Regional Investment Banking Firm Carr, Riggs & Ingram (CRI) Transaction Advisors Expands in Charlotte, North Carolina
Enterprise, AL (PRWEB) January 15, 2015 -- Carr, Riggs & Ingram (CRI) Transaction Advisors, LLC, expands in North Carolina with the addition of Christian Chenier—and his more than 25 years of professional experience—to its team of mergers and acquisitions advisors.
In 2010, Chenier founded Platinum Mergers & Acquisitions, a buy-side mergers and acquisitions firm engaged by multiple private equity funds and independent investors to source business opportunities through its robust network of business owners seeking to raise capital, recapitalize, or sell their businesses. Prior to founding Platinum, Chenier rose to Vice President at Florida Capital Partners, a leading, lower-middle market private equity firm, where he concentrated his efforts on deal origination.
“We are pleased to welcome Christian to the CRI Transaction Advisors team, where his extensive expertise in the private equity industry will be a valuable asset to CRI’s investment banking services,” stated William H. Carr, chairman and managing partner of CRI. “An additional office expands our service delivery capabilities and efficiencies throughout the South, and a location in the financially-centered Charlotte market aligns us with vast opportunities for continued growth.”
CRI, currently ranked as the 22nd largest accounting firm nationally, boasts offices in 21 markets throughout Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas. The firm has two other divisions in addition to CRI Transaction Advisors—IT audit and assurance firm Auditwerx, LLC, and wealth management firm Level Four Group, LLC.
About Carr, Riggs & Ingram, LLC
CRI is ranked as 22nd largest accounting firm in the nation. Today, CRI has more than 1,250 employees in 21 markets throughout Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas and is recognized as one of the fastest growing CPA firms in the United States. CRI’s industry specializations include construction companies, governmental entities, financial institutions, healthcare entities, insurance companies, not-for-profit organizations, and manufacturing and distribution companies. CRI also offers specialized services including business consulting, forensic accounting, IT audit and assurance, SEC compliance, service organization control (SOC) reports, tax, transaction advisory services, and wealth management. For details regarding our service and industry specialties, please visit CRIcpa.com or our accounting blog available from http://blog.CRIcpa.com.
About Carr, Riggs & Ingram Transaction Advisors, LLC
CRI Transaction Advisors, a division of Carr, Riggs & Ingram, is a licensed broker/dealer offering transaction services that ecompass a broad spectrum of sell-side and buy-side offerings. The firm is registered as a broker dealer with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and is a member of the Securities Investors Protection Corporation. For details regarding our service and industry specialties, please visit CRIadv.com.
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Bri Harding, Carr, Riggs & Ingram, http://www.cricpa.com, +1 (615) 457-0069, [email protected]
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