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www.nptadvisors.com

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North Point Advisors is a leading investment banking boutique providing confidential, strategic and thoughtful advice to public and private companies and financial sponsors on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and restructurings.

The founders of North Point Advisors have over fifty years of mergers and acquisitions advisory experience. The bank has been responsible for a total of 200 completed M&A transactions representing over $75B of transaction value in the consumer, technology and communications industries, ranging in size from under $25 million to more than $4.0 billion.

Location:

San Francisco office

580 California Street Suite 2000

San Francisco, CA, 94104

United States

Phone: 415-358-3500
Fax: 415-358-3555

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