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A creative spark, exceptional executionand an unconventional approach tothe market. These qualities makegood brands great. elixirAdvisors is a boutique investment bank that specializes in advising prestige brands and creative entrepreneurs, whether they want to develop and execute growthstrategies, find investors or sell their businesses. For prestige brands or creative entrepreneurs,the issues are different. No transaction is worth doing if it means losing the things that make abrand unique. At elixirAdvisors, we understand the art of creation and the art of a deal.
we understand the art of creationand THE ART OF A DEAL
a boutique investment bank that specializes in advising
PRESTIGE BRANDS and CREATIVE ENTREPRENEURS
EArt and works of art do not make an artist; sense and enthusiasm and instinct do. Friedrich von Schlegal
GAIL ZAUDERmanaging partner
After eighteen years on Wall Street, Gail Zauder knew there was a better way. So, she took her extensive transaction experience, desire to provide personalized financial and strategic advicefree of a big bureaucracy and competing interests and her unique ability to translate creativevisions into financial terms and established elixirAdvisors in 2002. At elixir, Ms. Zauder focuses onbringing her global investment banking expertise and in-depth industry knowledge to a broadrange of creative entrepreneurs and leading prestige brands which may not be appropriatelyserved by the major financial services conglomerates.
Ms. Zauder is recognized as one of the foremost advisors to creative entrepreneurs and companies in the luxury goods,retail and apparel and beauty sectors. Prior to establishingelixir, Ms. Zauder was a Managing Director at Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB), where she was the worldwide head of the Luxury Goods Investment Banking Group from 1998 to 2001 and the Head of Mergers & Acquisitions for the Retail and Apparel Investment Banking Groupfrom 1992 to 1998.
During her years in investment banking, Ms Zauder has been involved in approximately 100 transactions, totaling $30 billion in value, including over 40 corporate sales, 35 acquisitions
and 17 strategic advisory assignments.Ms. Zauder has represented clients in some of the most noteworthy transactions in these sectors:
β Burtβs Bees in its sale of a majority interest to AEA Investors Donna Karan and her family in thesale of Gabrielle Studio and DKI to LVMH
β LVMH in its acquisition of the young cosmetics brands Bliss, Benefit, Fresh, Hard Candy andUrban Decay
β LVMH in the Gucci situationβ Liz Claiborne in five acquisitions over six years, including the license of DKNY Jeansβ Casual Corner in its acquisition of Brooks Brothersβ The sale of Harry Winston for the Trustees of the Estate
Ms. Zauder was the first woman promoted to Managing Director in CSFBβs Merger & AcquisitionGroup. She was a member of the Firmβs Investment Banking Committee and the Chairman of Recruiting for the Investment Banking Department. She joined CSFB in 1985. Ms. Zauder started her investment banking career at Lehman Brothers Kuhn Loeb.
Ms. Zauder received an AB, cum laude, from Smith College and an MBA from Yale UniversityβsSchool of Management. She serves on the Board of the GAR Foundation and is currently working with the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund to provide funding and business mentoring to anemerging American designer.
one of the foremost ADVISORSto creative entrepreneurs and
companies in the luxury goods,retail and apparel and beauty sectors
approximately 100 transactions, totaling $30 BILLION in value
EThe artist stands in the position of mediator between the world of his experience and the world of his dreams.James Joyce
ADAM D. ZAUDERpartner
Adam Zauder brings signif icant entrepreneurial experience and a strategic advisory perspective toelixirAdvisors. Mr. Zauderβs background in management consulting and in senior operating positions enables elixir to provide its clients with a seasoned perspective on strategic challenges.
Mr. Zauder began his business career at Booz, Allen & Hamilton, a leading international management consulting firm, where he specialized in Operations and Strategy. In nine years at Booz Allen, he completed over fifty engagements for major clients such as Amoco, InlandSteel, Dayton Hudson and General Motors.
While at Booz Allen, Mr. Zauder pioneered the field of patient-focused care and health care restructuring. Always the entrepreneur, he saw the opportunity to develop an innovativeInternet-based clinical database technology and founded Prognosys, a healthcare informationsystems company in 1993. Prognosys received the 1998 HITS Award for Technology Innovation
from the Henry Ford HealthSystem, the National ManagedHealth Care Congress andInfocare magazine.
