What We Do

Your production is ordinary income. It doesn't have to be.

We work three ways for top Advisors. We restructure the practice so its value is taxed as capital gains, we renegotiate for the Advisors who stay, and we represent the ones who move. The objective never changes. We get you paid for what you built.

Restructuring

Capital-Gains Restructuring

We structure the sale of your practice so its enterprise value is taxed as long-term capital gains, not ordinary income. The method is MEEM, the Multi-Period Excess Earnings Method the IRS uses to value goodwill. Your Book's real value lives in that goodwill, the part of your practice a buyer pays for. We isolate it, value it, and structure a sale that qualifies for capital-gains treatment, with an accounting firm at the ready to execute.

One path we use: you go independent and keep roughly 70% of your T-12, then one year and a day later you sell the business to the platform at capital-gains rates. A practice that trades at three to five times revenue is worth far more sold as an asset than collected as another year of grid.

Retention

Retention & Renegotiation

Not every Advisor should leave. If staying is the right move, we find out what your firm would quietly pay to keep you, then negotiate the Contract and the support around it, more headcount and better economics, all on the firm's nickel. You keep the leverage most Advisors give away for free.

Representation

Representation on a Move

When it's time to move, we represent you across the whole market, from Wirehouses to boutiques to PE-backed RIAs. We run the deal from the first conversation to the close, and your name stays out of the market until you decide otherwise. We work for you, not your Firm, so you get the truth about your options, not a retention pitch.

How It Works

Four steps, start to finish.

Assess

We study the practice as it stands. Your Book, your production, your margins, and the firm you're sitting in.

Value

We value the business the way a buyer does, on EBITDA and goodwill, not a multiple of revenue. This is where most Advisors learn they're worth far more than their payout.

Structure

We design the path that gets that value taxed as capital gains, built around your situation and no one else's.

Execute

We run and negotiate the deal, quietly, until it's closed and it holds up under scrutiny.

Market Intelligence

We know who's really paying what.

We maintain a live map of what every firm on the Street is really paying, firm by firm, from upfront cash to backend notes and equity. When we tell you what a move is worth, or what your firm should pay to keep you, it isn't a guess. That intelligence is the difference between a number a recruiter hopes you'll take and the number you deserve.

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Straight Answers

The questions Advisors ask.

Is capital-gains treatment legitimate?

Yes. It's built on the Multi-Period Excess Earnings Method, the IRS-recognized way to value goodwill. Your practice has real enterprise value, and a properly structured sale is taxed as a capital asset. We bring an accounting firm to execute it.

My clients won't follow me without the brand.

Next-gen clients care about custody, clearing, and speed, not the marble lobby. Off-the-shelf custody now rivals wirehouse infrastructure. That objection is aging out, along with the clients who held it. The brand isn't dead; it migrated to your own name.

Isn't going independent risky?

It used to mean building a back office from scratch. It doesn't anymore. The infrastructure is off the shelf, and the risk Advisors were told to fear no longer exists.

A firm quoted me a 300% deal. Is that cash up front?

No. Headline percentages are not day-one cash. Most of it is a forgivable note tied to production and length-of-stay hurdles, plus equity. We'll show you the real number, and what it costs you, before you sign anything.

Are you just recruiters?

No. We represent you, not the firm, and we know what your business is worth, which a recruiter chasing a placement fee does not. We say the things your firm can't.

I'm thinking about retiring.

Then this matters most. Your Book is worth real money as a sale. We help you monetize it and structure a succession, in strict confidence.

Will anyone find out I talked to you?

No. Every conversation is confidential by default. Your plans, your timing, and your name stay yours.