Scura Partners

What does Scura Partners do?

Scura Partners is a private investment banking firm based in Manhattan in New York City that provides financial advisory and capital raising services. Paul V. Scura is identified as a founder and Managing Partner.[1]

Scura Partners provides sell-side and buy-side advisory, restructuring services, fairness opinions, and ESOP advisory. Its capital-related services include equity financing, leveraged finance, sale-leasebacks, and project finance advisory.

The firm also provides structured finance services covering asset valuation, portfolio modeling and optimization, rating-agency interface, capital-structure development, and financing placement. Its expert-witness work includes reports and testimony involving complex-security valuation, bankruptcy, mergers and acquisitions, securitization, securities offerings, fairness opinions, and private equity.[2][3][4][5]

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What should a business owner evaluate before hiring Scura Partners?

Owners evaluating Scura Partners can compare the firm’s stated sell-side process and disclosed assignments with their own transaction requirements. Public examples cover company sales, an ESOP majority recapitalization, and a capital raise with project-finance commitments across several of the firm’s identified sectors.

The official advisory-services page does not state universal client-size or transaction-size thresholds, and it does not publish standard engagement economics. Owners should therefore confirm applicable size criteria, the proposed fee and expense provisions, exclusivity, tail and termination terms, the current legal entity signing the engagement, and the entity responsible for any securities or placement activities.[2][9][10][11][15]

What size transactions and clients does Scura Partners focus on?

Scura Partners publicly identifies financial services, technology/software, B2B services, manufacturing, healthcare, energy, transportation, and education as sector areas. Its public descriptions include renewables, midstream and downstream energy; medical devices, services and consumables; maritime, offshore, rail and airlines; and preschool, K-12 and post-secondary education.[6]

Publicly announced examples include Scura Partners serving as exclusive financial advisor to Big Man Washes in its sale to National Carwash Solutions, announced April 15, 2021; advising the principals of SHoP Architects in a majority recapitalization through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan, announced April 12, 2021; and serving as exclusive financial advisor to the sellers of Innovative Control Systems in its sale to Dover Corporation, announced January 7, 2021.

Other disclosed assignments include advising Demand Power Group on a US$71.0 million equity raise and project-finance commitment, with an initial close in July 2019 and a subsequent closing in March 2020; serving as exclusive financial advisor to Polished Metals in its sale to Sky Island Capital, announced February 19, 2020; advising Karma Agency in its sale to LRW Group, announced October 9, 2019; and serving as exclusive financial advisor to Ludwick Eye Center in its sale to Omni Eye Services, announced April 24, 2019.[8][9][10][11][12][13][14]

The firm’s stated transaction-related services include sell-side and buy-side advisory, restructuring, fairness opinions, ESOP advisory, equity financing, leveraged finance, sale-leasebacks, project finance, and structured finance.

Scura Partners also states that it invests its own capital in selective situations.[1][2][3][4]

What does Scura Partners publicly disclose about fees, process and engagement terms?

The official advisory-services page does not state a universal minimum revenue, EBITDA, enterprise-value, or transaction-size threshold. That page also does not publish a universal retainer, success-fee percentage, minimum fee, expense schedule, tail period, exclusivity period, or termination schedule.

The official transaction page for Innovative Control Systems identifies the assignment and strategic-advisory work but does not disclose transaction consideration or valuation. The official transaction page for Demand Power Group identifies the US$71 million capital raise and financing commitments but does not disclose the equity valuation, ownership percentage sold, investor identities, or fee terms.

The official contact page lists office locations and contact information but does not state a formal geographic mandate, industry-exclusion policy, or client-size threshold.[2][7][17][18]

Scura Partners’ official homepage states that securities are offered through Scura Paley Securities LLC, described there as a broker-dealer registered with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and a member of FINRA and SIPC.

An SEC-filed 2021 transaction document identifies Axio Financial LLC as formerly Scura Paley Securities LLC and describes the Scura business activities of Axio Financial as operating under the d/b/a Scura Partners. The official homepage does not explain the current legal relationship between Scura Paley Securities LLC and Scura Partners or identify whether the referenced securities entity has a different current legal name.[15][16]

Scura Partners states that its sell-side process includes understanding client objectives, assessing the business, developing a sales strategy, identifying and approaching potential buyers, structuring transaction terms, and negotiating details.[2]

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