About Centerstone
Centerstone Capital is a merchant bank focused globally on mergers and acquisitions, private placements, secondary transactions, debt and IPO advisory, and principal investments.
With offices in Beverly Hills and New York City, Centerstone is focused on five core industries: Consumer, Business Services, Technology, Sports / Media / Entertainment, and Healthcare. Typical transactions range in enterprise value between $100M - $2 billion.
The firm was founded by Arash Farin, a veteran of Goldman Sachs, Blackstone, Lehman Brothers, and Sage Group, who is supported by a team of managing directors, vice presidents, associates, and analysts in both offices. The firm’s senior leadership has an average of 20 years’ experience.
Centerstone benefits from an advisory board composed of high impact leaders from government and business, and currently includes Dave McTague (former CEO of Cole Haan), Marisa Gardini (CEO of Prosper Brands), Alex Brick (SWaN & Legend Venture Partners), Jan Rogers Kniffen (CEO, J. Rogers Kniffen Worldwide Enterprises), and two former members of the Navy SEAL’s Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU), helping clients think through leadership challenges, culture building, and creating and incentivizing high performance teams.
Why Choose Us
We understand selecting an investment bank can be one of the most important decisions in the evolution of an investment and the culmination of possibly decades of work. We believe Centerstone stands out as an exceptional choice among others. With many years of industry experience, a stellar track record, and a commitment to excellence, Centerstone offers a level of expertise and service that goes above and beyond what is typically expected. Our team of highly skilled professionals possesses a deep understanding of each company with whom we work, as well as the global financial markets, enabling us to provide insightful guidance and strategic solutions at every juncture.
Moreover, our extensive network of global partnerships allows us to access diverse markets, investors with an array of ideas, and opportunities for growth, ensuring maximum potential for our clients' businesses. With Centerstone, you can expect personalized attention, innovative financial solutions, and a relentless drive for success.
Our People
Centerstone has formed a team of cohesive and collaborative professionals working together day and night to provide insightful and strategic advice for our clients. Our team’s tireless efforts, coupled with a wealth of expertise, create a dynamic environment where innovative thinking and strategic prowess thrive.
Our Culture
Centerstone’s culture blends innovation and thoughtfulness with a robust commitment to client success. Embracing a collaborative and client-centric approach, our team thrives on the principles of integrity, transparency, and exceptionalism. We prioritize staying at the forefront of industry trends and dynamic markets, ensuring that our clients benefit from cutting-edge insights and solutions.
Centerstone prides itself on experts who are intellectual, driven, and principled, fostering a dynamic and vibrant environment of professionals who will move mountains and break down any barrier in pursuit of a successful transaction. Our professionals, driven by a passion for financial excellence, work seamlessly to provide tailored strategies that align with the ever-evolving landscape of global markets. With a focus on long-term relationships, we aim to be trusted partners, dedicated to navigating the complexities of the modern financial world with agility and foresight.
Core Values
Utmost Honesty & Integrity
Our reputation is core to our business and vital to our long-term success. Accordingly, we will always operate in our clients’ best interests and uphold honesty and integrity in every transaction we pursue. We will strongly advocate on behalf of our clients, including institutions, founders, entrepreneurs, and others, to ensure their objectives are met. We will act professionally and with respect with all parties with whom we work and understand that sometimes taking the longer path forward may be in our mutual best interest.
Senior Attention To All Transactions
Every client deserves personalized and expert guidance throughout their transaction. We prioritize senior attention on all transactions, ensuring our clients have direct access to experienced professionals who can provide valuable insights and strategic advice every step of the way. We make ourselves available at all hours and without restrictions to ensure our clients can rely on us for all matters, large and small. Simultaneously, we will employ the services of our advisory board and broad network to add additional insights and thought leadership to any transaction when necessary.
Tenacity, Creativity & Resourcefulness
We pride ourselves on an abundance of tenacity and creativity in order to solve our client’s toughest problems and obtain the best possible results for our clients as we maximize value. We are experts in a variety of transaction types, and do not shy away from complexity. We have found that few transactions are fully straightforward, and creative thinking and embracing challenges along the way almost always can positively change the outcome.
Deep Domain Knowledge
A comprehensive understanding of the industries and markets we serve is crucial to providing the best advice and solutions to our clients. Our team of experts has extensive experience and expertise in every sector sector we cover, allowing us to offer tailored and strategic guidance to meet the unique needs of each client. We have extensively adivsed or invested in all the sectors on which we focus, maintaining long-term relatsionships with key participants to keep us current and informed. Centerstone’s deep domain knowledge enables us to provide informed and insightful recommendations that drive success for our clients.
Exceeding Client Expectations
We believe that all of our engagements first begin with the foundation of a strong relationship. We seek to be partners with, and trusted advisors to, our clients, and seek to exceed expectation in every transaction. We believe it is a privilege to work with our clients and we aim for exceptional outcomes and lifelong partnerships with all of the clients with whom we interact. To this day, certain transactions and ideas are inititated from clients we have known for over a decade.
Robust Global Investor Relationships
We add value through an extensive network of global relationships that include private equity firms, corporates, sovereign wealth funds, family offices, founders/ entrepreneurs, intermediaries (attorneys, accountants, and consultants), and other major players in the ecosystems within the industries on which we focus. We have cultivated these relationships over the decades that our senior professionals have had active sell-side and buy-side roles, and we pride ourselves in the ability to open any door globaly for our clients.