Cobblestone has entered into a collaborative agreement of cooperation with Bank Sarasin of Basel, Switzerland to conduct global invesment banking transactions, asset gathering and mutual global expansion initiatives. Founded in 1841 the bank is one of Swizterland's leading private banking institutions.

Cobblestone has entered into a strategic alliance and cooperative Agreement with Capital-CVentures


Citywealth article: Helping Families in business expand using private equity

Business Families Will Weather the Storm
By Eugene O'Malley:
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"Why Invest on a Global Basis"

Article by Philip Stibold and Eugene O'Malley - click here.

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Raising external growth capital while retaining family control
How many times has this situation happened to your family business?

Family business owner is offered an attractive sole source acquisition from another family-owned business in your industry due to retirement or succession.

Unfortunately the family is unprepared to respond in a timely fashion. The seller cannot wait while the family gets its act together!

The family business owner needs a proactive approach with a well-organized plan and methodology to execute when attractive opportunities become available.
1. Start by appointing a very senior lead person to manage the process.
2. Have various pre-approved financing sources available on short notice: private equity, direct investment from insurance companies, or investment capital from other collaborative families.

   

Founded in 1989, Cobblestone Advisers provides customized, discretionary financial advisory and capital raising services to principals of private companies, families, and individuals. Cobblestone provides this service to clients who have "special situations" requiring independent objective advice resulting in a well designed and executed financial and operating solutions. These "special situations" require growth capital for acquisitions, joint ventures, recapitalizations, special projects, and shareholder liquidity resolution.

Cobblestone was established by our Managing Partner, Mr. Eugene O'Malley, who has been actively engaged in trans-Atlantic advisory for the past 20 years, to provide custom solutions to client specific business situations. Cobblestone is a transaction-based firm with a focus on combining various capital requirements and techniques to achieve a specific result. We work with a broad range of financing capabilities including private equity funds, mezzanine funds, hedge funds, structured finance groups, pension funds, and insurance companies to execute our client's financing requirements.

Cobblestone utilizes a project management approach with all of our assignments. Each assignment is customized in content and personnel to meet the expressed need of our client. We organize our team with the most highly qualified international specialists to craft and execute complicated client solutions. Our assignments range in complexity, duration, and specialist composition in the achievement of our client's objectives. This customized "specialist team" approach assures our clients well thought out superior solutions, executed in a timely, cost effective, and discreet manner.

Clearinghouse Exchange

Cobblestone Advisers offers our relationships the opportunity to source investment projects

Investment Opportunities

  • Mobile Global Telecom Platform - Holland
  • Private Transportation Company for Sale - Mexico
  • China Telecom 3G Wireless Build out - China
  • Mittelstand Distress Fund - Germany

Opportunities Sought

  • Complex distressed cross-border transactions minimum 50 million USD.
  • Hidden Value investment themes - $250 million available
  • Minority positions in family owned businesses with global capital expansion needs.


Cobblestone Advisers is currently active (April 09) with "on-the-ground" implementation and execution engagements in the following countries.
  • Brazil
  • China
  • Germany
  • Holland
  • India
  • Mexico
  • Panama
  • USA - East Coast to Florida

Site updated 4/09

Contact via Email: global@cobbleadvisers.com

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Cobblestone Global Advisers
Cobblestone has established a global network of collaborators and experts around the globe whose expertise can provide our clients with relevant current market, industry expertise and knowledgeable experts in many varying disciplines. These relationships are knowledgeable and qualified which ensures the highest levels of execution skills, integrity, and velocity to the transaction.
MEET OUR TEAM
Cobblestone Solutions is an exclusive service we offer our clients to craft a customized strategic program for global expansion via organic growth, acquisitions, joint ventures or general business intelligence. This in-depth comprehensive research has numerous modules to achieve our clients objectives and is built on a framework for immediate action. We use our exclusive network of advisors are professional resources to complete these engagements.
Global Family Collaborative
Cobblestone Global Advisers - Global Family Collaborative (GFC) is a community of substantial expansion- minded global family business owners that share common goals, values and principles and want to jointly enhance their business network while tapping into available expertise and resources around the world. The GFC facilitates relationships with substantial global families seeking cross border business expansion and market entry.
CEO CORNER
Sense of Urgency
As an adviser to CEO's on strategic thinking and practical combined solutions with execution, I'm concerned by the lack of urgency by these leaders to act decisively on critical matters impacting their business. With all the issues surrounding the credit bubble, credit crisis, a slowing economy, and no job creation that these leaders have failed to act and have taken the position that the market and time will cure all problems. Unfortunately in the existing "New World" environment, a lack of proper and timely execution will determine the winner and losers. If you understand your particular challenge, then act on your knowledge, failing to do so, may result in unintended consequences and significantly impair your business future.

"CHINA-One-on-One"
Cobblestone offers customized services for creation and implementation of cross border collaborative partnerships for businesses seeking participation. This customized service will add local well screened relationships with significant know-how, effectiveness and velocity to your expansion plans.


Rio de Janiero Wharton conference. Presentation by Eugene O'Malley "Entrepreneurship: "Conversation about financing of entrepreneurial ventures".

The Family Business Conference
Milan, 4/05
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