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For CPAs, Attorneys & Advisors

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A CBEC®-certified partner for your business-owner clients' exit

​​Business exit planning touches accounting, legal, valuation, and investment disciplines at once - which is exactly why it tends to fall through the cracks between advisors who each own one piece of it. asa a Certified Business Exit Consultant® (CBEC®), Brett Cicinelli's role is to be the coordinating financial planning voice on your client's exit team, working alongside you rather than in place of you.

Depending on when you're brought in, we can support your client's transaction as:

  • Valuation & Readiness Advisor - helping the owner understand current business value and what would increase it before going to market

  • Exit Strategist - running the client through the Six-Step Exit Planning process to clarify goals, timeline, and the right exit path

  • Deal Structuring Support - modeling the after-tax and after-fee outcome of different transaction structures, in coordination with your tax and legal work

  • Post-Close Wealth Manager - once the transaction closes, managing the resulting liquidity as a fiduciary RIA, so your client's outcome doesn't end a the closing table

We're happy to join client meetings as a value-add resource, or work quietly behind the scenes - whatever best fits how you serve the clients. If you have a client approaching a transition, we'd welcome the conversation.

 

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Why Choose Confluence

We Inspire Long-Term Financial Success

When you're preparing to sell a business — or if you know an owner who's contemplating one — two of the largest determinants of a successful outcome are the terms of the sale itself and the follow-through of your wealth plan after closing.

Our Certified Business Exit Consultant®, Brett Cicinelli is a visionary developer of optimal exit strategies, taking factual details, client goals, and needs into account, leading a charge toward a positive change in how business owners prepare for and navigate the sale of their company.

 

Brett brings over two decades of financial and analytical experience to work for clients. He teaches a post-graduate course on Alternative Investing Strategies. Brett also earned the designations of Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Certified Financial Planner® (CFP®), Certified Divorce Financial Analyst® (CDFA®), Master Analyst in Financial Forensics® (MAFF®), and Certified Business Exit Consultant® (CBEC®).

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We provide sophisticated investment and financial service offerings combined with the highest-end financial planning, specializing in business exits, divorce, and other sudden financial changes.  The firm is built on the principles of honesty, integrity, and objective decision-making.  

Contact Us

Email: info@confluenceca.com

Phone: (310) 807-3098

Proudly serving Woodland Hills, San Fernando Valley, and Greater Los Angeles - with clients across the U.S.

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