Today’s market has made it extremely difficult to predict what the next day will bring. For private equity firms, the expectations remain to balance the buy and sell-side opportunities with a continued focus on value creation in existing portfolios.

RubinBrown’s Private Equity Services Group can help you balance these priorities and also comply with the changing regulatory landscape.

We offer private equity firms and their portfolio companies an integrated suite of business services aligned across the entire private equity life cycle.

We understand private equity. Professionals in our dedicated Private Equity Services Group translate high-level experience and extensive knowledge into effective results for you.

With a single point of contact through your individually assigned Coordinating Partner, we will provide you strategic, timely and insightful advice at every stage of the private equity life cycle.

With RubinBrown’s expertise across 12 different industries, we can deliver the right team with the right knowledge for any of your service needs.

RubinBrown has experience working with private equity firms and their portfolio companies throughout the country. We currently provide various services to approximately 30 private equity firms.

RubinBrown’s suite of services, designed around the private equity life cycle, is ideally suited for private equity and the companies in which you have invested.

Whether you are exploring a buy-or-sell opportunity, platform acquisition, pursuing a growth strategy, or looking for ways to extract value from an existing investment, we will assemble an exceptional team to serve you. We have the breadth and depth of expertise in handling issues unique to most private equity firms and their investments including:

• Assisting portfolio companies with information technology and reporting capacity needs
• Buy and sell side due diligence
• Communication with the investors’ management team throughout the year
• Importance of maintaining compliance with loan and operating agreement covenants
• Integration
• Portfolio company audits
• Purchase price allocation and valuation
• Tax structuring, planning and modeling
• Understanding of complex capital structures
• Working on governance issues with boards of directors

While RubinBrown is organized around 11 industry specific groups, we have private equity and Merger and Acquisition experience specifically within Life Sciences, Manufacturing & Distribution, Media & Entertainment, Not-For-Profit and Professional Services industries.RubinBrown also has private equity and Merger and Acquisition experience within technology and technology related industries. We will align our industry expertise with the industry focus of your private equity group to deliever a team that understands the unique issues of a particular industry.

We can provide you with a variety of tailored services throughout the private equity life cycle in a manner that is conducive to how you do business to ensure that you become a totally satisfied RubinBrown client.

Private Equity Leaders

Please contact one of these Private Equity leaders for more information:

Ben Barnes, CPA
Partner-In-Charge
314.678.3531
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Eric Janson, CPA
Partner
314.290.3295
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Fred Kostecki, CPA
Partner
314.290.3398
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Jim Mather, CPA
Partner
314.290.3470
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Todd Pleimann, CPA
Kansas City Managing Partner
913.499.4411
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Rodney Rice, CPA 
Partner
303.952.1233
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Tim Sims, CPA
Partner
314.290.3434
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