Mergers & Acquisitions Services

Ernst & Young Capital Advisors, LLC (EYCA) M&A team provides sector-focused advice ranging from evaluating strategic alternatives to executing transactions and coordinating closings on acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures and other transactions.

The team

Photographic portrait of John Woodby
John Woodby
US Head of Industrials & Energy Investment Banking
Photographic portrait of Slava Girzhel
Slava Girzhel
US Head of Healthcare Investment Banking and Senior Managing Director, Ernst & Young Capital Advisors, LLC
Photograpgic portrait of Hisham Barghout
Hisham Barghout
Ernst & Young Capital Advisors, LLC, Head of US Aerospace & Defense Investment Banking, Managing Director

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

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 Healthcare Investment Banking and Senior Managing Director, Ernst & Young Capital Advisors, LLC
Healthcare 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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