Zachary Scott is Seattle's leading investment banking and corporate finance advisory firm. Photo courtesy of Jim Drake, PromoLab

Dedicated to assisting business owners in the creation and realization of shareholder value through strategic planning, capital structure implementation, and mergers & acquisitions.

Zachary Scott is an investment banking and corporate finance advisory firm founded in 1991 to serve the needs of privately owned, middle-market companies. The principals of Zachary Scott have successfully completed mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and various corporate finance and debt and equity financing assignments since the early 1980's.

Since our founding, we have represented a broad array of closely-held companies and their owners in the Pacific Northwest and across North America, completing approximately two hundred transactions valued at more than $3 billion.

Zachary Scott - Twenty Years of Investment Banking - 1991-2011

Zachary Scott is pleased to announce its 20th anniversary. We are grateful for the many opportunities, over the past 20 years, to serve owners of exceptional businesses and collaborate with talented professionals on their key client relationships.


What We Do

We provide each of our clients with customized objective advice and recommendations on a wide range of issues relating to ownership transition, economic business value, capitalization, and transaction management.

Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures
Debt and Equity Financing Debt and Equity Financing
Distressed Company Situations Distressed Company Situations
Corporate Finance Consulting Corporate Finance Consulting

Recent Transactions

Alaska Waste Freeman Marine CleanScapes

Insight Newsletter

Insight Newsletter
Creating Value in Management Presentations
A well-scripted management presentation can positively affect price, terms and conditions in a sale.

Risk Adjusted Returns on Bank Capital
Credit risk drives capital requirements, which ultimately affects loan pricing.

Tax Rates Affect Returns to Business Owners
Due to a changing tax environment, businesses earnings and value must increase just to stay even.