Founded in July 1988, by Peter Slusser, Slusser Associates, Inc. is a private Investment Banking firm headquartered in New York City. The firm specializes in major areas of financing and the merger and acquisition process, including negotiated sale of businesses, defensive restructurings, fairness opinions, valuations, general strategic planning, leveraged buyouts, tender offers, and private financings. Slusser Associates, Inc. represents major corporations, private investment firms, and closely-held companies. The firm has the long-standing ability to make high-level contacts in U.S. companies, as well as at a large number of companies located outside of the U.S. The firm has been retained by a number of NYSE, ASE, OTC, privately owned companies, and by various financial institutions to perform financial advisory assignments.