Our Mission

Strategic Overview

 

Symphony Investment Partners (SIP) is a boutique international advisory group focused on providing strategic advice to companies from a wide variety of industries. The group has specialized expertise in financing, international distribution, manufacturing, licensing and consumer branding with over 100 years ofexperience to help management choose and execute the best course of action.

Our dedicated mission of offering personalized strategic advisory services enables SIP to service our clients with a full range of strategic and financial alternatives, analytical tools and objective counsel. We offer a broad range of solutions to fit our clients strategic and financial needs, including licensing strategies and implementation, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and buyouts for middle market firms.

  • Provide the highest quality, personalized advisory services to our clients

  • Coordinate M&A advisory services and Wall Street financing to emerging growth and middle market firms.

  • Ensure that our clients receive the best analysis, recommendations and executed solutions to grow in this specialized industry.

Symphony Licensing

 

Symphony has a long history in providing licensing services and licensing advice to corporations. With over $2.5 billion in licensing revenues under its belt, Symphony is one of the leading players in the field. Clients range from publicly traded companies, such as Sequential Brand Group, Iconix, and APEX, to independent firms and investment firms throughout the world.

SIP will align our strategic viewpoint & competitive advantages with your goals to create mutual value streams for joint future growth.

Proprietary Viewpoint

 

Through our global network of Associates, strategic partners and financing sources, our group will support its portfolio of business clients through an extensive network of contacts via the provision of valued added services, including:

  • Transaction advice through advisory roles on deals developed by the Company

  • Strategic partnership formation, including sales, distribution and licensing agreements

  • Management, advisory and licensing servicesfor on going roles within portfolio companies

  • Direct access to the largest vertically integrated consumer groups in China

  • Active Participation in equity of client company’s

  • M&A, corporate finance assistance, where required

  • Develop business plans for development of deals in the US, Europe and China

  • Identification and commercial due diligence on target US and China markets

  • Feasibility studies of portfolio companies’ market expansion, and/or entry

  • Establishment of US or China operations, including office location(s) 

Qualifications

 

Dedicated Group

SIP has a dedicated team of senior professionals that focus exclusively on advisory assignments and private placements in this industry.  Each assignment is given the full attention of the firm with senior professionals responsible for the day-to day execution, ensuring the highest probability of success.

Industry Expertise

Our group draws upon the in-depth industry knowledge and expertise of our Advisory Team to collectively originate and advise on strategic and transaction initiatives within the key industry groups.

Emerging Growth & Middle Market Focus 

SIP takes pride in being able to offer Wall Street sophistication and execution capabilities to middle market transactions.  Our focus allows us to understand the unique challenge and issues associated with transactions that range in size from $5 million to $500+ million.

 

Broad Advisory Capabilities

SIP advises both public and private companies on friendly and contested transactions including:  licensing strategies and intellectual property management, sell-side/merger, buy-side/acquisition structuring and financing, management and leveraged buyouts including going private transactions, and general advisory services.

Established Track Record

SIP has successfully advised Boards of Directors, Special Committees, owners, investors and management on numerous transactions in both the public and private arena.  In doing so, SIP  has developed a solid reputation for creating and executing innovative financial solutions for its clients.