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Reed Tindal, LLC

Reed Tindal, LLC provides business advisory and intermediary services, including mergers and acquisitions, exit strategies, divestitures, opinions of value, recapitalizations, and strategic planning. The firm describes experience across multiple industries and a Southeast-oriented history.

Key takeaway

What stands out about Reed Tindal, LLC

Reed Tindal, LLC presents itself as a selective business intermediary and M&A advisor with a stated historical niche assisting businesses generating between $5m and $200m in revenue. Its public materials describe a relationship-focused process, a qualified-buyer database of well over five thousand buyers with signed confidentiality agreements, and representative transactions across industrial, healthcare, manufacturing, construction, and service businesses.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

What does Reed Tindal, LLC do?

Reed Tindal, LLC is a full-service business advisory and intermediary practice based at 7530 Parker Road, Suite 210, Fairhope, Alabama. The firm states that it was formed in 2021 as the successor entity to The Reed Group, Inc., which Dock Reed established in 1996.[1][2]

The firm’s publicly listed services include mergers, acquisitions, exit strategies, divestitures, consulting, recapitalizations, opinions of value, growth and value creation planning, strategic alignment, and complete M&A advisory.[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.

Public size / criteria information
The About page states that Dock Reed developed a niche assisting businesses that generated between $5m and $200m in revenue. The Exclusive Opportunities page displays representative businesses with revenues ranging from $324,037 to $22,411,558 and cash flow ranging from $168,376 to $4,791,446. That page does not state a universal minimum or maximum transaction-size threshold.[2][5]

What should a business owner evaluate before hiring Reed Tindal, LLC?

An owner evaluating Reed Tindal can clarify the engagement’s fee structure, retainer and success-fee mechanics, termination provisions, tail-period terms, and any exclusivity associated with intermediary rights. The owner can also ask how valuation would be determined, which potential buyers may be considered, how confidentiality would be handled, which team member would lead the assignment, and what conflicts checks apply.

Because the Client Successes page does not provide dates, consideration amounts, buyer legal names, financing terms, or seller legal names, an owner seeking transaction references can request dated, client-authorized examples in the relevant sector and size range.[3][4][6][8]

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What are the engagement fee, retainer, success-fee, expense, termination, and tail provisions

The cited Services page lists advisory categories but does not disclose these engagement economics or terms.[3]
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Is the engagement exclusive, and for how long

The Buyer NDA states that Reed Tindal may hold exclusive intermediary rights in a potential transaction; the scope and duration of a particular engagement should be clarified directly.[8]
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How is valuation determined, and what comparable transactions support the proposed value

Opinions of value are among the firm’s listed services, making valuation methodology a specific diligence topic for an owner to clarify.[3]

What size transactions and clients does Reed Tindal, LLC focus on?

Reed Tindal states that its principals have advised businesses in alternative fuels, construction, alarm monitoring, fire suppression, property management, property development, entertainment, food processing and manufacturing, equipment rental, healthcare, industrial, and service industries.

The Exclusive Opportunities page does not state a standardized sector mandate.[2][5]

The Client Successes page lists a home health-care business in Daphne, Alabama acquired by a strategic party in Pensacola, Florida; a manufacturing utility-poles business in Petal, Mississippi acquired by a strategic party in New York, New York; and a mechanical and industrial business in Orange Beach, Alabama acquired by a strategic party in Atlanta, Georgia.

It also lists an HVAC company in Tampa, Florida acquired by a strategic party in Abu Dhabi and a manufacturer of vessels in Huntsville, Alabama acquired by a strategic party in Atlanta, Georgia. The page does not disclose transaction dates, consideration amounts, buyer legal names, financing terms, or seller legal names.[6]

The firm’s stated transaction-related services include mergers and acquisitions, exit strategies, divestitures, recapitalizations, opinions of value, and complete M&A advisory. Reed Tindal also describes itself as selective about the businesses it represents and focused on people and relationships rather than listings.[3][4]

What does Reed Tindal, LLC publicly disclose about fees, process and engagement terms?

The cited Services page lists service categories but does not disclose fee percentages, minimum fees, retainer requirements, success-fee mechanics, termination provisions, or tail-period terms.

The cited Client Successes page identifies representative assignments but does not disclose transaction dates, consideration amounts, buyer legal names, financing terms, or seller legal names.

The cited Exclusive Opportunities page displays selected opportunity descriptions and financial figures but does not state a universal minimum or maximum transaction-size threshold or a standardized sector mandate.[3][5][6]

Reed Tindal, LLC was formed in 2021 as the successor entity to The Reed Group, Inc., established by Dock Reed in 1996. The firm’s website identifies membership or accreditation relationships with BBB, the International Business Brokers Association, M&A Source, and the Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors. M&A Source identifies Clay Tindal as an advisor associated with Reed Tindal, LLC.[1][2][7]

Reed Tindal states that it is selective about the businesses it represents, emphasizes people and relationships rather than listings, and uses a database of well over five thousand qualified buyers with signed confidentiality agreements.

The firm’s Buyer NDA states that Reed Tindal, LLC may hold exclusive intermediary rights in a potential transaction and that communications, offers, negotiations, and related communications are to be conducted through Reed Tindal unless it permits otherwise.[4][8]

Questions to ask before hiring Reed Tindal, LLC

What are the engagement fee, retainer, success-fee, expense, termination, and tail provisions?
The cited Services page lists advisory categories but does not disclose these engagement economics or terms.[3]
Is the engagement exclusive, and for how long?
The Buyer NDA states that Reed Tindal may hold exclusive intermediary rights in a potential transaction; the scope and duration of a particular engagement should be clarified directly.[8]
How is valuation determined, and what comparable transactions support the proposed value?
Opinions of value are among the firm’s listed services, making valuation methodology a specific diligence topic for an owner to clarify.[3]
Which current buyers are likely to fit the business, and how is confidentiality protected?
Reed Tindal describes a database of well over five thousand qualified buyers with signed confidentiality agreements and a process centered on relationships.[4]
What percentage of engagements reach closing, and what is the typical process timeline?
The firm’s public process description addresses selectivity and buyer access; an owner can request additional information about closing experience and timing for the proposed assignment.[4]
Which team member will lead the assignment?
The public materials identify Dock Reed and Clay Tindal in connection with the firm, while assignment leadership should be confirmed for a specific engagement.[2][7]
What conflicts checks are performed?
The firm describes intermediary activity and communications through Reed Tindal in its Buyer NDA, so an owner can ask how conflicts are identified and managed for a particular transaction.[8]
Can the firm provide dated, client-authorized transaction references in the relevant sector and size range?
The Client Successes page identifies representative assignments but does not disclose transaction dates, consideration amounts, buyer legal names, financing terms, or seller legal names.[6]

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