Our Process
Having worked on over 600+ transactions, we at South Florida M&A Advisors have mastered the approach to a successful transaction. Our time-tested successful process includes:
President/M&A Advisor
Russell Cohen
Russell is a Mergers & Acquisitions advisor with over 24 years of experience in South Florida. He has sold more than 700 businesses and spent over 75,000 hours helping business owners exit their business.
Russell was the TOP DEAL MAKER for the State of Florida in 2019, 2016, 2015, 2012, 2010, 2009, 2007, 2006, and 2005. He was the TOP DEAL MAKER in South Florida in 2021,2018, 2017, 2014, 2011, and 2008. Since 2000, no other advisor in the state of Florida has sold more businesses than Russell Cohen. Who else would you trust to sell your business?
In 2023 Russell was elected to the Board of Governors for the M & A Source, a National Organization of M & A Advisors and has earned hi M&AMI certification.
Whether you are looking to buy an additional business, sell your existing business or merge with an existing business, Russell can assist you in all facets of the transaction with experience, dedication, and integrity.
M&A Director
Sunil Shenoy
Sunil has over 23+ years of global (US, South Asia, Middle East, Africa, Russia, and China) leadership level experience in mergers and acquisitions, private equity (investing and portfolio company management), corporate development, and strategy and operations consulting with preeminent firms such as, Deloitte, PricewaterhouseCoopers, The Abraaj Group, and GE Capital. In the last 9 years, Sunil has successfully originated and advised in c. over USD 5 Billion in successful placements of equity and debt; including, several multi-jurisdictional transactions.
Sunil has been actively involved in advising financial sponsors and strategic buyers in building world-class sector-specific platforms through acquisitions. He also has hands-on operating experience in the healthcare industry.
Sunil graduated with an MBA from INSEAD, has a B.Sc. degree in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering from University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and has attended an Advanced Program in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering at Cornell University. He also has certifications in Machine Learning, Analytics, Data Science, and IoT from Stanford University, Wharton School (University of Pennsylvania), John Hopkins University, and Columbia University.