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.
We structure counsel + capital quietly, on behalf of a small number of principals, operators, and families. Not everything of consequence requires visibility.
Transaction advisory and brokerage for the acquisition, sale, and succession of lower to lower-middle-market businesses and family-held enterprises. Powered by Hedgestone Business Advisors platform - North America's #1 Business Brokerage/M&A firm.
Acquisitions/dispositions, financial modeling, due diligence, asset management, and investment decision advisory.
Sourcing, structuring, and placement of senior, mezzanine, and joint-venture equity across institutional commercial assets.
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 $1B+ 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.
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.
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.
Former SVP, CBRE — West Coast
Former Senior Vice President at CBRE on the West Coast. Deep expertise across institutional commercial real estate markets.
Selective by design. Structured quietly. Built with permanence.
Our work is rarely announced and seldom marketed. Mandates arrive through relationship, and remain there.
Correspondence is reviewed personally. Introductions, mandates, and considered inquiries are welcomed.