{"id":9383,"date":"2023-11-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livingstagenew.wpenginepowered.com\/transaction\/livingstone-advises-on-the-sale-of-stratus-group-to-ndh\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T20:11:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T00:11:01","slug":"livingstone-advises-on-the-sale-of-stratus-group-to-ndh","status":"publish","type":"transaction","link":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/en\/transaction\/livingstone-advises-on-the-sale-of-stratus-group-to-ndh\/","title":{"rendered":"Livingstone Advises on the Sale of  Stratus Group to NDH"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Livingstone is pleased to announce that its client <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/stratuscpa.com\/index.php\"><strong>Stratus Group, LLC<\/strong><\/a><strong> &lpar;\u201cStratus\u201d or the \u201cCompany\u201d&rpar; has been acquired by <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/ndhcpa.com\/\"><strong>NDH Advisors LLC<\/strong><\/a><strong> &lpar;\u201cNDH\u201d&rpar;, a portfolio company of <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/unitypartnerslp.com\/\"><strong>Unity Partners LP<\/strong><\/a><strong> &lpar;\u201cUnity Partners\u201d&rpar;.&nbsp; The transaction closed in November 2023; terms were not disclosed.<\/strong><\/p><p>Established in 2002 and located in Leawood, Kansas, Stratus provides tax and outsourced accounting services to high-net-worth individuals and small businesses. In addition to the firm\u2019s tax focus, Stratus provides services such as estate planning, succession planning, cash flow reporting and bill pay, recordkeeping, and money manager selection and evaluation. The firm is led by founder Courtney Jones, who possesses extensive industry experience from a 22-year career at Deloitte and will continue actively involved in the business.<\/p><p>With offices in Chicago and Philadelphia, NDH provides tax advisory, tax consulting, tax preparation, outsourced back-office accounting, fractional CFO and start-up business services.<\/p><p><em>\u201cNDH has displayed tremendous revenue growth relative to other firms in the industry, and that growth speaks to NDH\u2019s culture, technical expertise, and elite capabilities the firm delivers to its clients,\u201d<\/em> said <strong>Courtney Jones, Founder of Stratus<\/strong>. <em>\u201cThe entire Stratus team is excited about this opportunity, as I believe the combination of our two businesses will deliver top-tier service to current and future clients and a great experience to current and future employees.\u201d<\/em><\/p><p><strong>Jones<\/strong> added,<em> \u201cLivingstone\u2019s advice and guidance was critical and ensured a smooth transaction from start to close.\u201d<\/em><\/p><p><em>\u201cIt was a pleasure representing Stratus on this transaction and see a great fit between the two firms including the expansion into the Kansas City market,\u201d <\/em>commented <strong>Livingstone Partner <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/livingstone-2.klingit-development.comteam\/andrew-bozzelli\/\"><strong>Andrew Bozzelli<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><em>&nbsp; \u201cThe trend of M&amp;A among tax and accounting firms continues, and we offer a unique perspective for sellers interested in a transaction.\u201d<\/em><\/p><p>Crowe LLP served as an accounting advisor, and Kirkland &amp; Ellis served as a legal advisor to NDH. Lathrop GPM served as the legal advisor to Stratus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Livingstone is pleased to announce that its client Stratus Group, LLC &lpar;\u201cStratus\u201d or the \u201cCompany\u201d&rpar; has been acquired by NDH Advisors LLC &lpar;\u201cNDH\u201d&rpar; a portfolio company of Unity Partners LP &lpar;\u201cUnity Partners\u201d&rpar;.  The transaction closed in November 2023; terms were not disclosed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3937,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"client-type":[],"region":[],"sector":[],"service":[],"transaction-type":[],"class_list":["post-9383","transaction","type-transaction","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"team_members":[1189],"date":"20231117","client_type":40,"type":[1102],"region":[376],"services":[434],"sectors":[634,655,641],"related_transactions":"","related_testimonials":[51014,51015],"contacts":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Livingstone Advises on the Sale of Stratus Group to NDH - Livingstone Partners<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/en\/transaction\/livingstone-advises-on-the-sale-of-stratus-group-to-ndh\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Livingstone Advises on the Sale of Stratus Group to NDH - Livingstone Partners\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Livingstone is pleased to announce that its client Stratus Group, LLC &amp;lpar;\u201cStratus\u201d or the \u201cCompany\u201d&amp;rpar; has been acquired by NDH Advisors LLC &amp;lpar;\u201cNDH\u201d&amp;rpar; a portfolio company of Unity Partners LP &amp;lpar;\u201cUnity Partners\u201d&amp;rpar;. 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