Barry A. Baker

About Barry A. Baker

Over 30 years experience as an investment banker, valuation consultant, and entrepreneur.• Managing Director of Aurum Capital, a firm that provides merger & acquisition, capital raising, and financial advisory services to middle market companies. and capital raising services to real estate developers and investors.• Member/Partner of CapVal-ABA, a firm that provides business valuation services for corporate transactions, litigation support, and financial reporting and tax compliance.• Founder of The Cobble Hill Group LLC, a firm that provides acquisition search and M&A transaction advisory services to middle market companies and private equity investment groups.• Co-Founder of Find Venture Debt LLC, a platform for technology and growth companies to learn about debt alternatives and connect with 400+ lenders.• Extensive involvement in international and cross-border transactions. Have lived and worked in New York, Tokyo and London and provided M&A and corporate finance services to clients in the U.S, England, Sweden, Belgium, France, Japan and China.• Financial advisor of consumer products company based in Guangzhou, China.• Co-founded a manufactured home retailer with $75 million in annual sales, built primarily through acquisitions.Specialties: M&A, business valuation, due diligence, capital raising, transaction structuring and negotiating, financial and strategic advice, planning and budgeting, cash flow management

Experience

1. Partner

   Capval-American Business Appraisers, Llc

   Jan 2010 — Present · Raleigh-Durham, NC, US

   CapVal provides business valuation services. My practice focuses on corporate transactions (M&A, spin-offs, transition planning, buy-sell agreements), litigation support (business disputes, economic losses, matrimonial dissolution), and financial reporting and tax compliance (equity-based compensation, purchase price allocations, derivatives, gift & estate tax). I have extensive experience in the valuation of technology companies, rapidly-growing companies, closely-held businesses, professional practices, and intangible assets.

Education

• The Wharton School

  B.S. in Economics, Concentrations in Finance and Accounting

• University of Pennsylvania

  B.S. in Economics, Concentrations in Finance and Accounting

Skills

• Financial Reporting
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Entrepreneurship
• Business Strategy
• Strategy
• Litigation Support
• Valuation
• Due Diligence
• Finance
• Portfolio Management
• Mergers
• Start-Ups
• Business Valuation
• Investments
• Private Equity
• Corporate Finance