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Business Valuations

Comprehensive, data-driven valuations and comparative equity analyses to accurately price your practice, establish market benchmarks, and support informed decision-making.

Deal Support & Practice Sales

Comprehensive M&A guidance encompassing deal structuring, negotiation strategies, market listings, and transaction closings.

Practice Management & Assessments

Comprehensive systems, targeted coaching, and in-depth assessments designed to optimize operational efficiency and enhance advisory team effectiveness.

Continuity, Legal, Lending

Strengthen continuity through the implementation of formal continuity agreements, the establishment of legal entities, execution of enforceable legal contracts, and securing appropriate capital resources.

Todd Doherty

Todd Doherty serves as Vice President for Advisor Legacy, where he leads advisors through the full M&A lifecycle—readiness, valuation analysis, buyer/seller matching, due diligence, and post-close integration. With more than 15 years in senior roles at financial advisory firms and hands-on ownership experience, Todd brings an operator’s lens to every engagement. His writing focuses on practical ways to boost enterprise value, structure win-win deals, and avoid execution risk. Todd collaborates closely with the firm’s valuation, lending, and legal partners to help advisors make confident, data-driven decisions.

Advisors Not Seeing Immediate Gains From A Transition

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Advisors Not Seeing Immediate Gains From A Transition

Aggressive recruiting efforts among Broker Dealers has led to a surge of advisors shifting platforms in search of better payouts and opportunities....

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Buying a Book of Business

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Buying a Book of Business: Insights from a Top Financial Advisor

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Top Four Factors that Make a Practice a Good Fit

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Top 4 Factors Besides Price that Make a Practice a Good Fit

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Common Mistakes When Buying or Selling a Practice

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Common Mistakes When Buying or Selling a Practice

Buying or selling a practice can be an exciting event. It can also become a challenging experience if you’re not prepared. Here are some of the most...

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Why Now is the Time to Sell Your Advisory Practice

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Why Now is the Time to Sell Your Advisory Practice

For advisors over sixty, delaying the sale of your practice can have significant financial and personal ramifications, especially if you are already...

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How a Succession Plan is a Growth Strategy

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How a Succession Plan is a Growth Strategy

Many advisors look at traditional marketing techniques as key strategies for driving growth. Yet there is one powerful strategy that many advisors...

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Can You Afford to Sell Your Advisory Practice

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Can You Afford to Sell Your Advisory Practice

Many financial advisor practice owners nearing retirement wonder when the right time is to exit. Often, they consider their age, the age of their...

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Myths About Practice Value That Keeps Advisors From Selling

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Myths About Practice Value That Keeps Advisors From Selling When They Should

In our last post, we explained the many personal reasons advisors use to delay selling. Advisors also cite assumptions about their practice value and...

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Why Do So Many Advisors Not Have A Continuity Plan

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Why Do So Many Advisors Not Have A Continuity Plan?

We’ve heard it all before. The story about the cobbler’s children having no shoes. When it comes to financial advisors the story is the same. They...

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