Following the sale of Prognosys to a health care services firm in 2000, Mr. Zauder leveraged the experience he had gained in developing and managing an Internet company into on-lineconsumer marketing. He joined Jackpot.com as Vice President of Operations and StrategicDevelopment. Jackpot was one of the few profitable companies funded by idealab!, the Internetincubator. In 2001, he was recruited to be the Chief Operating Officer of WorldWinner.com, a skill-based gaming Internet site. During his tenure with WorldWinner, Mr. Zauder:
β Assembled an experienced executive team, including the CTO, CFO and VP of Marketing.β Implemented strategic alliances with many of the Internetβs leading companies, including
Yahoo, Lycos and Pogo.β Managed the organization while monthly revenues grew from $52,000 to $1.4 million.
In 2002, Worldwinner raised $24 million in venture funds from leading investors, includingBenchmark Capital, Harbourvest Partners and Zero Stage Capital, during the challenging periodthat followed the Internet downturn.
Mr. Zauder received a BA in Economics, cum laude, from Haverford College and an MBA fromYale Universityβs School of Management. He leapt at the chance to join elixir because he stillthinks he has a lot to learn from his big sister.
significant entrepreneurial EXPERIENCE and a strategic advisory PERSPECTIVE
received the 1998 HITS Award for Technology INNOVATION
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finding the ideal partner for a creative brand:advising DONNA KARAN
In 2000, Donna Karan and Stephan Weiss, her husband, were considering their strategic optionsand were creating an advisory team to assist them. They were frustrated at the direction DonnaKaran International, the public company of which they owned 24%, had taken and wanted to finda luxury goods partner to help rebuild the languishing brand.
We were retained because we spoke Ms. Karanβslanguage. After understanding Ms. Karan and Mr. Weissβ objectives, we discussed various
alternatives with them and recommended that we approach LVMH. We believed that a strategicpartnership with LVMH would best achieve their goals and that the transaction had the highestlikelihood of success. Serious discussions with LVMH began in September 2000, with the saleof Gabrielle Studio (owned by the Karan/Weiss family and holder of the DKI trademarks) completed in January 2001 and of DKI in November 2001. Ms. Karan/Mr. Weiss received over$400 mm for Gabrielle Studio (16x cash flow).
Today, the Karan/Weiss family retains a minority interest in DKI. Ms.Karan remains its Chief Designer, with complete creative control. LVMH committed to adhere to an agreed-upon conceptual business plan, which envisioned new store openings, developing new productcategories and enhancing the management structure and brand image.
elixirAdvisors continues to serve as one of Ms. Karanβs key advisors on a variety of strategic issues.
achieving a lifelong dream for an entrepreneur:the sale of BURTβS BEES
In 2002, Roxanne Quimby, the counter-culture artist who founded Burtβs Bees and developed itinto one of the leading natural personal care companies in the United States, finally decided it wastime to sell. She had been approached by potential purchasers almost continually since she started the company in 1993.
elixir was retained in October 2002 to assist Roxanne in achieving her objectives: relinquishingher CEO responsibilities in order to focus exclusively on her role as Creative Director; finding theβrightβ home for the Company, where her commitment to the brand and product efficacy couldflourish and monetizing her equity to diversify her personal wealth and to invest in her Mainewoodlands preservation efforts.
At the same time elixir was hired, Roxanne received an βexploding offerβ, which valued BurtβsBees at $92 mm and envisioned a quick closing. Although timing was important, we convincedRoxanne that a full-scale sales process would both allow her to best achieve her objectives andto survey the market. We believed that she owed it to herself to take her time in pursuing thisβonce in a lifetimeβ event.
Over the next months, we screened 97 interested parties. We received 28 indications of interestand, following additional screening, six fully-financed binding final offers. Each of the final bids represented an increase over its respective initial indication, with an average premium of 20%. We then focused on ensuring that bidders who met Roxanneβs other objectives maximized their offers.
