About Us

Advisory Partners is a boutique mergers and acquisitions advisory firm.

We understand that life is about more than wealth, and businesses with $5M-$75M in revenue have their own unique story and their own unique needs. It’s our pleasure to apply our extensive small business advising and investment experience to enhance value, present qualified buyers, maximize proceeds, and deliver a positive experience from beginning to end.

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Our Promise

You’ve worked extremely hard to get here. We promise to be your advocate and to market your business as if it were our own.

Our Vision

A world in which owners of closely-held businesses can transition from those businesses with no regrets—getting the value and treatment they deserve for their years of hard work.

Our Mission

To transform the world of M&A advisory services from impersonal to personal, transactional to relationship-based, numbers to people.

Nick Arellano – Founder

Growing up in a small suburb of Minneapolis, Nick Arellano learned the value of hard work at an early age laying carpet with his father and working in both of his grandfathers’ small businesses. Surrounded by small and mid-sized business owners, he realized that regardless of their education level, these people shared a common trait of working hard to build successful niche businesses. Unfortunately, he also saw these business owners have a hard time finding quality advice specific to their situation and size. They were bigger than mom-and-pop businesses, but smaller than big corporations. Nick wanted to dedicate his life to helping these “Just Right” businesses, which are actually among the most sought-after entities for buyers and investors.Nick’s mission started in earnest when he became a financial advisor focused on small business owners looking to sell in 1-3 years. It continued when he spent nearly a decade at Morgan Stanleyand earned his MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Nick then became a buyer of small businesses himself, which gave him a deeper understanding of how and where sophisticated investors/buyers see value in businesses. Finally, he decided to pursue his own entrepreneurial journey—one

where he could fully share his deep insights to help Hometown Business Owners across the country. Today, Advisory Partners lives up to its name by being both advisors and partners—working toward a world where business owners get the value and treatment they deserve for their lifetime of hard work. The firm’s mission is to transform the world of mid-sized M&A services from impersonal to personal, transactional to relationship-based, numbers to people. For buyers and investors, it opens unparalleled access to companies poised to deliver long-term value. For business owners, it offers the best way to maximize their value and exit their businesses with money in the bank, a smile on their face, and no regrets.

Erick Vicario – Analyst

Erick brings a background in finance and a strong competitive spirit to the team. Erick has spent the past few years working with various financial services firms including fintech startup Cred iQ (PA), brokerage firm Laidlaw & Co (NY), and financial advisor Lincoln Investment (NJ), to round out his base of industry knowledge. Erick graduated from Cabrini University with a Bachelor of Science in Finance with a minor in Entrepreneurship. While there, Erick was also a scholar-athlete and four-time all-academic team recipient while playing baseball. He is currently a CFA level one candidate.

Tom Korzenecki -Special Advisor

Tom shares over 30 years’ M&A experience with Your Legacy Partners’ clients and members. For 22 years, he served as the Founder and CEO of a FINRA registered investment bank specializing in M&A. In addition, Tom held multiple leadership roles in a variety of industries including energy, manufacturing, agriculture, chemicals, and financial services, including two multi-billion-dollar public enterprises. He was the owner/operator of four privately held manufacturing companies. Tom holds a Master of Business Taxation with an emphasis in Corporate Tax from the University of Southern California, an MBA from the University of Chicago and the University of Houston, and a BS in Chemical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology. He served on the board of several organizations and is a mentor for second-year MBA students at the University of Southern California.

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