RightExit represents owners selling the business they've built.
We run a confidential, competitive process to find the right buyer, the right price, and the right time.
Right Buyer. Right Price. Right Time.
RightExit represents privately held business owners throughout the Southeast, with a national M&A practice dedicated to accounting and advisory businesses.
A national M&A practice dedicated to modern accounting, tax, and advisory businesses.
Explore the accounting practiceFull sell-side representation for mainstreet and lower-middle-market businesses across our home region.
Explore our regional supportYou've built something worth protecting. When the time comes to sell it, you deserve an advisor whose only job is to represent you: to find the right next steward and negotiate the terms that let you walk away confident.
Our loyalty is to the owner. We work to maximize your price, terms, and certainty of close, not to fill a buyer's pipeline.
We run a confidential, competitive sale from preparation through diligence and transition, keeping control in your hands.
The best outcome balances the steward you entrust the business to with the price, structure, and financing that actually close.
Selling a business is personal. You deserve to know who is guiding the process, where their experience comes from, and who will be beside you when the decisions get difficult.
CBI, CEPA, EA
Daniel brings an operator's perspective shaped by accounting, tax, business growth, and M&A. He helps owners understand value, prepare for transition, and navigate a competitive sale with clear advice at every step.
Accounting and advisory businesses
CPA, CEPA
Brian brings nearly 20 years of experience in M&A, financial advisory, due diligence, and strategic finance. He works alongside owners to evaluate offers, structure terms, and carry a sale through to a confident close.
Legal and professional-services businesses
A direct conversation with the people responsible for your outcome.
From a signed engagement to closing, the full process typically runs 4–8 months. Preparation & Planning is pre-engagement; it can take years. Here's what to expect at each stage, and the role you and RightExit each play. Timelines are typical ranges and vary with deal complexity.
We get clear on your goals, timeline, and the story behind the business, and assemble the records a buyer will expect to see. This is pre-engagement work; it can take weeks, months, or even years depending on where your business stands.
Share financials, client lists, and operational basics; clarify what you want from an exit.
Assess readiness, flag dealmakers and dealbreakers early, and set a realistic path to market.
We determine an enterprise-value range and position the business around what buyers actually reward.
Review the valuation and the positioning narrative; confirm you're aligned.
Build the confidential information package and a teaser that protects your identity.
We run a discreet, competitive process, reaching only to vetted, qualified buyers under NDA.
Stay focused on running your business; weigh buyer profiles as they come.
Manage outreach, field inquiries, and create competitive tension without exposing your identity prematurely.
Qualified buyers receive deeper access in stages, only as trust and seriousness are demonstrated.
Meet the strongest buyers on your terms and assess fit, not just price.
Screen financial capacity and seriousness, control the flow of information, and protect your clients and team.
We solicit, compare, and negotiate offers, then work the best LOI toward terms that protect you.
Choose the buyer whose price, terms, and stewardship fit your goals.
Negotiate valuation, structure, earnouts, and exclusivity; advise on trade-offs.
The buyer confirms the numbers and operations. We manage the process so the deal, and your business, stay on track.
Provide requested records; keep the business performing through closing.
Coordinate diligence, defend your valuation, and resolve issues without renegotiation surprises.
Documents are finalized and funds transfer. We hold the schedule together across counsel, buyer, and lenders so nothing slips at the finish line.
Sign the final documents and celebrate the transfer of ownership.
Coordinate closing across all parties, manage timelines, and clear the last conditions.
Ownership has changed hands, but the handoff isn't over. We help the next steward take the reins and protect the business you built.
Begin the transition on agreed terms; stay available for a defined handback period.
Support a smooth handoff to the buyer and help protect continuity for your clients and team.
25 years in business
All cash at closing in 6 months
5 years in business
80% cash at closing, 20% 90 day escrow, rolled equity and ongoing employment for seller
7 years in business
70% cash at closing, 20% retention earn-out, 10% transition milestones
Business ownership is an act of stewardship.
The final responsibility of a great steward is finding the right next one.
No obligation. We'll listen, then tell you honestly whether and how we can help.
