The Deal is Won or Lost in the Trenches
Bridging the gap between a transaction's vision and its execution for the lower and middle market.
Execution Risk Lies Below the Surface
In M&A, legal advisors provide the legal architecture and financial advisors provide the financial models. But what happens under the surface?
That is where the heavy lifting of deal execution happens — Due Diligence Navigation, Integration Planning, and Strategic Negotiation. It is also where internal teams, already stretched thin running their core business, start to drown in data requests and workflows. Deal fatigue sets in, friction builds, and value is destroyed.
Lantara Consulting steps in to eliminate that friction. We parachute into the chaos, providing 'CFO-level' project management and dedicated bandwidth to move transactions across the finish line.
Reduce Deal Fatigue.
Protect the Valuation.
Execute the Timeline to Close.
Who We Serve
We specialize in the Lower and Middle Market.
Family Businesses & Founders.
Navigating a "once-in-a-lifetime" exit without pulling your best people away from the core business.
Family Offices.
Acting as an extension of your internal resources to execute acquisitions, divestitures and carve-outs with precision.
Private Equity & Independent Sponsors.
Bolstering lean portfolio company teams during add-ons and integrations.
Search Funders & Entrepreneurs Through Acquisition (ETA).
Supplying the institutional-grade support and execution discipline needed for a successful acquisition.
Corporate & Strategic Acquirers.
Providing dedicated bandwidth to manage cross-functional transaction teams.
Lantara Consulting is a business advisory firm and does not provide legal, tax, or accounting services.
The Lantara Way: Execution with Perspective
When you bring Lantara into a deal, we don't just bring project management; we bring a specific perspective.
Effective Negotiation.
De-escalating emotion and removing the zero-sum mentality to achieve collaborative outcomes.
Strategic Filtering.
Cutting through the noise to focus on the issues that matter for the close—and the day after.
Relationship Building.
Driving multi-stakeholder alignment through trust, credibility, and clear communication.
Meet Our Founder
Lantara Consulting was born out of founder Monica D. Tarasco’s more than 20 years of experience sitting in several different seats at the deal table. She has served critical roles within an operating company (building products) of a public holding company, the corporate office of a publicly traded mining company, a corporate law firm, and a boutique law firm.
Over her career, Monica has navigated a wide range of complex transactions in various capacities. As she built deep technical expertise, she recognized a crucial truth: the success of a deal relies just as much on effective communication and relationship management as it does on the math. This unique dual perspective perfectly positions her to orchestrate highly complex transaction projects.
As a strategic transactions leader who is also certified in negotiation, Monica has a profound appreciation for the human factors of M&A. She is uniquely adept at handling the complex, nuanced issues that fall outside the margins of spreadsheets and legal documents. Her ultimate objective is to efficiently and effectively manage projects to a successful completion—optimizing deal value and mitigating execution risk.
While Monica continues to maintain an active legal practice, Lantara Consulting is a separate and distinct, non-legal entity. Her work here is focused exclusively on business consulting and strategic execution.
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