Business & M&A Advisory

Strategic counsel for
the consequential transaction.

Estrella Enterprises is a principal-led advisory firm guiding founders, owners, and investors through mergers, acquisitions, and the deals that define a company's next chapter.

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20+

Transactions closed

$1B+

Active advisory mandates

5 regions

Cross-border deal experience

N. America · Asia · LatAm · MENA · Europe

What we do

Six ways we move
a transaction forward.

Every engagement is led personally, from the first conversation to the closing table. No handoffs, no junior desk, no surprises.

Sell-Side Transaction Search

Positioning a business for sale and running a disciplined search for the right acquirer, on terms that reflect what the company is truly worth.

Buy-Side Acquisition Search

Sourcing and qualifying acquisition targets for growth-minded buyers, including proprietary opportunities that never reach a public auction.

Technology & Asset Transaction Support

Buy- and sell-side support for technology and asset transactions, structuring deals so the value survives the transfer intact.

IP Portfolio Strategy & Monetization

Turning intellectual property into a commercial engine, from portfolio strategy to licensing and monetization across borders.

Cross-Border & Inbound Investment

Advising international companies and investors entering the U.S. market, and connecting them to opportunities matched to their appetite.

General M&A Advisory

Senior guidance through valuation, structure, negotiation, and process, so owners make the call with clarity rather than pressure.

How we work

Principal-led,
start to close.

Understand the objective

Before tactics, we get clear on what a good outcome actually looks like for you, financially and otherwise.

Map the opportunity

We assess the asset, the market, and the realistic range of counterparties, and identify where the leverage sits.

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Run a disciplined process

Sourcing, positioning, and negotiation handled with the same senior attention from first outreach to signed terms.

Close and carry through

We stay in the detail through diligence and closing, because deals are won or lost in the final quarter.

We own what we advise on. The strategies we bring to clients are the same ones we use to build and grow our own holdings.

— The Estrella Principle

Principal

Dallin Farris

Dallin Farris founded Estrella Enterprises to bring institutional-grade transaction experience to companies that rarely get it. Over roughly five years, he has advised on and closed deals across technology, intellectual property, healthcare, and natural resources, on both the buy and sell side.

His work spans borders. He has structured licensing and technology transactions across North America, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and Europe, from medical device and semiconductor engagements to university and institutional IP portfolios. Fluent in Spanish with genuine multicultural business fluency, he is equally at home across the table from a founder in Houston or an institutional counterpart abroad.

He also invests as a principal, holding mineral, real estate, and operating interests of his own, which means the strategies he recommends are ones he has tested with his own capital.

Cross-border M&A & licensing IP monetization Fluent in Spanish Principal investor Houston, Texas

Publications

Writing on deals, strategy,
and the craft of the transaction.

Selected papers on how transactions are sourced, structured, and closed. Downloadable, no form required.

White Paper

Lemons, Leverage, and Licensing

A transaction-centered account of the technology commercialization problem, and what it takes to move intellectual property from the lab to the market.

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White Paper

The Case for Encouraging Independent Ventures

Why independent ownership and entrepreneurship deserve encouragement, and what that means for founders weighing the leap.

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More papers are added as they are released.

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Let's talk about
your transaction.

Whether you are preparing to sell, hunting for the right acquisition, or weighing a cross-border opportunity, the first conversation is confidential and without obligation.

Strategic counsel forthe consequential transaction.

Six ways we movea transaction forward.