What we can do for you

Drawing on industry knowledge and leveraging an extensive global EY network, we provide independent, objective, sector-focused advice on transactions that achieve strategic growth objectives through acquisition or realize inherent value through various divestiture and liquidity strategies.

We also help C-suite executives and boards evaluate strategic alternatives in the context of transactions. We assist clients with the following transactions:

  • Full enterprise sales
  • Division/subsidiary spin-offs & divestitures
  • Joint ventures & strategic alliances
  • Going-private transactions
  • Employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs)
  • Leveraged buyouts (LBOs) & recapitalizations
  • Cross-border deals
  • Distressed M&A (363 sales)
  • Acquisitions
  • Management buyouts

Industry focus

Our professionals are middle-market focused and well-versed in each industry’s growth and value drivers and offer decades of combined experience across sectors, including:

Representative transactions

The team

John Woodby

Ernst & Young Capital Advisors, LLC US Head of Investment Banking and US Head of Industrials & Energy Investment Banking
M&A and capital markets leader in industrial and energy services. Thought leader and trusted advisor. M&A professional. Finding creative solutions to complex problems.
New York, NY, United States

Slava Girzhel

US Head of Health Care Investment Banking and Senior Managing Director, Ernst & Young Capital Advisors, LLC
Health care investment banker. M&A and capital markets transactions advisory professional. Strategic advisor. Father. Avid traveler.
Cleveland, OH, United States

Hisham Barghout

Ernst & Young Capital Advisors, LLC, Head of US Aerospace & Defense Investment Banking, Managing Director
Mergers & Acquisitions with focus on the Aerospace & Defense sectors. Proud dad to two beautiful girls.
 

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