Acquisition models & LBO analysis
Returns, debt schedules, scenarios, and model pressure-testing.
About
Built by a private equity investor and former investment banking analyst.
Lean buyers and advisors often face the same bottleneck: too much deal work for the team they have. FirmLedge exists to provide senior-associate-level analytical capacity without requiring a full-time hire, a full consulting team, or an open-ended retainer.
01 · Founder
Andrew Gallagher
Andrew Gallagher
Founder · FirmLedge
Andrew is a private equity investor and former investment banking analyst who has spent his career on the analytical side of deals — screening opportunities, building and reviewing models, running financial and commercial diligence, and preparing the materials that buyers, lenders, and investment committees rely on to make decisions.
- Former Private Equity Senior Associate at SNH Capital Partners
- Former Industrials Investment Banking Analyst at Wells Fargo Securities
- Former M&A advisory analyst at a top-10 U.S. accounting firm
- Former Portfolio & Research Analyst at Nephila Advisors, then the largest insurance-linked securities manager
- Creator of UpLevered, a practitioner desk reference for middle-market private equity
02 · Transaction & Analytical Experience
A practitioner record across buy-side and sell-side.
7
Closed transactions
3
Buy-side PE acquisitions
4
Sell-side M&A / carve-outs
~$250MM
Closed-transaction experience
200+
Opportunities screened / evaluated
20+
LOIs supported
$B+
Strategic M&A analysis exposure
Figures reflect transactions and processes Andrew has worked on across prior roles; no client names or confidential figures are shown.
03 · Representative Workstreams
The analysis FirmLedge actually produces.
ABL / borrowing-base & lender support
Borrowing-base models, covenant analysis, and lender materials.
Net working capital & closing true-ups
Peg support, true-up review, and cash-conversion analysis.
Revenue, margin, customer & vendor analysis
Concentration, mix, and margin diagnostics that surface risk.
KPI dashboards & value-creation planning
Operating analytics and post-close initiative tracking.
IC, board, lender & management materials
Decision-ready exhibits and recurring reporting packages.
04 · Sector Exposure
Industries Andrew has analyzed.
- Specialty food / seafood distribution
- Value-add medical equipment distribution
- Managed IT services / MSPs
- HVAC services
- Building products
- Industrial distribution
- Industrial services
- Industrial filtration
- ILS / reinsurance
Sector exposure shown as founder credibility, not a guarantee of sector-specific outcomes.
05 · How FirmLedge Works
Scoped, senior, and clear.
Engagements are scoped before work begins. Work is fixed-fee or hourly, based on client-provided information and stated assumptions, and focused on practical analytical support rather than regulated transaction services.
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