Investment Banking

We provide strategic consulting and access to a wide variety of financing resources for community banks.  We have particular interest and expertise in working with community banks under $5 billion of assets and assisting active or former bank management teams in raising capital for a variety of strategic and business purposes.  We have strong relationships with private equity firms, institutional investors, hedge funds and money managers.  Our firm has extensive deal structuring and dealmaking experience, including turnaround management.

Capital Insight President Jacob Eisen, as Quoted in an Excerpted Feature Article in American Banker:

In Georgia, Step One is Resolution; Step Two: Roll-Up
By Robert Barba
Monday, August 3, 2009

Though the seizure of Security Bank Corp.'s six banks did nothing to change Georgia's reputation as a failure hub, many are calling the resolution the best thing to happen to the state's banking market in years.

From the ashes of one of the state's largest failures has emerged a supercapitalized community bank led by the industry veteran Joe Evans. Experts said State Bank and Trust Co. is poised not only to pick up other failures, but also serve as a beacon for the battered Georgia market — and perhaps a model for bank investors around the country.

Until recently, State Bank was a tiny institution with just $36 million in assets. But last month, after receiving a $300 million infusion from a group led by Evans, it bought $2.4 billion of Security's $2.8 billion in assets from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp....

…Jacob Eisen, the president of the Chicago investment banking firm Capital Insight Partners, said the model Evans used — finding a bank to infuse with capital, rather than applying for a shelf charter — could be a viable one for several of the bank management teams and private-equity backers that his firm is helping to identify similar potential buys. "The real challenge is in getting a charter and FDIC insurance," Eisen said. "If you can find a bank to partner with, your options open up. … This seems like a surefire way to get there."

Jacob Eisen:

jeisen@capitalinsight.com

Tel: (312) 466.7646