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Built beyond
visibility.

Vaden LeBlanc is a diversified advisory firm. We specialize in lower to lower-middle-market mergers & acquisitions, business brokerage, commercial real estate investment sales, and capital markets advisory.

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— Principle

We structure counsel + capital quietly, on behalf of a small number of principals, operators, and families. Not everything of consequence requires visibility.

— Practice

Three disciplines.
One thesis.

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Mergers & Acquisitions / Business Brokerage

Transaction advisory and brokerage for the acquisition, sale, and succession of lower to lower-middle-market businesses and family-held enterprises.

II

Private Investment Advisory

Acquisitions/dispositions, financial modeling, due diligence, asset management, and investment decision advisory.

III

Real Estate Capital Markets

Sourcing, structuring, and placement of senior, mezzanine, and joint-venture equity across institutional commercial assets.

— Team

Stewarded by few.

Samuel Vaden, Founder and Chief Executive
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Samuel Vaden

Founder & Chief Executive

“The work we choose to do quietly is, almost always, the work that endures.”

— Samuel Vaden

Samuel leads the firm's advisory work across mergers & acquisitions, private investment, and real estate capital markets. Over the course of 16+ years, he has advised on $3+B in transactions, serving a deliberately small roster of principals, operators, and families.

His work spans the lower to lower-middle market: business sales, acquisitions, capital placement, and asset-level advisory — conducted quietly and with discretion.

— Advisory Board

Counsel of few.

II

Dave Vaden

RET. LTC, US ARMY | FORMER DIRECTOR, XCELIGENT, INC.

Career officer with decades of leadership across operations, logistics, and strategic command. Brings disciplined judgment and institutional perspective.

III

Jackie Markhorst

Former Head of HNWI Private Wealth, JP Morgan

Former Head of HNWI Private Wealth at JP Morgan Bank. Counsel on private wealth, family capital, and discreet client stewardship.

IV

Sean Vandygriff

Former SVP, CBRE — West Coast

Former Senior Vice President at CBRE on the West Coast. Deep expertise across institutional commercial real estate markets.

— Posture

Selective by design. Structured quietly. Built with permanence.

Our work is rarely announced and seldom marketed. Mandates arrive through relationship, and remain there.

— Inquiry

Opportunities move
differently here.

Correspondence is reviewed personally. Introductions, mandates, and considered inquiries are welcomed.

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