What We Do

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We undertake principal and agent transactions:

  • In principal transactions, we, our senior professionals or our strategic alliances have a material role in developing, founding or co-founding the business, business line or strategic alliance, or otherwise creating the business opportunity.
  • In agent transactions, we advise and assist our clients as to business development, marketing, strategy or management, or we provide investment banking services to the client.

We analyze business opportunities, problems and constraints and provide both tested and innovative solutions that generate revenues and profits, resolve operating constraints, position businesses for long-term growth and introduce valuable prospects and relationships.

We apply proven business advisory, revenue enhancement and cost management capabilities across industry sectors, with dedicated expertise in broadcasting, consumer products, traditional and alternative energy, entertainment, gaming, healthcare, leisure, manufacturing, media, real estate, sciences and technology.

We do not create academic strategic plans for execution by others.  Rather, we develop and implement specific plans intended to grow a company, even in troubled times.

SMI Capital Markets focuses on investment banking activities for businesses formed by SMIG, our senior professionals, our strategic alliances and clients.  SMI Advisors is focused on creating platforms for fund investments.  However, we do not maintain client accounts, syndicate public offerings or provide services related to annuities, insurance, individual retirement accounts or other services typically provided by retail brokers.

Scope

 

The scope of our business is indicated by the breadth of business led and advised by our senior professionals as well as the transactions our senior professionals have led, structured, negotiated or advised.

Businesses led by our senior professionals include, among others, major studio MGM/UA Communications Co., technology leader Gartner Inc. and global divisions of Hewlett Packard, Digital Equipment Corporation and Electronic Data Systems, major media companies, hair care companies, alternative energy companies, healthcare companies and financial enterprises.  For a more complete list, please click here

Transactions our senior professionals have led, structured,negotiated or advised include, among many others:

  • Mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, ranging from a few million dollars to billions of dollars, including multiple transactions exceeding $1 billion.
  • Major restructurings and liquidations through prepackaged, prearranged and free-fall bankruptcies across a broad array of industries.
  • Structured finance transactions involving asset-based credit-linked instruments, including pooled financings for corporate issuers.
  • Complex cross-border and tax-advantaged financings.
  • Complex domestic and cross-border joint ventures, intellectual property licenses and other commercial ventures.
  • Tax-advantaged and pooled investment vehicles for investments in motion picture production and distribution.
  • Funding and managing private equity and venture capital firms.
  • Identifying, financing, acquiring, developing, managing and profitably disposing of billions of dollars of real estate throughout North America and in cross-border transactions, including commercial, retail, residential, agriculture and hospitality, including for marquis properties such as MGM Grand, Bally’s, Desert Inn (now Wynn Hotel), Sands (now, the Venetian), Dunes (now Bellagio), Earls Court/Olympia and MITEC.
  • Advising regarding business transactions involving blockchain platforms and technology.
  • Financings ranging from a few million dollars to nearly $10 billion, including initial public offerings, follow-on offerings, secondary offerings, and public and private debt financings.

Our professionals also have led and advised businesses and advised Government agencies seeking strategic and operational change in numerous sectors. The following are just a few examples:

  • Repositioned a major global technology company, penetrating new markets, expanding the product portfolio and securing strong financial gains.
  • Developed the strategic plan and executed the launch of telecommunication services in Africa.
  • Lead the worldwide commercial launch of an innovative technology and service for mobile phones, obtaining licenses from wireless operators on six continents, five of the six top mobile phone manufacturers, and three of the top four SIM manufacturers.
  • Reorganized a major integrated film and television studio, concurrently achieving a considerable increase in revenues and cost savings, resulting in the sale of the company at a premium value.
  • Led the team advising a cross border healthcare technology and services organization delivering core processes for payers and providers across four locations, resulting in a sale to the country’s largest hospital group.
  • Led engagement to integrate core, complex documentation and operations processes of multiple hospital networks to ensure efficient insurance coverage in numerous jurisdictions.
  • Led teams advising Government agencies on processes to deliver health care insurance to large populations in developing countries.
  • Advising on global implementation of a forensic AI-based process to identify fraudulent products in pharmaceuticals, healthcare and fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sectors.
  • Advised major construction company regarding significant improvements in purchasing and procedures, resulting in substantial margin improvement.
  • Developed strategy and launched franchising for cosmetology schools, growing one initial location to the largest chain in the United States.
  • Developed strategy for roll-out of consumer products company, growing footprint from one state to 12 states, culminating in sale of company.