| GCA Corporation | |
| Former Name: | GCA Savvian Corporation |
| Industry: | Investment banking |
| Founders: | --> |
| Fate: | Acquired by Houlihan Lokey |
| Hq Location: | One Maritime Plaza |
| Hq Location City: | San Francisco |
| Hq Location Country: | US |
| Num Locations: | 23 offices |
| Num Locations Year: | 2020 |
| Key People: | Geoffrey Baldwin, Todd Carter, Blake Christensen, |
| Num Employees: | 450+[1] |
| Num Employees Year: | 2020 |
| Subsid: | GCA Altium |
GCA Corporation (formerly GCA Savvian Corporation) was a multinational investment bank headquartered in San Francisco, United States. It was sold to Houlihan Lokey in October 2021.
The company offers financial services including mergers and acquisitions advisory services for both public and private companies in buyside, sellside and going-private transactions. The company provides services for hostile defenses, reorganization proceedings, recapitalizations and restructuring services. The company also provides restructuring advisory services and capital markets services, such as placement of common and preferred stock, mezzanine debt, convertible debt, equity lines and roll-up financings, as well as initial public offering advisory services. In addition, it offers secondary direct placement; due diligence and invests in private equity, mezzanine financing, and public equity and debt markets. The company provides its services primarily to technology, media, communications, healthcare, consumer and retail and industrial sectors. The company owned 13 subsidiaries as of December 31, 2012.
In April 2014, GCA Savvian established a Tokyo-based wholly owned subsidiary.[2] [3] [4] [5]
On the 9 May 2016 GCA Savvian Corporation signed an agreement to merge with Altium Capital (also known as Altium Corporate Finance Group). The merger was completed on 31 July 2016. The combination creates a leading independent international investment bank that operates under the names GCA Altium in Europe and GCA in the United States and Asia. Under the terms of the agreement, a share for share exchange took place whereby GCA acquired the entire issued share capital of Altium in exchange for shares in GCA. [6]
On October 4, 2021 GCA Corporation was acquired by Houlihan Lokey.[7]