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J. B. Flato & Associates provides consulting services to biotechnology, diagnostics and analytical instrumentation companies around the world.  Calling upon our many years of experience in these critical industries and our worldwide network of affiliated organizations, JBF Associates is equally at home negotiating your acquisition of a French competitor, in-licensing that critical patent for a new sampling system,  setting up your distribution in Poland and Sweden or evaluating a new piece of technology for its viability, commercial potential and manufacturability.      

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Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures

Find acquisitions that meet your criteria, at your price

Structure units to prepare for divestiture

Locate the optimum buyer

Get the best deal!

International Distribution  Organizations

Structure distribution to penetrate your chosen markets

Find the best distributor in each territory

Organize sales and product training

Set up the support organization

Strategic Planning and Analysis

Select appropriate market segments

Identify your competitive advantages and disadvantages

Formulate strategies to achieve your goals

Develop implementation tactics

Organizational Planning and Analysis

Help you move from a start-up to a real business

Set up a stable structure

Identify needed strengths

Redeploy existing resources

Technology Assessment

Assess an undeveloped technology

Review a potential acquisition for 'fit'

Evaluate the impact of competitive technologies

Appraise your technology

 

 Financial Analysis and Valuation 

Develop detailed valuations of proposed transactions

Project future cash flow and capital requirements

Determine financing requirements

Analyze costs and profit potentials

From our headquarters in the San Francisco Bay area, and with affiliates on the East Coast and in France, Germany and Japan, JBF Associates provides services to organizations of all sizes with equal support.  Clients have ranged from Fortune 500 companies and members of the NASDAQ 100 to raw start-ups seeking management help or funding.  For more information, click on one of the services we offer, or contact us by e-mail or phone.