In September 2003, AEA Investors acquired a majority interest in Burtβs Bees for $185 mm β twicethe $92 mm offer Roxanne had been considering at the start of the process (and 3.5x sales).Roxanne was also allowed to retain $15 mm of cash which was on the Companyβs balance sheetat closing.
negotiated sale to honor non-monetary objectives:the sale of MOSCHINO*
Having successfully transitioned after the death of its founder in 1994, Moschinoβs existing shareholders wanted to sell the company. It was critical to communicate that the uniqueness of the brand had been preserved and that significant growth opportunities remained.
Although a full sales process could have been implemented, we pursued a negotiated sale toAEFFE, the companyβs long-standing RTW licensee because the shareholders wanted to preserve and honor their long-standing relationship with this group.
The Company was sold for 1x estimated sales and 7x estimated EBITDA in this negotiated transaction.The majority of the proceeds were dedicated to an AIDS foundation in Moschinoβs name.
We were retained because we SPOKE
Ms. Karanβs LANGUAGE.
Ms. Karan remains itsChief Designer, with
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expanding its franchise: developing and executing aβhipβ cosmetics strategy for LVMH*
LVMH, the worldβs largest luxury goods company, wanted to extend its cosmetics and fragrancesfranchise beyond its relatively mature prestige French brands. We assisted LVMH in developingand executing a strategy to accomplish its objectives: reaching new customers, leveraging its core competencies and developing new markets.
We recognized that LVMH wasinterested in investing in andgrowing young, entrepreneurialbrands. This fit within the overall corporate culture, which places a premium on innovation andcreativity. Over a four-year period, we worked with LVMH to assess many opportunities in the βhipβcosmetics market. This effort culminated in LVMHβs first U.S. acquisitions of any type as it assembleda portfolio of βhipβ cosmetic companies: Benefit, Bliss, Fresh, Hard Candy and Urban Decay.
Most of these transactions were acquisitions of majority equity interests, subject to detailed shareholder and employment agreements. The entrepreneurβs creative control rights and a conceptual business plan, outlining the companyβs future strategic objectives, were also criticalelements of the transactions.
Our success and extensive knowledge of its culture and business led to a broader relationshipwith LVMH, including representation in the Gucci situation. We could also effectively communicate its interest to sellers, as we represented both Donna Karan and Miami Cruiseline inthe sale of those companies to LVMH.
maximizing value by creating credibility:the sale of HARRY WINSTON*
For a decade, Harry Winstonβs sons fought over the ownership of one of the worldβs most spectacular brand names. Each had tried to buy or sell it several times during that period. Finally,in 1998, a court mandated that the company be sold.
We were retained because we understood the extraordinary brandβs value and could navigate through the significant impediments to the proposed sale (including a blocking shareholding structure; hostile management bidding for the business and unwieldy litigation). Weimmediately established credibility in the process, convincing interested buyers that the company would be sold, the negotiations would be fair and that the Winstons were not the onlytwo possible buyers.
We screened over 185 interested parties. Ultimately, nine groups were allowed to conduct duediligence, including an evaluation of the companyβs inventory. We received four firm proposals. In 2000, Ronald Winston and Fenway Partners acquired Harry Winston for $140 mm,a 75% increase over Mr. Winstonβs original bid (and 26x EBITDA).
growth through acquisition:LIZ CLAIBORNE implements a new strategy*
Despite its status as the U.S.βs largest fashion apparel and accessories company, in 1996, LizClaiborne had practically no experience making acquisitions. When the incoming Chairman andCEO established a new strategic direction based on external growth, the company neededadvice on how to move forward.
We were initially retained on the acquisition of Dooney & Bourke, but ult imately recommended that Liz not proceed with the transaction. This honest advice led to a long-standing relationship with Liz and our active involvement, over the next six years, as the companyβs strategic advisor on a broad range of initiatives, including:
β A strategic alliance with Donna Karan (the first license in Lizβs history).β The acquisition of Segrets, Laundry, Lucky Brands and Monet.β A variety of financing and capital structure issues and its investor relations program.β Several acquisitions, ranging from $50 mm to $1.5 bn+ that were not consummated.
