Investment Banking

Forvis Mazars offers professional and experienced investment banking guidance. Grow your financial institution the right way with Forvis Mazars.

M&A Advisory Services

Mergers and acquisitions are a viable option to meet growth and earnings objectives for today’s successful community bank.

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Fairness Opinions

We work with legal counsel, independent accountants, and other professionals to formulate fairness opinions that support a specific transaction.

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Strategic Alternative Assessments

Strategic discussions to help clients focus their efforts on specific goals, objectives, and timeframes.

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Capital Planning & Private Placements

Realistic strategies for attracting public and private capital resources to support growth opportunities and to meet regulatory expectations.

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Stock Valuations

Stock valuations are integral components of M&A assignments, as institutions seek to understand their market value.

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Due Diligence Assistance

A financial institution’s assets, or pool of assets, can be evaluated either onsite or offsite utilizing secure technology.

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Grow Your Financial
Institution the Right Way

We understand that challenges are inevitable in any M&A opportunity and it’s sometimes difficult to keep a clear vision when personally invested. Let us be the voice of experience and reason to assist you in creating the right M&A strategy to overcome those challenges, and improve your chances for a successful and profitable transaction.

Merger & Acquisition Advisory Services

Buy-side and sell-side assistance with critical analysis, strategic advice, and input on negotiating strategies.

Sell-side planning & management of the sale process

Assistance with critical analysis, strategic advice, and input on negotiating strategies.

Whole-bank acquisitions & strategic mergers

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Branch acquisitions & divestitures

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Non-bank M&A

Non-bank M&A advisory including mortgage companies, RIAs, trust companies, insurance agencies and other non-bank companies.

Fairness Opinions

An independent, professional opinion to validate and support corporate transactions such as a merger or acquisition, stock repurchase, stock issuance, or other capital transactions.

Independent evaluation of the financial terms of a transaction

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Evaluation of pricing formulas

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Review and assessment of due diligence reports

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Review of transaction documentation including definitive agreements and ancillary agreements

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Strategic Alternative Assessments

Strategic Alternative Assessments for institutions of all sizes to align an organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.

New opportunity exploration

A road map that may include exploring M&A opportunities, or validating the decision to remain independent

Strategic planning and facilitation

Strategic discussions to provide executive management and Boards with sufficient information to make informed decisions.

Capital Planning & Private Placements

Understanding the near-term and long-range capital needs is an essential component of all bank planning scenarios, and M&A transactions can dramatically change the dynamics of an institutions’ capital structure.

Capital Plan Development

We incorporate current regulatory framework, along with a financial institution’s internal capital objectives, into the Capital Plan.

Stock Valuations

A competent valuation of stock and other securities requires a comprehensive and highly-specialized understanding of valuation principles, banking, and approaches to valuing financial institutions.

Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) or other qualified plans

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Stock issuances

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Stock repurchase programs

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Stock options, restricted stock awards and other equit-incentives

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Due Diligence Assistance

Buy-side and sell-side assistance with critical analysis, strategic advice, and input on negotiating strategies.

Comprehensive evaluation and analysis

Comprehensive analyses of loan portfolios, as well as in-depth reviews of investment securities, regulatory and compliance issues, operations, management contracts, and vendor relationships.