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Business & Equity Advisory
Unlock the value
Unlock the value
you've created.
Advisory for the biggest financial event of your career: selling a business, or unlocking equity at a growing or newly public company.
Our approach
Sooner or later, the value you have built becomes real, an offer for your business, a company approaching an IPO, equity that finally vests. These are once-in-a-career decisions, often made under pressure, and the number on paper is never the whole story. That is usually the moment we are brought in.
We unpack the event, then answer the harder question: what does this actually mean for your life?
For owners
Selling or transitioning your business
Most successful owners eventually get the call, a competitor, a private equity firm, a broker with a buyer. We unpack the valuation, model what the proceeds actually fund, and put it on paper so you decide with clarity instead of adrenaline.
- Sales of businesses and management buyouts
- ESOPs and recapitalizations
- Acquisitions and growth strategy
- Succession within the family
- Pre- and post-liquidity planning: valuation, structure, timing, tax posture
Breece Private Wealth Manaagement and Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network does not provide legale or tax advice.
For executives & early employees
When your equity finally becomes real
Concentrated equity, founder shares, RSUs, ISOs and NSOs, or a stake in a company approaching or just past an IPO, is one of the hardest forms of wealth to manage. Vesting, lock-ups, blackout windows, and the tax treatment of each grant turn a single decision into dozens.
We help you plan around the event, not just react to it. When to exercise, how to diversify a concentrated position while managing the tax impact, and how to turn paper wealth into a durable plan.
- RSUs, ISOs & NSOs — exercise and sale strategy
- Vesting schedules and lock-up periods
- Pre-IPO & newly public equity planning
- 10b5-1 plans and blackout windows
- Concentrated stock diversification, tax-aware
Why work with Breece
Justin Breece is a non-practicing corporate attorney, a former investment banker, and a Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA). He has structured deals, drafted the agreements, and sat inside the transactions. So whether the event is a sale or an IPO, he has worked within it, not just around it. We work alongside your attorneys, CPAs, and bankers, translating the deal into a durable plan.
Answers
Frequently asked questions
Straight answers to what people ask before the first conversation.
Several years before you sell. Early planning improves valuation drivers, structures the business tax-efficiently, and aligns the sale with your personal goals — options that shrink once an offer is already on the table.
Beyond the headline number: the deal structure and terms, the tax impact, what the proceeds actually fund in your life, and what changes or is foreclosed. Breece unpacks the valuation and puts that analysis on paper so you decide with clarity, not adrenaline.
Equity compensation — RSUs, ISOs, NSOs, and founder shares — should be planned before the liquidity event, not after. Vesting schedules, lock-up periods, exercise timing, and the tax treatment of each grant all interact. Breece helps executives and early employees plan the event and diversify concentrated stock while managing the tax impact.
An IPO turns illiquid equity into tradable stock, but usually not right away — lock-up periods, blackout windows, and vesting still govern when you can sell. Planning ahead lets you set a disciplined selling strategy, often through a 10b5-1 plan, rather than reacting to the stock price after the fact.
A concentrated position — your employer's stock after an IPO, or the proceeds from selling your business — carries outsized risk tied to a single company. The goal is a deliberate diversification and tax strategy over time. Breece builds that plan and manages it in coordination with your CPA.
A broker or M&A advisor runs the transaction — finding a buyer and closing the deal. Breece focuses on what the transaction means for you: whether the number funds the life you want, how to structure and time it, and how the proceeds become a lasting plan. We work alongside your deal team, not in place of it.
A CEPA is credentialed to guide owners through the transition out of their company — valuation, deal structure, timing, tax posture, and the personal planning around a liquidity event. Justin Breece holds the CEPA designation and brings a background as a corporate attorney and investment banker.
The first conversation is about you
The best decisions are made before the event, not during it.
Whether an offer is on your desk, an IPO is on the horizon, or equity is about to vest — start the conversation early.