Christian W. Blees

Chris is a CPA and Middle-Market Investment Banker specializing in the sale of closely held companies to institutional buyers.

Chris began his career with a 30-person CPA firm, BiggsKofford (www.BiggsKofford.com), located in Colorado Springs. In 2003, Chris launched the firm’s M&A practice, known as BiggsKofford Capital (www.BiggsKoffordCapital.com). In 2007 he was also appointed as the CPA firm’s Managing Partner. Chris has become a leader in the M&A sector, through his involvement in over 300 merger, acquisition, and sale transactions.

Chris is active internationally in the M&A profession and was instrumental in developing and teaching M&A curriculum taught in Executive MBA programs at Pepperdine, DePaul, Thunderbird, University of Maryland, and recently offered at Singapore Management University. He is a member of the “Founders Circle” and currently sits on the Board for the Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors, headquartered in Chicago. Chris serves as the lead instructor for the Certified Merger & Acquisition Advisor (CM&AA) designation, having personally instructed over 1,000 Certified M&A professionals throughout the world.

Wiley Finance Publishing engaged Chris as co-author of “Middle Market M&A”, which is now used in continuing education courses and by investment bankers and M&A advisors around the world. Chris is a CPA, ABV, CM&AA, and he holds Series 7 and 79 Investment Banking licenses through Aaron Capital.