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Private Advisory · Established 2009

Welcome To sunrise consultants – The Leading Business Consultant in District of Columbia, United States

Business Consulting

$4.2B

Transactions advised

27

Years of practice

140+

Board mandates

98%

Client retention

Trusted by leadership teams in

Private Equity ◆ Family Enterprise ◆ Technology ◆ Real Assets ◆ Healthcare

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27

years guiding private and public enterprise through defining moments

01 — The Firm

A quiet authority, built one relationship at a time.

For over two decades, sunrise consultants has been the counsel leaders call before the decision is public. We keep our client list deliberately small, so that every mandate receives the full attention of a senior partner.

Our advice is independent of any product, fund or bank. We are paid to be right, not to be agreeable.

  • Partner-led on every engagement
  • Fully independent, conflict-free advice
  • Absolute discretion, by design

Eleanor ValeFounding Partner

02 — Practice Areas

Six disciplines. One standard.

Each practice is led by a partner with decades of operating and advisory experience. Mandates draw on the whole firm, never a single specialism.

I

Corporate Strategy

Clear-eyed direction for the next decade: markets, positioning and the hard choices that make a strategy real.

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II

Capital & Transactions

Buy-side and sell-side counsel, capital raising and negotiation, from first approach to completion.

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III

Governance & Boards

Board effectiveness reviews, chair and director search, and the structures that let good boards lead.

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IV

Family Office & Succession

Continuity planning across generations: ownership, leadership transition and family governance.

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V

Transformation

Operating model redesign and turnaround leadership, delivered alongside your executive team.

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VI

International Expansion

Market entry, partnerships and cross-border structuring for businesses ready to grow beyond home.

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03 — Our Approach

A considered method, refined over decades.

01

Listen

A confidential first conversation to understand the decision, the people and what is truly at stake.

02

Diagnose

Rigorous analysis of the facts, the market and the options, with no conclusion assumed in advance.

03

Advise

A clear recommendation, the reasoning behind it, and a plan your board can act on with confidence.

04

Stand Beside

We remain at your side through execution, accountable for outcomes rather than hours.

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We do not sell hours. We are accountable for the outcome, and we only accept the mandates we know we can serve exceptionally well.

Eleanor Vale · Founding Partner

04 — Selected Mandates

Outcomes our clients measure us by.

Client names are withheld at their request. Further detail is shared in confidence during consultation.

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Family Enterprise · Succession

Third-generation leadership transition

12 family shareholders aligned on one governance charter

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Real Assets · Transaction

Sale of a regional property portfolio

+21% above the initial valuation at completion

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Technology · Strategy

Repositioning for a growth equity round

3.4x revenue multiple achieved in the raise

05 — Client Perspectives

What our clients say about sunrise consultants

They told us what no one else would, and they were right. The sale closed on our terms, a year ahead of plan.

JM

James M.Founder & Chairman, Industrial Group

Calm, exacting and entirely discreet. They steered three generations of our family to a decision we all stand behind.

SR

Sofia R.Principal, Family Office

The most senior attention we have ever had from an advisor. Every meeting moved the board forward.

DK

David K.Chief Executive, Healthcare Platform

06 — Consultation

Private consultations, by appointment.

Choose a service and a time that suits you. Your first conversation with a partner is confidential and without obligation.

  • 60 minutes with a senior partner
  • In person, by phone or video
  • Covered by a mutual NDA on request

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Choose a service, pick a date and select a time that suits you.

1Choose a service
2Pick a date

07 — Enquiries

Begin a confidential conversation.

Tell us a little about the decision ahead. A partner will reply personally within one business day.

Every enquiry is treated in strict confidence.

08 — Location

Visit sunrise consultants at our physical location at:

12 12th street nw, Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States, 39393

Meetings by appointment.
Private parking and discreet entrance available.

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