Cassel Salpeter & Co. Acts as Exclusive Financial Advisor in Sale of CORD:USE
Cassel Salpeter & Co., LLC, a middle-market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture and corporate finance services, represented CORD:USE Cord Blood Bank (“CORD:USE”) in its sale to Cryo-Cell International, Inc. (“Cryo-Cell”).
CORD:USE, based in Orlando, FL, is a leader in the cord blood and cord tissue banking industry. CORD:USE operates a family bank in Orlando and a public bank based out of the Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC. Co-founded by a board-certified obstetrician, Dr. Edward Guindi, and his business partner Michael Ernst, together they assembled a world class team of experts in the field and established relationships with some of the leading obstetrical centers in the U.S. Known for their high quality, the CORD:USE banks participated in over 660 stem cell transplants since inception.
Cassel Salpeter advised CORD:USE in evaluating strategic alternatives and ran a process to contact both potential financing sources and acquirers and solicit offers for the Company. During this process, several entities tendered offers to acquire the Company. Cassel Salpeter advised CORD:USE throughout this process, which resulted in Cryo-Cell acquiring substantially all of CORD:USE’s assets. In connection with the transaction, Cassel Salpeter provided a fairness opinion to the Board of Directors of CORD:USE. Ira Leiderman, Managing Director, Healthcare, who has years of experience helping quality, middle-market life science companies raise capital and complete mergers and acquisitions, joined Vice President Laura Salpeter in leading the Cassel Salpeter team.
CORD:USE Chief Executive Officer Dr. Edward Guindi said: “The Cassel Salpeter team was at our side throughout the transaction. They continuously advised us through the many twists and turns of the deal and their determination did not waiver. It was a pleasure to work with them.”
About Cassel Salpeter & Co.
Cassel Salpeter & Co., LLC is an independent investment banking firm that provides advice to middle market and emerging growth companies in the U.S. and worldwide. Together, the firm’s professionals have experience providing private and public companies with a broad spectrum of investment banking and financial advisory services, including: mergers and acquisitions; equity and debt capital raises; fairness and solvency opinions; valuations; and restructurings, such as 363 sales and plans of reorganization. Co-founded by James Cassel and Scott Salpeter, the firm provides objective, unbiased, results-focused services that clients need to achieve their goals. Personally involved at every stage of all engagements, the firm’s senior professionals have forged relationships and completed hundreds of transactions and assignments nationwide. The firm’s headquarters are in Miami. Member FINRA and SIPC. More information is available at www.CasselSalpeter.com.
