Merchant Banking Mergers & Acquisitions   Messett Associates, Inc., is unusual in its application of executive search skills, data collection and retrieval methods, investigative procedures, and interviewing techniques to other aspects of the international business arena. These additional services include: Joint ventures. For clients based in the united States or Latin America, we identify compatible partners for international joint ventures. Mergers and acquisitions. We can identify prospective purchasers for a company that wants to be sold or identify acquisition prospects for an interested buyer. Distribution. We help clients in the United States identify distribution chains for their products in Latin America. Targeting major clients. We help clients in Latin America toevaluate, identify and establish sales relationships with major customers in the United States.