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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| Drinks Americas (OTCBB:DKAM)* |
| $8mm Common Stock with Warrants - Private Placement |
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Drinks Americas (OTCBB:DKAM) Avalon's Capital Markets Co-Presidents worked with the management to raise $8mm in common stock with warrants via private placement from two institutional investors directed at expanding DKAM’s icon brands such as Trump Vodka and Newman’s Own both domestically and internationally. (*)Midtown Partners & Co. was sole placement agent.
Drinks Americas Holdings, Ltd. develops, produces (primarily through co-packers), markets and/or distributes alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages for sale primarily in the continental United States and its distribution network to certain international and duty free markets. |
| Glaceau/Vitamin Water |
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| Advisor to a private family office regarding a private stock purchase in vitaminwater Energy Brands Inc. a leading vitamin enhanced-water company. (www.vitaminwater.com) |
| Jane & Company, LLC |
| Sale of Private Company |
| $ Undisclosed |
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| Sale of the second largest "value" brand in the mass-market segment of the U.S. color cosmetic market to The Walnut Group and Stone Canyon Venture Partners, L.P. 2006 (www.janecosmetics.com) |
| Jane Acquisition LLC |
| Acquisition & Financing Assignment |
| $ Undisclosed |
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| Advised in the purchase and arranged financing for Jane & Company, LLC in the acquisition of the various brand names, operating business and assets of Sassaby and jane cosmetics, a mass-market cosmetics line sold throughout the United States from The Estée Lauder Companies, Inc. (www.janecosmetics.com) |
| London Fog |
| $12.0 mm - 363 Sell-side Assignment |
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| Advised London Fog Group in the 363 sale of Homestead, a premier designer and manufacturer of decorative textiles and accessories for the home to sourcing company Li & Fung USA. (www.homesteadbrands.com) |
| London Fog / Pacific Trail |
| $20.4 million - 363 Sell-side Assignment |
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| Advised London Fog Group in the 363 asset sale of the Pacific Trail outerwear business and related brands to Columbia Sportswear Company. (www.pacifictrail.com) |
| Nina McLemore Inc. |
| Private Placement |
| $ Undisclosed |
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| Privately placed the first institutional round of growth financing and assisted with second financing round for Nina McLemore, Inc., the direct sales company founded in 2002 to design, source and sell clothing for professional, executive, and high net worth women under the brand name Nina McLemore. (www.ninamclemore.com) |
| Rembrandt |
| Private Company Sale |
| $ Undisclosed |
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| Advised Den-Mat Corporation, a privately held company based in Santa Maria, California, in the sale of its Rembrandt brand of at-home and professional teeth-whitening products to The Gillete Company. (www.rembrandt.com) |
| Sigerson Morrison |
| Sell Side Assignment |
| $ Undisclosed |
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| Initiated introduction and advised Sigerson Morrison in the sale of this leading designer, wholesaler and retailer of luxury women's shoes, handbags and small accessories to Marc Fisher Footwear, LLC. (www.sigersonmorrison.com) |
| Tempur World, Inc. |
| $15.5mm Preferred Stock - Private Placement |
| $115.0mm Senior Credit Facility |
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| Advised on a series of private transactions over a five-year period for this developer, manufacturer and worldwide distributor of visco-elastic foam matresses and pillow that are sold under the Tempur and Tempur-Pedic brands. Transactions included advising on combining the manufacturer and U.S. distributor to create a vertically integrated company and arranging an inital institutional private placement. Subsequently, advised on the sale of the business. (See Tempur Article)
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