REACHING new customers, LEVERAGING its core competencies
and DEVELOPING new markets
HONEST advice led to a long-standing relationship
clientBurtβs Bees βββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Casual Corner ββββββββββββββββββββββββ
CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund βββββββββββββ
Daily Candy ββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Donna Karan and her family βββββββββββββ
Donna Karan and her family βββββββββββββ
Gianni Versace ββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Giorgio Armani ββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Liz Claiborne ββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Luxottica Group βββββββββββββββββββββββ
LVMH MoΓ«t Hennessy Louis Vuitton ββββββ
LVMH MoΓ«t Hennessy Louis Vuitton ββββββ
LVMH MoΓ«t Hennessy Louis Vuitton ββββββ
LVMH MoΓ«t Hennessy Louis Vuitton ββββββ
LVMH MoΓ«t Hennessy Louis Vuitton ββββββ
LVMH MoΓ«t Hennessy Louis Vuitton ββββββ
Moschino ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Prada Group ββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Sundari ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Tods ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Trust for the Estate of Harry Winston ββββββ
Urban Zen βββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
assignmentsale of company to AEA Investors
acquisition of Brooks Brothers
advice regarding award and mentoring to young American designers
sale of majority control to Pilot Group (Bob Pittman)
sale of Gabrielle Studio to LVMH
advice regarding LVMHβs proposal to acquire Donna KaranInternational
evaluation of strategic alternatives
evaluation of strategic alternatives
formation of a strategic marketing alliance and license with DonnaKaran International for DKNY Jeans and Active
acquisition of U.S. Shoe Corporation
acquisition of a majority equity interest in BlissWorld
acquisition of a majority equity interest in Fresh
acquisition of a majority equity interest in Hard Candy
acquisition of a majority equity interest in Benefit Cosmetics
acquisition of Urban Decay
advice regarding acquisition of Gucci Group
sale of company to Aeffe
global coordinator for Initial Public Offering (aborted)
sale of company to Marico Industries
acquisition of the assets and archives of Roger Vivier
sale of Harry Winston to Ronald Winston and Fenway Partners
strategic advisory
notable assignments
EArt is not to be taught in Academies. It is what one looks at, not what one listens to, that makes the artist. The real schools should be the streets. Oscar Wilde
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Casual Corner ββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Daily Candy ββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Donna Karan and her family βββββββββββββββββββββ
Donna Karan and her family βββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Dylan's Candy Bar ββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Gianni Versace ββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Giorgio Armani ββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Giorgio Armani ββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Giorgio Armani ββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Laird + Partners ββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Liz Claiborne βββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Luxottica Group ββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Luxottica Group ββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Luxottica Group ββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Luxottica Group ββββββββββββββββββββββββ
LVMH MoΓ«t Hennessy Louis Vuitton ββββββββββββββββββββββββ
LVMH MoΓ«t Hennessy Louis Vuitton ββββββββββββββββββββββββ
LVMH MoΓ«t Hennessy Louis Vuitton ββββββββββββββββββββββββ
LVMH MoΓ«t Hennessy Louis Vuitton βββββββββ
LVMH MoΓ«t Hennessy Louis Vuitton βββββββββ
LVMH MoΓ«t Hennessy Louis Vuitton βββββββββ
LVMH MoΓ«t Hennessy Louis Vuitton βββββββββ
LVMH MoΓ«t Hennessy Louis Vuitton βββββββββ
Moschino βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Prada Group ββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Saks Fifth Avenue ββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Saks Fifth Avenue ββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Sundari ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
The Neiman Marcus Group ββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Tods βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Trust for the Estate of Harry Winston ββββββ
Urban Zen ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
assignment
sale of Miami Cruiseline Services to LVMH
acquisition of Brooks Brothers
sale of majority control to Pilot Group (Bob Pittman)
sale of Gabrielle Studio to LVMH
advice regarding LVMHβs proposal to acquire Donna Karan International
strategic advisory
evaluation of strategic alternatives
acquisition of minority interests in Simint
acquisition of GFT Net Factories from HdP
evaluation of strategic alternatives
strategic advisory
formation of a strategic marketing alliance and license with DonnaKaran International for DKNY Jeans and Active
acquisition of U.S. Shoe Corporation
lead arranger for acquisition financing for U.S. Shoe
sale of Footwear Division of U.S. Shoe to Nine West
