Merkel & Associates is a member of the International Network of Merger & Acquisition Partners, the world’s premier association of merger and acquisition intermediaries serving buyers and sellers of middle-market companies. Membership is limited to a select group of international members and no more than forty U.S. members. All are leading private investment banking firms in their respective markets.

IMAP members are distinguished not only by their skill and integrity in representing buyers and sellers, but their cohesiveness and willingness to assist one another. Their principals share a common bond and trust which greatly enhances their effectiveness when working together for the benefit of their clients. Relationships between members typically exceed ten years.

The association was formed because the acquisition and sale of companies has become increasingly complex. Legal, tax and environmental issues have become major obstacles to successful transactions. Technology is changing at an accelerating pace. Virtually all domestic industries are now impacted by global competition. Access to competitive intelligence has become essential to long term survival. IMAP provides its member firms with significant additional resources to address these critical matters by:

• Serving as an informational vehicle regarding key developments impacting the acquisition and sale of companies.
• Sponsoring a dedicated network through which its members may gain confidential access to qualified international buyers and sellers.
• Providing a vehicle for the confidential sharing of sensitive information regarding virtually any given industry’s most active buyers, guideline pricing within the industry and technological developments important to buyers and sellers alike.

As Merkel & Associates is intimately familiar with the operations, objectives and capabilities of several dozen high quality buyers within its principal market, so are the other IMAP members in their respective markets. When an exceptional buyer, merger partner or strategic alliance is sought under conditions of extreme confidentiality, our IMAP membership provides access unparalleled in the middle-market investment banking profession. Essentially, Merkel & Associates’ membership in IMAP enables us to deliver in-depth transnational and international investment banking services as though we had sixty offices around the world.