GCA Corporation (formerly GCA Savvian Corporation) was a multinational

investment bank Investment is the dedication of money to purchase of an asset to attain an increase in value over a period of time. Investment requires a sacrifice of some present asset, such as time, money, or effort. In finance, the purpose of investing is ...

headquartered in

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, United States. It was sold to Houlihan Lokey in October 2021.

Services

The company offers

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including

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advisory services for both

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and

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companies in buyside, sellside and going-private transactions. The company provides services for hostile defenses, reorganization proceedings, recapitalizations and restructuring services. The company also provides restructuring advisory services and capital markets services, such as placement of

common Common may refer to: Places * Common, a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland * Boston Common, a central public park in Boston, Massachusetts * Cambridge Common, common land area in Cambridge, Massachusetts * Clapham Common, originally com ...

and preferred stock,

mezzanine debt In finance, mezzanine capital is any subordinated debt or preferred equity instrument that represents a claim on a company's assets which is senior only to that of the common shares. Mezzanine financings can be structured either as debt (typicall ...

, convertible debt, equity lines and roll-up financings, as well as

initial public offering An initial public offering (IPO) or stock launch is a public offering in which shares of a company are sold to institutional investors and usually also to retail (individual) investors. An IPO is typically underwritten by one or more investment ...

advisory services. In addition, it offers secondary direct placement;

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and invests in

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mezzanine financing In finance, mezzanine capital is any subordinated debt or preferred equity instrument that represents a claim on a company's assets which is senior only to that of the common shares. Mezzanine financings can be structured either as debt (typicall ...

, and public equity and

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markets. The company provides its services primarily to

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, media,

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healthcare Health care or healthcare is the improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, amelioration or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in people. Health care is delivered by health profe ...

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and

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and industrial sectors. The company owned 13

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as of December 31, 2012. In April 2014, GCA Savvian established a

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-based

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Merger with Altium Capital

On the 9 May 2016 GCA Savvian Corporation signed an agreement to merge with Altium Capital (also known as Altium Corporate Finance Group). The merger was completed on 31 July 2016. The combination creates a leading independent international investment bank that operates under the names GCA Altium in Europe and GCA in the United States and Asia. Under the terms of the agreement, a share for share exchange took place whereby GCA acquired the entire issued share capital of Altium in exchange for shares in GCA.

Acquisition by Houlihan Lokey

On October 4, 2021 GCA Corporation was acquired by Houlihan Lokey.

Recent activities

* October 2020: Advised EnPro Industries on its acquisition of Alluxa, Inc. *August 2020: Advised Luminar on its announced $3.4B merger with Gores Metropoulos *June 2014: Advised

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Imaging on its acquisition of On Semiconductor for $400 million * February 2014: Advised Japanese firm

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on its purchase of

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for $584 million * November 2012: Advised, along with

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on its purchase of Goodman Global for $3.7 billion * September 2012: Advised Quest Software on its sale to

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for $2.4 billion * March 2011: Advised

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on its acquisition of

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for $1.1 billion
" '' SEC Filing''. March 28, 2011. Retrieved September 7, 2014.

Management

* Geoffrey Baldwin: Co-CEO, Managing Director & Head of Mergers and Acquisitions * Todd Carter: Co-CEO, Managing Director & Member of Executive Management * Blake Christensen: Director * Rushi Bhanderi: Vice President * Aaron Cohen: CFO - North America

References

External links

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