sale of Womenβs Specialty Retailing Group of U.S. Shoe to La Leonardo Finanziaria
acquisition of Art & Auction Magazine
acquisition of a majority equity interest in BlissWorld
acquisition of a majority equity interest in Fresh
acquisition of a majority equity interest in Hard Candy
acquisition of a majority equity interest in Benefit Cosmetics
acquisition of Urban Decay
acquisition of Tag Heuer International
advice regarding acquisition of Gucci Group
sale of company to Aeffe
market positioning strategy in advance of proposed IPO and other external financing
sale of equity interest by Investcorp to Bishop Estate
initial public offering, secondary offering and convertible debt
sale of company to Marico Industries
acquisition advisory
acquisition of the assets and archives of Roger Vivier
sale of Harry Winston to Ronald Winston and Fenway Partners
strategic advisory
selected assignments involving luxury goods and brands
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GoSmile βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
LVMH MoΓ«t Hennessy Louis Vuitton ββββββββββββββββββββββββ
LVMH MoΓ«t Hennessy Louis Vuitton ββββββββββββββββββββββββ
LVMH MoΓ«t Hennessy Louis Vuitton ββββββββββββββββββββββββ
LVMH MoΓ«t Hennessy Louis Vuitton βββββββββ
LVMH MoΓ«t Hennessy Louis Vuitton βββββββββ
POP and Pixie Beauty ββββββββββββββββββ
Sundari ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
assignment
sale of majority equity interest to AEA Investors
strategic advisory
acquisition of a majority equity interest in BlissWorld
acquisition of a majority equity interest in Fresh
acquisition of a majority equity interest in Hard Candy
acquisition of a majority equity interest in Benefit Cosmetics
acquisition of Urban Decay
strategic advisory
sale of company to Marico Industries
selected assignments in the beauty sector
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Donna Karan ββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Donna Karan ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Donatella Versace βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Giorgio Armani ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Diego della Valle ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Dany Levy ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Marcia Kilgore βββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Jane and Jean Ford βββββββββββββββββββββ
Alina and Lev Glazman ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Patrizio Bertelli βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Paul Fireman ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Claudio Del Vecchio βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Dylan Lauren ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
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strategic advice resulting in the sale of Gabrielle Studio and DKI to LVMH
on-going strategic advisory for Urban Zen
development of license agreement with Liz Claiborne for DKNY Jeans
evaluation of strategic alternatives in Gianni Versace SpA
evaluation of strategic alternatives in Giorgio Armani SpA
acquisition of the assets and archives of Roger Vivier by Tods
strategic advice resulting in investment by Pilot Group
acquisition of BlissWorld by LVMH
acquisition of Benefit Cosmetics by LVMH
acquisition of Fresh by LVMH
global coordinator for initial public offering of Prada (aborted)
strategic advisory and various divestitures for Reebok
Luxotticaβs acquisition of US Shoe and Casual Cornerβs acquisitionof Brooks Brothers
strategic advisory regarding Dylanβs Candy Bar
advice regarding award and mentoring to young American designers
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Company to Mohawk Industries
AnnTaylor to Merrill Lynch Capital Partners
Company to Toys βRβ Us
Miami Cruiseline Services to LVMH
Majority stake in Company to Management
Sale of Company to Thomas H. Lee Company
Majority interest to AEA Investors
Britches of Georgetowne to Investor Group
Company to Jitney-Jungle Stores of America
Salt Division to Akzo America
Gabrielle Studio to LVMH
Sale of Bloomingdaleβs (aborted)
Karastan/Bigelow to Mohawk Industries
Company to Cypress Group
Company to Federated Department Stores
Company to Beazer Plc
Footwear Division of U.S. Shoe to Nine West
Womenβs Specialty Retailing Group of U.S. Shoe to La Leonardo Finanziaria
Wilsonβs - The Leather Experts to Management
Texas Dairy to Southern Foods
Adohr Farms to Investor Group
Company to Aeffe
Company to Investor Group
Company to Cisneros Group
Ellesse U.S.A. to Homer Altice
Avia Group International to American Sporting Goods Corporation
Boston Whaler to MacAndrews & Forbes
Equity interest by Investcorp to Bishop Estate
Company to Marico Industries
U.S. operations to Blockbuster
Ward White Automotive Group to Merrill Lynch Capital Partners
Thorn America (Rent-A-Center) to Renters Choice
Harry Winston to Ronald Winston and Fenway Partners
Company to Safeway Stores
Zatarains to EII Advisors
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Alladin Mills βββββββββββββββββββββββ
Allied Stores βββββββββββββββββββββ
