History

Western Reserve Partners was founded by experienced investment bankers to provide customized financial advisory services executed in a superior manner for middle market companies. We are a professional services firm that focuses solely on investment banking with recognized expertise lying within a select set of financial products and services.

Our managing directors' collectively have over 160 years of experience, during which we directly executed more than 500 transactions and managed more than 1,200 transactions. One of our managing directors managed all of Investment Banking at McDonald Investments Inc. Our other managing directors headed McDonald Investments Mergers & Acquisitions; Bankruptcy and Restructuring; Retail and Consumer Products; Investment and Commercial Banking; Real Estate; and Growth Capital Markets. Another was senior vice president in the department handling Investment and Commercial Banking for industrial companies. Our managing directors are supported by an outstanding group of experienced professionals.

We believe that access to international purchasers, sellers and investors is critical to achieving the best results for our clients. That is why we are members of M&A International Inc., the premier international alliance of investment banking firms involved in mergers and acquisitions. M&A International’s 45 member firms operating in 42 countries provide Western Reserve Partners with colleagues “speaking the local language and on the ground” in all the world’s business centers.