Burley & Associates, a mergers and acquisitions firm specializing in small and mid-size technology companies, announced today that it completed a merger with Gilbert Associates on January 1, 2004 and has successfully integrated all business operations. The combined entity, to operate under the Burley & Associates name, can now offer its clients an even broader array of services that includes Gilbert’s experience with capital markets and investor relations.

Burley & Associates, a mergers and acquisitions firm specializing in small and mid-size technology companies, announced today that it completed a merger with Gilbert Associates on January 1, 2004 and has successfully integrated all business operations. The combined entity, to operate under the Burley & Associates name, can now offer its clients an even broader array of services that includes Gilbert’s experience with capital markets and investor relations.

John Burley, the President and founder of Burley & Associates commented, “Gilbert Associates shares our philosophy of providing the best practices and service levels offered by large M&A firms to smaller companies in the $1 million to $10 million space. This transaction furthers this focus, strengthens our firm, and adds to our capital markets, business valuation, and investor relations capabilities.”

Mr. Burley adds, “We’ve found that many smaller companies, especially technology companies, require more robust and sophisticated services than are typically offered by business brokers and intermediaries, yet they cannot get the attention of, nor can they afford Wall Street type firms. The business community now has an even stronger resource to provide this unique level of service that only larger companies used to receive.”

Burley & Associates is a full-service mergers and acquisitions firm that operates in the metropolitan Washington, DC region with a significant focus on small to mid-size technology companies. The firm offers services on both the buy-side and sell-side of a transaction, including the sourcing of buyers and sellers, contract negotiation, due diligence, business valuation, financing, capital raising, and other consulting and advisory services. Burley & Associates’ vision, from its inception, was to pioneer the delivery of large M&A firm services to small and mid-size businesses.

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