Baby Superstore ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Berkshire Partners ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Big 5 Corp. ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Big V Supermarket βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Burtβs Bees ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
CML Group βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Delchamps βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Diamond Crystal Salt ββββββββββββββββββββ
Donna Karan and her family βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Federated Department Stores βββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Fieldcrest Cannon βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
General Host ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Joseph Horne βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Koppers ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Luxottica Group βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Luxottica Group βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Melville βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
MorningStar Foods ββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
MorningStar Foods ββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Moschino ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Pacific Trail ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Pueblo International ββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Reebok International βββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Reebok International βββββββββββββββββββββββ
Reebok International βββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Saks Fifth Avenue ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Sundari ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Super Club Holding Finance βββββββββββββ
The Boots Company ββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Thorn Plc ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Trust for the Estate of Harry Winston ββ
Vons Grocery ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Wyndham Foods βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
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CompUSA βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
CompUSA ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Federated Department Stores βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Fieldcrest Cannon ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Financial Protection Services βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Giorgio Armani ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Giorgio Armani βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
IBC Holdingsβββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Investcorp βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Tods βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Kohlberg Kravis & Roberts βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Liz Claiborne ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Liz Claiborne ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Liz Claiborne ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Liz Claiborne βββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Luxottica Group βββββββββββββββββββββ
LVMH MoΓ«t Hennessy Louis Vuitton βββββ
LVMH MoΓ«t Hennessy Louis Vuitton βββββ
LVMH MoΓ«t Hennessy Louis Vuitton βββββ
LVMH MoΓ«t Hennessy Louis Vuitton βββββ
LVMH MoΓ«t Hennessy Louis Vuitton βββββ
LVMH MoΓ«t Hennessy Louis Vuitton βββββ
LVMH MoΓ«t Hennessy Louis Vuitton βββββ
LVMH MoΓ«t Hennessy Louis Vuitton βββββ
Michaels Storesββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Mohawk Industries ββββββββββββββββββ
Casual Corner ββββββββββββββββββββββ
The Pittston Company βββββββββββββββ
Unifi ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Unifi ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Unifi ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
acquisition transaction
Tandyβs Computer City division
PCs Compleat
Fingerhut Companies
Amoskeag Company
CCC Information Services
Minority interests in Simint
GFT Net Factories from HdP
Interstate Bankeries by First Boston and Investor Group
Camelot Music
Assets and archives of Roger Vivier
Owens-Illinois
Lucky Brand Dungarees
Monet
Segrets
Laundry
U.S. Shoe Corporation
Art & Auction Magazine
Majority equity interest in BlissWorld
Majority equity interest in Fresh
Majority equity interest in Hard Candy
Majority equity interest in Benefit Cosmetics
Acquisition of Urban Decay
Acquisition of Tag Heuer International
Advice regarding acquisition of Gucci Group
Leewards Creative Crafts
World Carpet
Brooks Brothers
WTC International NV
Vintage Yarns
Pioneer
Macfield
selected acquisition advisory assignments
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Donna Karan and her family βββββββββββββ
Dylanβs Candy Bar ββββββββββββββββββββββ
Gianni Versace βββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Giorgio Armani βββββββββββββββββββββββββ
GoSmile βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Laird + Partners ββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Liz Claiborne βββββββββββββββββββββββββ
LVMH MoΓ«t Hennessy Louis Vuitton ββββββ
Pixie and POP Cosmetics βββββββββββββββ
Prada Group βββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Reebok International ββββββββββββββββββββ
acquisition transaction
