Athena Partners is a multi-faceted legal advisory and consulting group. Athena Partners provides external general counsel services, independent director services, and strategic and financial consulting. We have the ability to quickly and competently assist clients with unusual or complex matters (often international in nature), and are accomplished team players that assist with critical issue-identification and decisive action to safeguard important client interests. Our clients are generally comprised of both U.S. and foreign privately-owned middle-market businesses and their owners.
Athena Partners is an Athena Holdings company. Financial Services are provided through our affiliate company, Athena Partners Financial Services. Named after the Greek goddess of Wisdom, Athena Partners has offices in Miami, Florida.
Featured Work
International Packaged Foods Company: Potential Acquisition & Product Extension Review
Retained to initiate discussions with CEO of Jamaba Juice (prior to the 2003 acquisition of the company) on behalf of our client, the Latin American Division of Danone, to explore an acquisition or partnership offering product line extensions and geographical diversification to the client… continue reading»
Development-Stage Medical Device Company: Consulting and Development of a Memorandum for Prospective Equity Investors
Served as an early advisor and board member of Mammography Products Partnership, a private medical device company (subsequently sold to a predecessor of iCAD, Inc., ICAD-NASDAQ) providing computer-aided mammography diagnostic tools enabling radiologists and other healthcare professionals… continue reading»
Offshore Medical Education: Legal and Financial Advisory Services
Served as a director of American University of the Caribbean, a Netherlands Antilles-based medical college. Subsequent client assignments following board tenure included a greater role in the management of a number of legal, regulatory and other related projects involving the school and its principals… continue reading»
U.S. Medical Education: Legal and Financial Advisory Services
Since inception circa 2006, we have been significantly involved with the establishment and operation of Rocky Vista University, one of the 34 colleges of osteopathic medicine in the United States, including service as a Board member, Interim President and external General Counsel… continue reading»
Development-Stage Molecular Diagnostic Solutions Company Consulting
Athena Partners provided legal and valuation support for an initial Series “A”, and subsequent Series “B” funding rounds collectively approaching about $3 million. VuEssence (www.vuessence.com) is a development stage company focused on creating molecular diagnostic solutions to aid in the detection… continue reading»
Investment Portfolio Review, Restructuring, Asset Allocation and Enhanced Client Reporting
Athena Partners assisted a high net worth client who was suffering poor investment portfolio returns with an extensive, independent review of the portfolio and (with client approval) directed greater asset manager discipline and prudent investment guidelines to prospectively improve client investment returns… continue reading»
Workout of Bankrupt Privately-Placed Corporate Bond Position
Our client inherited oversight of a privately-placed, illiquid, unsecured fixed-income investment in a bankrupt mixed solid waste recycling business operated in cooperation with a southeastern U.S. municipality. Athena Partners studied the industry, identified a partner to bid for and operate the failed company assets for the… continue reading»
