Value, Insight and Counsel

Life Science, Technology Advisor
Acquires Professional Management Firm

Merger of corporate finance advisory and management services firms
for Biopharma, Devices, IT

PRINCETON, NJ – November 14, 2003

Waterford Advisors today announced its merger with Stone Bridge Management. The combined firms, which will operate as Waterford Advisors LLC, provide corporate valuation, strategic assessment and professional management services to life science and technology firms.

“This joins three complementary services under one brand”, said Peter Leitner, managing partner of the combined firms, “yet retains the objectivity and flexibility that our clients demand. While this echoes the market’s renewed interest in unbiased advice, it’s an affirmation of the way we’ve served clients for the past decade.”

Waterford Advisors was established in 1993 in New York and provides corporate finance and strategic advisory services to healthcare and IT firms. Stone Bridge Management was founded in 2001 and provides professional management services to emerging and established life science and IT companies. The combined firms will be headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

 

“Measuring value and providing strategic advice are already highly complementary”, Leitner continued, “but there’s been a sea change in the past decade, despite the mania and depression of the latter half. Firms poised for growth want their advisors engaged in the implementation phase, living onsite when necessary, if only to ensure coherence and accountability for their advice. This merger reflects that.”

About Waterford Advisors LLC

Waterford Advisors provides valuation, assessment, and management services to life science and technology firms. It enhances client firm value, particularly when exposed to the accelerating crosscurrents of globalization, technology and liquidity, through advice imbued with candor and pragmatism.

For additional information, please contact:
Peter Leitner
Managing Partner Waterford Advisors LLC, (609) 951-2233
www.waterfordadvisors.com

 

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