Clark LaSalle Partners is an Arizona-based consulting firm that specializes in providing buy-side M&A advisory services to our clients. We partner with lower middle-market private equity firms, corporations and family offices that are interested in making platform or add-on acquisitions in specific industries or sectors.
We pride ourselves on originating viable and actionable acquisition opportunities for our clients through our targeted search program. We only take on a finite amount of targeted search mandates at any given time, assuring that our clients receive the necessary time and attention to yield a successful outcome.
Jordan M. Benson (Founder & Partner)
Jordan founded Clark LaSalle Partners (CLP) to help serve lower middle-market private equity firms, corporations and family offices interested in finding viable and actionable acquisition opportunities. Jordan has significant experience generating proprietary deal flow in a diverse range of industries and sectors. He has successfully executed both platform and add-on acquisition search mandates for past and current clients.
Prior to forming CLP, Jordan served as a Principal with Cook M&A Advisory Services. He oversaw Cook’s business development team while executing strategic acquisition searches on behalf of Cook’s private equity and corporate clients. During his tenure at Cook, Jordan originated over 500 proprietary acquisition opportunities and over $300mm TEV in closed transactions.
Prior to joining Cook M&A, Jordan served as a Business Development Associate with Stratford Advisory Group (now Pavilion Financial Corporation) and was responsible for identifying and securing new client engagements. During his career, Jordan has also served various roles at Benson Botsford, LLC, a financial services holding company.
Jordan holds a BA in Communication from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a MBA in Finance from DePaul University’s Kellstadt Graduate School of Business.