Our firm

A New York investment bank, focused by design.

Summit Ridge Bank advises founders, family-owned businesses, private equity firms, and corporate clients on mergers and acquisitions, capital raises, and strategic advisory assignments.

We focus on middle-market companies and combine senior-banker attention with deep industry research, disciplined execution, and long-term client relationships. From sell-side and buy-side M&A to private capital, valuation, buyer outreach, and negotiation, we stay with our clients through the entire transaction.

$5B+In transactions completed
2001Founded in New York
$50–200MTypical client revenue
Senior-ledOn every engagement
Why we exist

Most of our clients aren’t on the cover of the Wall Street Journal.

They built something real: a business doing $50 million, maybe $200 million, with employees who’ve been there for years. And at some point, they ask themselves: Is now the right time? What’s this actually worth? Who do I trust to help me figure that out?

That’s exactly who we built Summit Ridge for. These are the companies that quietly power industries and communities, and they deserve advisors who treat their life’s work with the seriousness it’s earned.

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How we work

Four principles behind every engagement

Our model is simple: put experienced bankers on the work, do the research, run a disciplined process, and build relationships that outlast any single deal.

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Senior attention

The bankers you meet are the bankers who do the work, from first call to final close.

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Deep research

Sector knowledge and diligence that let us position and defend value with conviction.

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Disciplined execution

Structured processes that protect momentum, negotiating leverage, and confidentiality.

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Lasting relationships

We measure success by the clients who return and introduce us to their peers.

Leadership

Senior bankers, personally invested.

Summit Ridge is led by professionals who have spent their careers advising owners through their most important decisions.

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Ken Hawkesworth

Managing Director, Group Head

Leads the firm’s M&A and advisory practice, working directly with founders and boards across the middle market. Also serves as a board member.

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Advisory Team

M&A & Capital Markets

A senior team spanning sell-side and buy-side execution, private capital, and valuation, dedicated to a small number of clients at a time.

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Research & Diligence

Sector Coverage

Industry specialists who build the analysis behind every recommendation, from market positioning to buyer mapping and valuation support.

Interested in working together?

We take on a limited number of engagements so that each receives senior attention. Let’s start a confidential conversation.

Contact our team