Specialty ingredient companies are commanding strong valuations due to their clean-label innovation, proprietary expertise, global capabilities and scalable growth plans, despite broader market and economic pressures. GHJ’s Transaction Advisory Services Practice spoke with George Sent and Tyler Howard, investment bankers in the Food, Beverage and Agribu [...]

Insights from a global survey of executives reveal how business leaders are addressing economic uncertainty, technological change and shifting customer expectations thus far this year.Business leaders are increasingly operating in an environment where volatility is not a temporary disruption but a permanent condition. Insight from HLB’s 2026 Survey of Business Le [...]

Recoverable tariffs are creating new valuation, diligence and negotiation challenges in M&A transactions — and companies that fail to assess potential refund exposure may misstate earnings, working capital and deal economics. Recent court decisions invalidating certain tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) have fundamentally [...]

Business leaders’ often most complex decisions are when to scale, when to bring in outside capital and when to exit. Yet, these moments also present the greatest opportunities to create lasting value. I recently spoke with Todd Dutkin, former CEO and current chairman of Fresca Foods, a natural foods manufacturer based in Boulder, Colorado. Todd led the [...]

As the manufacturing industry adopts new digital tools, shifts supply chains and sharpens its focus on operational resilience, the way companies compete — and how deals get done — is changing. Technology in manufacturing is doing more than just improving factory performance; it is driving mergers and acquisitions. As companies look to scale faster, stand apart from co [...]

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) can guide accounting teams and businesses in making data-informed decisions and forecasting for the future. Accounting teams across industries diligently collect numbers but sometimes without any real direction; KPIs help turn these numbers into data that reveals how efficient a business runs. KPIs help business leaders:Spot issu [...]

When a breakout success emerges from an unlikely place, who reaps the rewards? Every year, studios, financiers and talent invest time, capital and their reputation into projects with no guarantee of success. Most perform roughly as expected. A few exceed expectations. And on rare occasions, a project made for a fraction of the cost of a typical studio release delivers [...]

A 40-year career that began in the theater established Profit Participation Services Expert Elaine Douglas as a widely respected and deeply valued profit participation and contract compliance professional for leading entertainment businesses. In GHJ’s latest episode of the Media Clips podcast, Entertainment Practice Leader Ilan Haimoff speaks with [...]

Incentive Stock Options (ISOs) can provide a valuable opportunity to build long-term wealth; but without careful planning, they can also create significant Alternative Minimum Tax exposure, liquidity challenges and unexpected reporting obligations. As equity compensation becomes increasingly common among mid-market and growth-stage companies, executives and emplo [...]

As organizations grow, what once felt manageable — forecasting, reporting, cash flow oversight — begins to strain under the weight of new demands. Leadership teams are expected to move faster, make higher-stakes decisions and provide greater transparency to stakeholders. Yet, many find themselves operating without the full level of financial clarity required to do so [...]