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Advising Automobile Dealers LLC

"The best way to solve a problem is to anticipate it and avoid it." John Pico

Regardless of our licenses, we practice as a non-brokerage, non-law firm that enjoys helping clients in the automotive industry analyze problems and business decisions related to car dealerships.

  • We walk our clients through the entire process of buying and selling dealerships, out of trust situations, workouts, valuations, refinancing, research, investigation and litigation.
  • We provide litigation support and consulting with respect to most dealership issues including fraud and embezzlement and market studies with respect to opening new dealerships and relocating existing dealerships.
  • We provide consulting services to receivers and courts.
  • We have completed wind-downs of dealerships and have staffed stores with interim management.
  • We have faced issues of double-flooring and a plethora of more complicated fraud cases both on the part of the dealers and dealership employees.
  • We are not interested in collecting the most listings; we do not publish ads in newspapers or participate in multiple listings.
  • We concentrate on a limited number of clients at a time and assist them in obtaining their specific objective.
  • We bring a “team” approach to the table and we do not care who gets credit for the success of a transaction. We just want our client to achieve success.

    Consider the following examples:

  • In 2002 we predicted the devaluation of non-platform dealerships (Buick-Pontiac-GMC, Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep) and advised our non-merged clients to either merge or sell because if they did not, the value of their franchises would be diminished. See: Analysis of Chrysler’s Project Alpha
  • In 2006 we predicted the demise of Hayward’s “Auto Row” and advised our clients to move or sell. Today, all of the General Motors franchises have forever left the street, along with Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Mazda and Ford. At last count, there were only four franchises left on Mission Boulevard. See: Mission Boulevard Analysis
  • In 2008 we troubles ahead for Toyota and advised our clients to prepare for a downturn. See: ”Toyota: Is the Party Over? “

    We bring to the table experience and knowledge based upon the completion of over one thousand new car dealership transactions ranging from dealership sales and purchases, employee theft, out of trust situations, estate valuations, partnership disputes and preparing loan requests, to being the consultant to receivers and debtors in state insolvencies and federal bankruptcies.

    Over the course of four decades, we have been students of the industry and involved in the practical application of our skills. In addition to our studies and hands-on experience, we have written books and articles, given speeches and seminars and have invested thousands of hours in studying the industry both in the classroom and in the field.

    Our consulting experience encompasses the following subject matters:

    Investing in Car Dealerships
    Business Plan Analysis
    Negotiation Process
    Due Diligence
    Factory and Finance Application Process
    Takeover Checklists and Forms

    Troubled Dealerships
    Work-outs and Reorganizations
    Out of Trust Workouts
    Crisis & Interim Management Services
    Upside-Down / Out-of-Round Advice
    Creditor Advisory Services
    Wind Down Management
    Consultant to Receiver in Automotive Group Receivership
    Consultant to Debtor – Chapters 11 Bankruptcy Reorganization
    Consultant to Debtor – Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Liquidation
    Debtor Advisory Services

    Operating Dealerships
    Fraud and Embezzlement Detection and Resolution
    Employee Theft

    Litigation Support, Mediation and Arbitration

    Selling Dealerships
    Structuring Asset Purchase Agreements
    Structuring Non-Competition Agreements
    Structuring Consulting Fee Agreements
    Dealership Valuations
    Checklists and Forms

    People and businesses with competent advisors generally succeed; those with less experienced advisors generally fail. They are supposed to fail. If they did not fail, there would be something wrong with the system. It would mean that competence did not mean anything. It is a fact older than the bible. See: Why you should have an advisor.

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