligence preparation.[1][2][3][7]
What does Molliter Advisory do?
Molliter Advisory, LLC presents itself as a boutique M&A firm serving small-to-medium-sized companies. Its stated work centers on helping clients value, market, negotiate, and bring transactions to closing.
Molliter states that it works with small-to-medium-sized companies and reports deal sizes ranging from $500K to $20 million sales prices. The stated metric is sales price.[1]
Molliter states that it helps clients value, market, negotiate, and bring transactions to closing. Its stated acquisition and disposition process includes candidate identification, financial analysis, enterprise-value determination, preparation of presentation materials, transaction structuring, negotiation, and due-diligence preparation.[1][3]
Owners comparing advisory firms can also review Auxo’s M&A advisor vs. business broker vs. investment bank comparison, advisor-selection guide, and sell-side advisor evaluation framework.
Published criteria: Molliter states that it works with small-to-medium-sized companies and reports deal sizes ranging from $500K to $20 million sales prices. The stated metric is sales price.[1]
What should a business owner evaluate before hiring Molliter Advisory?
For an owner evaluating a sale or ownership transition, Molliter’s public materials describe support spanning valuation, marketing, negotiation, transaction structuring, due-diligence preparation, and closing. The same materials address owner decisions involving a sale, a transition to family or key employees, or continued operation.
The cited Molliter-authored article does not disclose a universal retainer amount, success-fee percentage, minimum fee, tail period, termination schedule, or exclusivity term. The cited Molliter video page does not disclose a current list of completed transactions, transaction values, buyer identities, or consideration terms. The cited Molliter-authored transaction material does not disclose Molliter’s fee, mandate terms, transaction consideration, or detailed scope of advisory work. The cited Molliter website does not establish whether the firm provides broker-dealer, investment-adviser, or other regulated securities services.[1][2][3][7]
What are the current retainer, success-fee, minimum-fee, exclusivity, termination, and tail provisions
Which named transactions has the firm completed recently, and what role did it perform in each
How are buyer outreach, confidentiality, diligence management, financing, and ownership transition handled
What size transactions and clients does Molliter Advisory focus on?
Molliter describes experience across diverse markets, including international markets. It has also published commentary specifically addressing the sale of a freight brokerage, indicating experience with that business type.[3][4]
A Molliter-authored January 2016 post identified the Axens-Scutter asset transaction as Molliter’s most recent closing at that time.
Axens separately announced that it entered an Asset Purchase Agreement with Scutter Enterprises, LLC on January 4, 2016 to purchase sulfur-removal assets and technology, including HydroCat products. The announcement describes an agreement to purchase rather than independently establishing completion.[2][6]
Molliter’s stated work includes acquisition and disposition advisory, valuation, transaction marketing, structuring, negotiation, and due-diligence preparation. Its public material also discusses helping owners evaluate a sale, a transition of ownership to family or key employees, or continued operation of the business.[1][3]
What does Molliter Advisory publicly disclose about fees, process and engagement terms?
The Molliter-authored article does not disclose a universal retainer amount, success-fee percentage, minimum fee, tail period, termination schedule, or exclusivity term.
The Molliter video page does not disclose a current list of completed transactions, transaction values, buyer identities, or consideration terms. The Molliter-authored transaction material does not disclose Molliter’s fee, mandate terms, transaction consideration, or detailed scope of advisory work.[1][2][7]
Public professional information identifies Molliter Advisory as an LLC and identifies Jay Hill as a vice president associated with the firm.
The cited Molliter website does not establish whether the firm provides broker-dealer, investment-adviser, or other regulated securities services.[3][5]
Molliter describes a process that can include identifying candidates, analyzing financial information, determining enterprise value, preparing presentation materials, structuring the transaction, negotiating terms, and preparing for due diligence.[3]
Questions to ask before hiring Molliter Advisory
What are the current retainer, success-fee, minimum-fee, exclusivity, termination, and tail provisions?
Which named transactions has the firm completed recently, and what role did it perform in each?
How are buyer outreach, confidentiality, diligence management, financing, and ownership transition handled?
Is the engagement limited to business sales and asset transactions, or does the firm also provide regulated securities or investment-advisory services?
Sources & research notes
- Official website / firm overview
- Official website / firm overview
- Services / capabilities
- Industry focus
- Geography / market coverage
- Transaction / portfolio evidence
- Public disclosure information
How this profile was researched
Auxo profiles are prepared from publicly available primary and authoritative sources and reviewed for entity identity, factual support and disclosure consistency. When a fact cannot be supported by the reviewed public record, the profile identifies it as something to confirm directly rather than inferring it.
Independent research profile
This profile was prepared by Auxo Capital Advisors from publicly available information believed to be reliable and is provided solely for informational and educational purposes. It is not an endorsement, recommendation, ranking, solicitation, or representation regarding the profiled firm, its services, qualifications, transaction experience, regulatory status, financial condition, or suitability for any particular person, company, transaction, or investment.
Information obtained from third-party and public sources may be incomplete, inaccurate, outdated, or subject to change, and Auxo Capital Advisors makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, as to its accuracy, completeness, or timeliness. Readers should conduct their own independent diligence and consult appropriate professional advisers before engaging any advisor, intermediary, investor, lender, acquirer, or other transaction counterparty.
Broker-dealer and securities disclosure
Auxo Capital Advisors is an affiliate of Weild & Co., Member FINRA | SIPC. Securities-related activities and securities transactions are conducted through Weild & Co.
Nothing contained on this page constitutes an offer to sell, an offer to purchase, or a solicitation of an offer to buy or sell any security, investment product, or financial instrument. Nothing on this page constitutes investment advice, a recommendation regarding any security, or a recommendation to enter into any transaction with the profiled firm or any other party.
Any securities transaction, capital-raising engagement, investment-banking engagement, or other securities-related activity involving Auxo Capital Advisors or Weild & Co. is subject to applicable regulatory requirements, internal review and approval, suitability and other applicable diligence requirements, and the terms of a separate written engagement or transaction agreement, as applicable.
Inclusion of a third-party firm in this directory does not imply affiliation with, sponsorship by, endorsement by, or any other relationship with Auxo Capital Advisors or Weild & Co. unless expressly stated otherwise.