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Acquire Smarter. Close with Confidence.

In a competitive market, the best opportunities are rarely on the open market and winning them requires more than just capital. It demands strategy, access, and expert execution. Lions Financial acts as your dedicated acquisitions partner, uncovering proprietary deal flow and navigating every complexity to secure the right asset on the best possible terms.

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Strategic Guidance for Decisive Investors

We partner with sophisticated capital allocators who see real estate as a critical component of their growth strategy. Whether you are expanding a portfolio or securing a strategic corporate location, we are your competitive advantage.

For Investors & Funds

You need to deploy capital efficiently into assets that meet your specific risk and return profile. The challenge is sifting through the noise to find quality, actionable opportunities and having the bandwidth to underwrite and execute them quickly.

Our Solution

We become an extension of your acquisitions team, providing a pipeline of curated, often off-market opportunities that align perfectly with your investment thesis, allowing you to scale your portfolio faster.
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For Operating Businesses

Your company is growing, and you need to purchase a new facility, headquarters, or retail location. Your expertise is running your business, not navigating the complexities of commercial real estate transactions.

Our Solution

We manage the entire site selection and acquisition process for you—from defining requirements to negotiation and closing—so you can remain 100% focused on your core business operations.
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For Family Offices & Private Capital

You are focused on long-term wealth creation and capital preservation through tangible assets. You require absolute discretion and access to unique, high-quality properties that aren't available to the general market.

Our Solution

We provide patient, confidential advisory and sourcing, leveraging our deep network to find exclusive assets that fit your long-term hold strategy and legacy objectives.
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From Search to Closing: Your Acquisition Playbook

A successful acquisition is a strategic advantage. It’s the result of a disciplined process built on four pillars of service. We deliver the expertise you need to win the best deals.

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Proprietary Deal Sourcing

Stop competing for the same public listings. We give you a critical edge by leveraging our extensive network of owners, brokers, and industry professionals to uncover exclusive off-market and pre-market opportunities that align with your exact criteria.

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Underwriting & Due Diligence

Never overpay or inherit a hidden problem. We conduct institutional-grade financial analysis, creating detailed pro forma models that stress-test assumptions and reveal the true financial performance of a property. We identify risks upfront, giving you the confidence to proceed or the wisdom to walk away.

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Negotiation & Offer Strategy

The best offer isn’t always the highest price. We structure compelling, creative proposals that stand out in competitive situations. We negotiate aggressively on your behalf on price, terms, and contingencies to secure the most favorable outcome possible.

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Smooth Closing Process

Getting a property under contract is only half the battle. We quarterback the entire closing process, coordinating with lenders, attorneys, inspectors, and appraisers to ensure every deadline is met and every detail is managed flawlessly, guaranteeing a smooth and successful closing.

Our Proven 3-Step Process to Secure Your Ideal Asset

We’ve engineered our acquisition process for efficiency and results, providing you with a clear, strategic path from initial goal-setting to a successful closing.

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Step 01. Discovery & Acquisition Strategy

Our partnership begins with a deep dive to understand your precise goals: asset type, geography, risk tolerance, and return requirements. We then develop a formal acquisition strategy that will guide our targeted search.

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Step 02. Sourcing & Underwriting

With your strategy as our blueprint, we activate our network to source and qualify opportunities. We present you with a curated list of vetted properties, complete with comprehensive financial analysis, saving you hundreds of hours of fruitless searching.

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Step 03. Acquisition & Closing

Once you select a target asset, we take the lead. We structure and negotiate the offer, manage the entire due diligence process, and drive the transaction across the finish line, keeping you informed at every step.

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Gain Your Advantage in a Competitive Market

Your next acquisition is too important to leave to chance. Partner with a team that can provide the access, analysis, and execution you need to succeed. Schedule a confidential consultation to discuss your acquisition goals today.

