About Stillwater Capital

Experience has shown us that trust, integrity and results are everything.
Stillwater Capital is one of North America’s leading mid-market M&A advisors. Since 2001, we have completed over 100 transactions. We are passionate about building outstanding companies through high-quality acquisition programs and equally passionate about obtaining great results for clients who decide to divest some or all of their business.
Rooted in fairness, intellectual rigour and compassion for people, we hold ourselves to a higher standard of ethics. We help our clients achieve superior outcomes by providing thoughtful, caring advice while acting with honour and integrity.
While we serve clients across Canada and the USA, over 30% of our transactions involve an international counterparty.
As members of the world’s premier professional advisory group, Geneva Capital Group, we have reached into every country and major city in the world, from Toronto to Beijing, Washington to Moscow, Paris to Adelaide. With over 30,000 of the world’s best legal, accounting and M&A professionals in our group, located in over 800 offices in 126 countries, we bring unequalled perspective and insights to every client we serve.
Our Team
Each member of our team provides the highest standard of professional service to help you successfully achieve your objectives.

Latest Insights

Choose Well
July 26, 2022 // Divestitures
Steps to Selling your Business Part 38 As we bring this exploration of the process of selling your business to an end, I want to...
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The Purchase Agreement
July 13, 2022 // Divestitures
Steps to Selling your Business Part 37 The purchase agreement is the kingpin of the sale process—a binding contract that will...
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Representations, Warranties, and Indemnifications
June 29, 2022 // Divestitures
Steps to Selling your Business Part 36 A critical section of the Purchase Agreement outlines the representations, warranties, and...
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From Letter of Intent to Purchase Agreement
June 7, 2022 // Divestitures
Steps to Selling your Business Part 35 The Closing Phase moves you from a completed Letter of Intent (LOI) through Due Diligence...
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Chairman’s Letter – June 2022
June 1, 2022 // General
Covid 19 - What does 2 years of data show us now In May 2020, we published a summary of our study on “the data behind Covid-19” At that...
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Negotiating Around Risk
May 24, 2022 // Divestitures
Steps to Selling your Business Part 34 In a previous post, I explained that a great Advisor's mission is to get the best deal for...
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One Question Is The Key To Everything
A tale of 2 companies – A North American management team and a European management team walk into an M&A Firm… It sounds like the start of the kind of bad joke that the keynote speaker tells at an industry conference, but it’s not. It’s the true story of two companies who came to Stillwater […]
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The Shopkeep And The Hunter: Two Mindsets
In the introductory blog to this series, I laid out why, in the process of buying a business, you should not do it alone. You need skilled, experienced M&A Advisors working with you at every stage of the 3-step process of buying a business: STEP ONE: PREPARATION STEP TWO: MARKET OUTREACH STEP THREE: CLOSING THE […]
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Bring the Right Advisors
Bring the Right Advisors If you and your management team’s strategic plan includes buying a business, you’re starting in a good place right here. In this space, I want to share some insights my team, and I have learned over years of walking our clients successfully through this process. I want to offer you some […]
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Steps to Selling a Business Series
Selling a business well is one of the most important milestones in the life of a business owner. Getting this wrong is like dropping the ball on the 1-yard line in the Super Bowl’s final seconds. Follow along with our Selling a Business series as we walk through the journey we take our clients on […]
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The Remedy to Risk
Risk in the Current Environment Risk, real and perceived, is a critical factor in M&A. Risk informs valuation and drives deal structure. The market today is full of risk. Factors such as the COVID-19 pandemic, increases in interest rates, inflation, and global supply chain issues have created an unpredictable economic environment. Risk, left unattended, can […]
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Choose Well
Steps to Selling your Business Part 38. As we bring this exploration of the process of selling your business to an end, I want to reiterate the principle that will determine the quality of your success: YOU MUST CHOOSE THE RIGHT ADVISORS Fail at that, and you jeopardize the outcome of the entire sale. The […]
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Thinking of selling your business? Or interested in developing an acquisition strategy? We can help you determine your next step.
