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Kerrigan Advisors is the leading sell-side advisor and thought partner to auto dealers nationwide. Since our founding in 2014, we have led the industry with the sale of over 300 dealerships generating more than $𝟭𝟬 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀, including two of the largest transactions in auto retail history – the sale of Jim Koons Automotive Companies to Asbury Automotive Group and Leith Automotive to Holman. Led by a team of veteran industry experts with backgrounds in investment banking, private equity, accounting, finance and real estate, Kerrigan Advisors is the only firm in auto retail exclusively dedicated to sell-side advisory, providing its clients the assurance of a 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘁-𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵. Each year, our firm works on a select number of higher value transactions with a resolve to provide the highest quality client service. Unlike other firms, we do not take listings or have an inventory of dealerships for sale. In our view, dealerships are far too valuable to be advised any other way. Kerrigan Advisors publishes 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗦𝗸𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁®, the industry authority on dealership buy/sell market trends and valuations and includes Kerrigan Advisors’ signature blue sky charts, multiples and analysis for each franchise in the luxury and non-luxury segments. The firm also releases The Kerrigan Index™, comprised of the seven publicly traded auto retail companies with operations focused on the US market, designed to track dealership valuation trends. In addition, Kerrigan Advisors publishes two of the industry’s longest standing surveys, the Kerrigan Dealer Survey and Kerrigan OEM Survey, which gauges dealer and OEM sentiment and expectations surrounding dealership valuations, sales and trust. Securities Products and Investment Banking Services are offered through BA Securities, LLC. Member FINRA SIPC.

At Bel Air, we provide strategic advice to automotive dealers in the areas of acquisitions & divestitures, debt & equity financing, real estate, estate planning, valuation and litigation support. Bel Air Partners celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2018. Bel Air occupies that rare space where expertise, credibility and relationships meet in the service of private auto dealers. Bel Air was created following the first successful vehicle retailer IPO, Rush Enterprises, engineered by Bel Air’s founder, Sheldon Sandler.

Founded in 1978, Kaufman & Company is a boutique investment bank focused on providing M&A advisory and private placement services to middle and emerging market companies. M&A assignments are both sell- and buy-side, and private placements include raising equity from venture capital and private equity firms as well as arranging debt with a variety of lenders, including banks and other non-bank lenders, insurance companies, mezzanine funds, and many types of specialty finance companies.