Sell Your Business With No Regrets.
Positioning Businesses to Sell for Higher Prices in Less Time.
If you talk to enough business owners who have sold their business, you’ll hear a common theme –
“I wish I could do it over again, knowing what I know now.”
Most business owners have regrets after they sell.
Queen Square Business Brokers, located in Charlottetown, helps PEI business owners prepare and position their business for an eventual sale.
Our unique approach to mergers and acquisitions ensures that business owners on Prince Edward Island get the maximum price for their business in the minimum time possible, all while ensuring that their legacy is protected.
Queen Square’s “Exit Advisors” have owned and managed their own businesses on PEI and throughout Atlantic Canada, and have gone through purchases and sales with their own money at stake.
Unlike traditional M&A brokers, or business brokers, who focus primarily on the mechanics of the transaction, Queen Square Business Brokers puts greater emphasis on preparation and positioning before selling your businesses. This unique approach often identifies untapped value in the business that can be realized prior to going to market, resulting in greater interest from buyers and larger after-tax proceeds for owners.
Queen Square Business Brokers brings a suite of expertise to its advisory mandates, including commercial real estate, leasing, debt and equity financing, human resources, and marketing, helping local business owners like you to sell your business.
Queen Square accepts only a limited number of mandates per year to sell businesses. Discretion is always assured.
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What sets Jeff Murphy apart is his experience buying and selling businesses for his own account. He knows the challenges entrepreneurs face as he owns businesses too. And I knew he had my best interests at heart when he recommended that I continue to operate Jewell’s Country Market rather than sell it, even though this would have resulted in him not getting a commission!
When we decided to sell our business we chose to work with Jeff and Bush because, being entrepreneurs themselves, we could relate to them. They don’t just advise clients, but they have regularly bought and sold businesses themselves so they had the practical knowledge we needed. When we sold we had 100% confidence that we had made the right choice. Thank you, Jeff and Bush for all of your guidance and help!
Our Exit Advisors
Jeff Murphy
President & Chief Exit Advisor
T: 902.894.5240 | E: jmurphy@queensquare.ca
Jeff founded Queen Square Business Brokers in 2016 after returning to PEI after a long career as both a corporate lender and a transaction advisor. Over a 10-year period, Jeff positioned, structured, and/or marketed large transactions across Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and North America. He now enjoys using these skills to help business owners in Atlantic Canada to grow their businesses and position them for sale for higher valuations and more orderly transitions.
Since returning to Prince Edward Island, Jeff has also played a key role in growing his family’s businesses, Murphy’s Pharmacies and Andrews Senior Care, both have several locations throughout PEI. He has led acquisitions and raised debt financing which have enabled both companies to grow significantly by adding locations in New Brunswick, Newfoundland, and Ontario. He has also co-founded and grown numerous other businesses on Prince Edward Island including The Alley, Provincial Realty and PEI Walk-in Clinics.
Jeff’s passion is working with other like-minded entrepreneurs and business owners to share his business-building knowledge and help them avoid some of the pitfalls that he and other entrepreneurs have encountered when building and selling businesses.
Jeff has a BBA from Bishop’s University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). He has completed the Directors Education Program with the Institute of Corporate Directors and has worked as an Advisor in over 15 countries worldwide.
Bush Dumville
Senior Exit Advisor
T: 902.388.7810 | E: bdumville@queensquare.ca
Bush joined Queen Square in 2018 after a long and successful career as a law enforcement officer, politician and business owner on PEI. Bush is well known in Prince Edward Island as the former owner of busy Burger King locations in both Charlottetown and Summerside. His marketing and sales skills made him a TV personality in the 1980’s and propelled the growth of his Charlottetown location, thereby enabling him to expand into the Summerside market in the 1990s.
After selling his businesses Bush entered Provincial politics and served his constituents of West Royalty in Charlottetown for over 10 years with honesty and integrity.
He now enjoys sharing his growth and exit experience with other business owners on PEI and throughout Atlantic Canada and takes pride in helping them avoid some of the pitfalls he encountered during his journey to sell his business.
Greg MacDougall
Commercial Real Estate & Leasing Specialist
T: 902.628.5270 | E: gmacdougall@queensquare.ca
Greg has over 10 years experience in real estate management, due diligence and negotiations.
After a four-year career working for a federal minister, Greg entered a business management training program with a medium-sized healthcare company in PEI where he rotated through various departments including sales and marketing, accounting, corporate finance, operations, and property management. After completing the business management training program Greg was promoted to lead the real estate group where he is currently responsible for real estate development, leasing and property management for over 15 major facilities spanning commercial, retail, medical and office space throughout Prince Edward Island and Atlantic Canada.
Greg has a degree in business administration from the University of Prince Edward Island with a specialization in entrepreneurship.
Raj Kaushall
Financial Advisor
T: 902.894.4856 (x 2421) | E: skaushall@queensquare.ca
Raj joined Queen Square in 2019. Previously he was with Grant Thornton where he was performing interim CFO roles for various large companies in Atlantic Canada. Prior to immigrating to Canada, Raj held various Controller/CFO roles in India with large international companies. During his career he has been involved large transactions including private equity deals and IPOs.