Who We Are
LABP advises owners of privately held lower-middle-market businesses as they prepare for and navigate the sale of their companies. Since 2006, we have guided business owners through valuation, transaction preparation, positioning, buyer engagement, negotiations, due diligence, and closing.
Led by Tawnya Gilreath, an experienced M&A Advisor, Certified Exit Planner (CExP), and attorney, LABP combines senior-level advisory leadership with transaction collaboration and administrative support. Our objective is to help owners make informed decisions, protect confidentiality, preserve value, and navigate one of the most consequential transactions of their lives.
Why Business Owners Choose LABP
Selling a privately held company is rarely a simple transaction. It requires careful preparation, credible financial presentation, thoughtful positioning, disciplined buyer engagement, and experienced negotiation. LABP brings those disciplines together in a structured advisory process designed around the owner’s objectives and the realities of the transaction.
Confidentiality is fundamental to our work. We use progressive disclosure, controlled access to sensitive information, and structured buyer processes designed to protect the business, its employees, customers, and ownership throughout the sale process.
Every transaction is different. We work closely with each owner to understand the business, the reasons for the transition, the desired outcome, and the risks that need to be managed. Tawnya remains actively involved in engagement strategy and execution while drawing on transaction and administrative support as appropriate.
Our Advisory & Support Team
Tawnya Gilreath
Founder & Lead M&A Advisor
Tawnya Gilreath is the Founder and Lead M&A Advisor of LABP. Since 2006, she has advised business owners through business sales, acquisitions, valuations, transaction preparation, negotiations, and ownership transitions.
Drawing on experience in M&A advisory, exit planning, law, and technology, Tawnya leads transaction strategy, financial and business positioning, buyer engagement, negotiations, and the overall advisory process.
Tawnya has also held leadership and education roles within the M&A profession, including service with M&A Source and instruction for professional organizations including the International Business Brokers Association and the California Association of Business Brokers.
Karen Parker
M&A Advisor, eXp Commercial | Transaction Partner
Karen Parker is an M&A and business advisory professional affiliated with eXp Commercial who collaborates with Tawnya on selected business sale and M&A engagements.
Tawnya and Karen work together where additional advisory capacity can strengthen buyer outreach, transaction execution, communications, and deal support.
Karen is affiliated with eXp Commercial and is not an employee of LABP.
Operations & Transaction Support
Mark Joey Teves
Operations, Marketing & Administrative Support
Mark supports the systems, marketing, technology, and administrative processes behind LABP engagements. His work supports transaction preparation, buyer outreach, marketing materials, website and digital systems, and the operational infrastructure used throughout the engagement process.
Sittie Bukharie
Transaction & Administrative Support
Sittie provides administrative and transaction support throughout the engagement process, including document organization, transaction administration, communications, buyer-process coordination, and other activities that help keep engagements organized and progressing efficiently.
A Collaborative Approach to M&A Advisory
Selling a privately held company requires more than identifying a prospective buyer. Successful transaction execution requires preparation, financial analysis, positioning, buyer qualification, controlled information disclosure, negotiation, due diligence, and coordinated closing.
LABP combines senior-level advisory leadership with transaction collaboration, administrative support, technology, and structured processes designed to help owners navigate each stage of the sale. Tawnya remains actively involved in the strategy and execution of engagements while drawing on the team’s capabilities and additional professional resources when a transaction requires them.