The Carson Medlin Company is an investment banking firm founded in 1991 to provide specialized corporate finance services to financial institutions and financial services firms.  From our offices in Tampa, Raleigh and Atlanta, the firm advises the management, directors, and shareholders of our clients on strategies to maximize the value of their institution and executes strategies to realize that value.  Over the last ten years, Carson Medlin has been among the most active bank merger advisors in the nation.  The firm also has a practice as advisor to other financial firms, including registered investment advisors and insurance agencies.  The firm is a broker-dealer registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), formerly the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD).

Our Clients

The Carson Medlin Company specializes in advising financial institutions with assets of up to $5 billion. Our clients are located throughout the Sunbelt, from the mid-Atlantic to the West Coast. The firm is active in high growth markets such as northern Virginia, Charlotte and Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina, metropolitan Atlanta, Tennessee, Florida, Phoenix, and both northern and southern California.

Our Style

Our relationships with clients are frequently long-standing ones, built on mutual respect, understanding and trust. We advise based on the client's needs, not our own agenda, and then execute the client's strategy aggressively. We believe this "client first" approach is relatively rare in our business.

Our Experience

Our professionals have decades of experience as investment bankers to community financial institutions, as well as extensive direct experience in commercial banking, bank regulation, and industry.

Our Performance

The firm has a demonstrated record of performance in completing engagements. In all of our assignments, we emphasize thoroughness of preparation, professionalism in execution, and effectiveness in completion. We are diligent in avoiding conflicts of interest and maintaining strict client confidentiality.