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Ariel Tavor

Principal

Ariel Tavor is the Founder and Principal Managing Director of Lions Financial. His agenda for Lions Financial is to provide his clients a service that maintains the highest professional value. Specializing in the Business-to-Business market has allowed proficient expertise in providing ongoing consulting services in the focus areas of business advisory, capital markets, and risk management. Ariel works with CEO’s, Capital Investment funds, and Boards of Directors where he advises his clients in matters of Executive compensation, Business Plan Design, Mergers & Acquisitions, Due Diligence, and Asset Financing.

Ariel has 10 years of experience in the financial services industry. He has worked in insurance and investment companies to analyze client’s financial and make suggestions on allocations based on defined objectives as well as maintaining long term relationships. Ariel’s comprehensive experience has allowed him to work closely with CEOs of companies and their executive teams from diverse industries such as trucking, hospitality, commercial real estate, Insurance, manufacturing, and technology. He has helped lead companies through the challenging decisions around – Buy-Sell Agreements, Deferred Compensation, Employee Group Benefits, Succession Planning, Mergers and Acquisitions, Valuations, and Business Sales.

Ariel currently oversees their family office investment group and sits on the Board of Directors of several companies and real estate developments. Their Investment group controls a portfolio of companies in multiple industries. They collaboratively have holdings in companies specialized in – Automotive Distribution- Real Estate Asset Management- Corporate Travel- Ink Mailing Manufacturing, E-Commerce, Financial Services, Management Consulting, Enterprise Technology, and Food Concepts. In recent years there has been a transition into fund allocation towards limited partnership investments in Venture Capital, Private Equity, and REITS within individual underwriting opportunities.

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Ariel Tavor is the founder and principal managing director of Lions Assurance Financial. His agenda for Lions Assurance Financial is to provide his clients a service that maintains the highest professional value. Specializing in the business-to-business market has allowed proficient expertise in providing ongoing consulting services in the focus areas of business advisory, capital markets, and risk management.

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Industry Recognition

Lions Assurance Financial is a highly successful, independent business consulting and wealth management advisory firm that focuses on three key areas of the financial industry: business advisory, capital markets, and risk management. The experienced team at Lions Assurance Financial focuses on serving the business and wealth management needs of privately owned business generating 3-50 million in revenue including independent business owners, family owned businesses, and business partners. Lions Assurance Financial works with capital providers including investment banks, private equity firms, venture capital firms, capital advisory firms, accredited investor platforms, commercial banks, and speciality finance firms.​

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What is the fundamental difference between a buoyant company and a not-so-good one, when all the factors are the same?
The reply is simple- expeditious actions. It is the outcome of the ability to form an idea about the situation, find a perfect response,
and then act accordingly. And all that, without an iota of hesitation. Companies that belong to the second group are known to lack this decisiveness, which sprouts from an absence of clarity in vision or rather the faculty of processing the steps mentioned above.​

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An effective risk management consultant will help individuals and organizations evaluate their risks and develop a plan to counter their losses. Risk management is a complex process, and there is no one-size-fits-all process that all consultants can use. However, there are certain conventional methods that a consultant will use to help you protect your organization from risk. A risk management consultant should be capable of identifying the unique risk that your business is exposed to and carefully evaluating the scenarios. One of the most critical steps in the risk management step is to discover and list all the expected and unexpected risks. There are various advisory firms that can help you mitigate risk and take care of your business’s financial aspect, but one firm that stands out from the rest is Lions Financial. The company is an independent financial services & business advisory firm based in New York. In conversation with Ariel Tavor, Managing Director of Lions Financial. Lions Assurance Financial is a highly successful, independent business consulting and wealth management advisory firm that focuses on three key areas of the financial industry: business advisory, capital markets, and risk management. The experienced team at Lions Assurance Financial focuses on serving the business and wealth management needs of privately owned business generating 3-50 million in revenue including independent business owners, family-owned businesses and business partners. Lions Assurance Financial works with capital providers including investment banks, private equity firms, venture capital firms, capital advisory firms, accredited investor platforms, commercial banks, and specialty finance firms.