strategic and financial advisory, resulting in sale of Gabrielle Studio and DKI to LVMH, and on-going advice
strategic and financial advisory
evaluation of strategic alternatives, including strategic partnerships
evaluation of strategic alternatives
strategic and financial advisory
financial advisory for founding of business
general investment banking advisory over seven years, culminating in five acquisitions, general strategic, corporate finance and investor relations strategies
five-year advisory role, involved in over 10 transactions and assignments
strategic and financial advisory
market positioning strategy in advance of proposed IPO and other external financing
M&A advisory, including sale of three businesses, stock repurchase and acquisition and investor relations strategies
recent strategic advisory relationships
EIn the end, youβre measured not by how much you undertake but by what you finally accomplish.Donald Trump
Movers and ShakersThe Deal, April 28, 2003
βZauderβ¦one of the biggest names in consumer-goods banking, made her reputation in part byexpertly navigating the sensitivities and expectations of the creative souls leading fashion compa-nies whileβ¦βtelling it straghtββ
ββ¦taking a cue from the fashion entrepreneurs, (she) decided to create her own firm. At elixir, she can advise on deals CSFB would have passed on as too small. And sheβs back among thefashion crowd.β
βYou have to be able to speak their language,β she says. βYou have to understand that there arethings that matter to them that wouldnβt matter to a corporation. You have to be able to preservethat, whatever that isβ¦And you have to pay attention. You canβt wear a Gucci suit to a meetingwith LVMH.β
How Sweet: Burtβs Beesβ 175+ Million Taste of HoneyNew York Post, September 8, 2003
βFive months after putting itself up for sale, Burtβs Bees is about to dip into the honey potβ¦BurtβsBees was founded in Maine in 1984, when (founder and CEO Roxanne) Quimby teamed up withbeekeeper Burt Shavitz, who was selling honey at a roadside stand, to peddle homemadebeeswax candles and soaps. Today, Burtβs Bees produces more than 150 personal-care productsfrom natural ingredients.β
βThe auction, which is being handled by elixirAdvisors, was geared mainly toward buyout firms. Byselling to a buyout firmβ¦Quimby will stay involved in company management and brand position-ing. As part of the deal, Quimby will also retain a minority stake - letting her capture the company'spotential upside.β
Sundari Skin Care SoldWWD, February 27, 2003
βSundari, the Ayuredic skin care brand, has been sold. But Christy Turlington, one ofβ¦threefounders that launched the company in 1999, is stayingβ¦In addition to a capital infusion, theacquisition is seen as a way for Sundari to augment the range of raw materials it already sourcesfrom India.β
βelixirAdvisors, which is run by former Credit Suisse First Boston investment banker Gail Zauderrepresented Sundari during the four month negotiations.β
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EA #2 pencil and a dream can take you anywhere.Joyce A. Myers
We provide a wide range of FINANCIALand STRATEGIC advisory services:
β We consult on broad strategic and financial issues, including company development, brandpositioning, distribution strategies and ownership/liquidity objectives.
β We develop strategic and financial business plans after assessing company diagnostics, varied business models and a range of potential objectives.
β We design and implement company sales, strategic partnerships, acquisition programs, jointventures and licensing transactions.
β We provide valuation advice.
elixiradvisors isnβt like other investment banks. We donβt have legions of men in suits and whiteshirts. We donβt have an office filled with fakeantiques. And we donβt speak a language thatneeds translation. We founded elixirAdvisors to
provide the experience and expertise of a major financial services firm to creative entrepreneurs andprestige brands not being appropriately served by other investment banks. We have a unique ability to translate creative visions and the essence of a brand into financial objectives and, if desired, intostrategic transactions. We provide individualized service, creative solutions and exceptional execution.We understand that no transaction is worthdoing if it means losing the things that makea brand unique. At elixirAdvisors, we understand the art of creation and the art of a deal.
We offer a UNIQUE approach:β Our perspectives on your business, the drivers of its value and the elements of a transaction
have been developed through years of advising all types and sizes of companies on a widerange of strategic issues.
β We βhave seen it allβ as a result of an exceptional amount of relevant transaction experience.β We are entrepreneurs ourselves, and believe in developing custom-tailored creative solutions.β We are selective in the assignments we accept so that we can deliver personalized, focused
high-level commitment.β We provide seasoned, objective strategic advice, which places paramount importance on
achieving a clientβs objectives and not just βdoing a deal.β
A unique ability to translate creative VISIONS and theessence of a brand into
financial OBJECTIVES
At elixirAdvisors, we understand the art of CREATION and
the art of a DEAL.