Peter E. Deming, CPA

Managing Director, Truxton Capital Advisors ▪ Senior Wealth & Tax Strategist, Truxton Wealth

Peter Deming, CPA, is Managing Director of Truxton Capital Advisors and Senior Wealth & Tax Strategist at Truxton Wealth. He advises founders, family-owned businesses, management teams, and investors on mergers and acquisitions, ownership transitions, recapitalizations, succession planning, and other strategic transactions. His role typically involves transaction structuring, tax planning, financial analysis, due diligence, and shareholder advisory services designed to help business owners maximize value and successfully navigate liquidity events.

Peter works closely with clients throughout the transaction lifecycle, from pre-transaction planning and readiness assessments to transaction execution and post-closing wealth, estate, and tax planning. He is particularly focused on helping owners identify and address tax, structural, governance, and operational issues well in advance of a transaction, enabling them to better position their businesses and families for long-term success.

Over a career spanning more than 25 years, Peter has advised clients in acquisitions, divestitures, leveraged buyouts, management buyouts, partner buyouts, private equity recapitalizations, cross-border transactions, succession plans, and shareholder liquidity events. His transaction experience spans a broad range of industries, including healthcare, healthcare technology, veterinary services, manufacturing, industrial services, engineering, environmental services, professional services, franchise operations, and other closely held businesses.

Representative transaction experience includes:

• Sale of a patient pharmaceutical delivery and healthcare logistics company to a publicly traded healthcare organization.
• Sale and recapitalization of a physician-owned orthopaedic practice involving a private equity sponsor.
• Ownership transition and sale of a durable medical equipment company following the death of its founder. 
• Leveraged buyout of a veterinary hospital ownership group.
• Sale of multiple veterinary hospitals and specialty veterinary practices to national consolidators.
• Cross-border acquisition of a specialty chemical manufacturer involving U.S. and Canadian operations.
• Sale of an engineering services company to an industry consolidator.
• Sale of an employee benefits and human resources consulting firm to a national professional services organization.
• Sale of an environmental services company to a strategic acquirer. 
• Sale of manufacturing, industrial, and distribution businesses to strategic buyers. Acquisition and expansion transactions involving multi-unit franchise operators.
• Management buyout, partner buyout, and ownership transition transactions across a variety of founder-owned businesses.

In addition to his transaction advisory work, Peter provides integrated tax, estate, and wealth planning solutions to high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, and closely held business owners. His multidisciplinary background allows him to connect transaction decisions with broader family, tax, and wealth management objectives.

Prior to joining Truxton in 2022, Peter spent more than two decades with Jacobs, Cohen & Associates, PLLC, ultimately serving as Partner and advising privately held businesses and their owners on tax, succession, and transaction-related matters.

Peter earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and Management from Lipscomb University. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a member of both the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants (TSCPA).