Max Clark joined Kerrigan Advisors as a Senior Analyst in October 2022. With Big-Four public accounting experience, Max supports the firm’s sell-side and consulting clients in financial modeling, operational analytics, adjusted earnings analyses and other financial activities.
Prior to joining the firm, Max was a Senior Audit Associate at KPMG where he managed public and private, domestic and international client audits from planning through fieldwork and delivery of the final reports.
Max is a California Certified Public Accountant and a Deans Honor List graduate of the Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California Irvine with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration and an emphasis in accounting. While in college, Max served on the board for the UCI Accounting Association. Max is a California native and enjoys surfing and fishing in his spare time.
Kerrigan Advisors is the premier sell-side advisor and thought partner to auto dealers nationwide. The firm advises the industry's leading dealership groups, enhancing value through the lifecycle of growing, operating and, when the time is right, selling their businesses. Kerrigan Advisors has represented some of auto retail's largest transactions and advised more of the largest dealership groups in the US than any other buy/sell firm in the industry. Led by a team of veteran industry experts with backgrounds in investment banking, private equity, accounting, finance and real estate, the firm does not take listings, rather they develop a customized approach for each client to achieve their personal and financial goals. In addition to Kerrigan Advisors' sell-side advisory and capital raising services, the firm also provides a suite of consulting services including growth strategy, market valuation assessments, capital allocation, transactional due diligence, open point proposals, operational improvement and real estate due diligence.
Kerrigan Advisors monitors conditions in the buy/sell market and publishes an in-depth analysis each quarter in The Blue Sky Report®, which includes Kerrigan Advisors' signature blue sky charts, multiples, and analysis for each franchise in the luxury and non-luxury segments. To download a preview of the report, click here. The firm also releases monthly The Kerrigan Index™ composed of the seven publicly traded auto retail companies with operations focused on the US market. The Kerrigan Auto Retail Index is designed to track dealership valuation trends, while also providing key insights into factors influencing auto retail. To access The Kerrigan Index™, click here. To read the 2023 Kerrigan OEM Survey, click here. Kerrigan Advisors also is the co-author of NADA's Guide to Buying and Selling a Dealership.
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