Founded in 1992 by senior executives with entrepreneurial, line operating, and bulge bracket investment banking experience.
During the month of March 2010, Avalon, as the sole placement agent, raised Frederick's of Hollywood Group Inc. $3mm in common stock and warrants.
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| Cornhusker Energy Lexington, LLC* |
| Advised Project Financing |
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| Advised and structure equity, mezzanine and senior debt to complete construction of $75 million of merchant ethanol plant with capacity of 40 million gallons. (*) An Avalon Managing Director acted as an advisor to the company while at Halyard Restructing Group. |
| EuroGas, Inc.* |
| Advised Joint Venture Negotiation |
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| Advised and helped negotiate the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with OJSC ZNVKIF New Technologies (ZNT) of Kiev, Ukraine, a corporative Ukrainian investment fund. (*)Bradley Woods acted as an advisor to the company. |
| EuroGas, Inc.* |
| Advised Acquisition Structuring |
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| Advised and helped structure an agreement that secured the acquisition rights of Regent Ventures Ltd.'s interest in McCallan Oil & GAS (UK) Limited.(*)Spencer Clarke acted as an advisor to the company. |
| Factory Card of America |
| Initial Public Offering Preparation - Retail |
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| Leading chain of company-owned superstores offering a vast assortment of party supplies, greeting cards, gift wrap and other special occasion merchandise at everyday value prices. (www.factorycard.com) |
| Global Aircraft Leasing Ltd. |
| $8.0mm Termination Agreement - Business Services |
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| International leasing company with $140 million aircraft fund investing in wide-body commercial aircraft leased to international airlines. As financial advisor negotiated lease termination agreement for two Boeing 747-100 Aircraft with Aer Lingus. |
| HELIOS Tech, a.s.* |
| Multi-facetted Advisory and Financing Engagement |
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| Advised and helped structure the acquisition of development sites and related financing options for multi-megawatt grid-connected solar power generating facilities in the Czech Republic. (*)Traficon was the advisor of this transaction. |
| ICTS International NV |
| Strategic Alliance - Business Services |
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| Initiated and advised ICTS (NASDAQ:ICTS) a public traded international security company regarding ongoing contract services for two major global retailers. ICTS provides premier aviation and other security services throughout Europe and the U.S., based on profiling, smart card, image recognition and other leading edge techniques and technology systems. (www.icts-int.com) |
| Kamov Helicopter Company |
| Financing - Manufacturing |
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| Assisted major manufacturer of rotary wing aircraft obtain a United States Trade and Development Agency Grant to investigate the use of U.S. manufacturer’s helicopter engines. (www.kamov.ru) |
| Liberty Media for Women |
| Financial Advisory Services - Media |
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| Developed strategic plan and financial model for unique special interest online and print magazine "Ms." seeking to broaden readership and products to reach a sustainable profit level. Worked with Board as it determined to sell the business. |
| Reliance National Insurance |
| Strategic Planning - Financial Services |
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| Developed strategic approach for structured asset - based financial products for U.S. insurance company with over $2.6 billion in revenues. |
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