We are an independent investment bank and financial advisory firm focused exclusively on the energy industry
We represent companies looking for capital from private institutions, such as private equity firms, hedge funds, and high net-worth individuals. Over the past two decades, our principals have served clients in an advisory role creating and financing new energy entities via start-ups, spin-offs and capital formation. We pride ourselves on our ability to provide thorough and objective opinions and analysis on the range of capital sources.
Our principals have extensive involvement in every energy consolidation phase since the late-1970s and advised in more than 50 public company merger transactions. In fact, Jim Parkman helped build the merger group at First Boston in the 1980’s and later Petrie Parkman into the number one energy M&A advisor, as reported in numerous league tables and several publications. Therefore, as one would expect, we are quite familiar and mindful of corporate governance considerations including the duties of directors.
We also have experience in organizing private equity funds and advising private equity clients in exit and liquidation transactions and valuation assignments. Our founders have played entrepreneurial roles in the start-up of 10 energy-related operating and service entities in recent history.
Jim Parkman pioneered the creation of the divestiture advisory business in the 1980’s. Since then, our principals have completed more than 140 asset transactions representing a cumulative value in excess of $110 billion, including the largest privatization in U.S. history with the sale of the Elk Hills Naval Petroleum Reserve to Occidental Petroleum Corporation in 1998. To date, we have deep and extensive technical capabilities and a high regard for the complexities and sophistication of energy asset transactions.
We provide bankruptcy, reorganization and recapitalization advisory services to companies, creditors and investors during distressed circumstances and our principals have broad experience in energy reorgs/recaps spanning the late ‘70’s and early 80’s, late 1980’s, 1998 thru 2001 and our current distressed cycle. Created initially in 1998 at Petrie Parkman, our energy reorg/recap advisory services group has worked on nine reorg/recap transactions since September of 2008.
Independent and FocusedWe created Parkman Whaling in the summer of 2007 as a response to the increasing need for independent, qualified, conflict-free advice available to companies, investors and participants involved with the energy industry. Our senior advisors, some of the most respected and well-known in the industry, each have more than 30 years in the investment banking and/or energy business and have been involved with over $110 billion worth of transactions.
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We strive every day to be the best in the world at what we do. We understand our services involve some of the most stressful and difficult decisions companies face, that's why we take our responsibility to provide quality advice seriously.
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We created Parkman Whaling in the summer of 2007 as a response to the increasing need for independent, qualified, conflict-free advice available to companies, investors and participants involved with the energy industry. Our senior advisors, some of the most respected and well-known in the industry, each have more than 30 years in the investment banking and/or energy business and have been involved with over $110 billion worth of transactions.
We created Parkman Whaling in the summer of 2007 as a response to the increasing need for independent, qualified, conflict-free advice available to companies, investors and participants involved with the energy industry. Our senior advisors, some of the most respected and well-known in the industry, each have more than 30 years in the investment banking and/or energy business and have been involved with over $110 billion worth of transactions.
We created Parkman Whaling in the summer of 2007 as a response to the increasing need for independent, qualified, conflict-free advice available to companies, investors and participants involved with the energy industry. Our senior advisors, some of the most respected and well-known in the industry, each have more than 30 years in the investment banking and/or energy business and have been involved with over $110 billion worth of transactions.
