MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS, PRIVATE EQUITY AND CORPORATE FINANCE

Practice Area

Our team is comprised of highly accomplished senior executives who ran their practices globally at commercial banks, investment banks, Big Four consulting companies, as well as private equity funds and firms, including but not limited to KPMG, Deutsche Bank, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and Bank of America Merrill Lynch

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SEDA’s experts identified acquisition targets, managed due diligence processes, negotiated and assessed reps and warranties, provided M&A and PE advice, issued fairness opinions, raised debt and equity, and advised on many restructurings. SEDA’s experts have experience in structuring, executing, and negotiating M&A and PE transactions spanning globally.

Our experts advised creditor groups and regulators seeking negotiated settlements to financially distressed situations, as well as analysis of solvency and the potential conversion of creditor claims into a controlling interest in a company.

Additionally, our corporate finance experts worked with clients to find private company merger candidates that would make a superior public company. They originated acquisition targets, managed due diligence, structuring and negotiating transactions, provided M&A advice, raised debt and equity and advised on restructurings.

SEDA’s experts have experience in structuring, executing and negotiating merger and acquisition worldwide, and in international debt restructuring transactions, negotiation processes, and emerging market and sovereign debt restructuring.

EXPERTISE:

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)

Our experts are seasoned in structuring, negotiating, and executing complex M&A deals globally. We provide testimony on valuation, deal structure, due diligence practices, and negotiation strategies.

Private Equity (PE)

Due Diligence

Business Valuation

Fairness Opinions

Bankruptcy and Restructuring

Capital Allocation and Efficiency

Debt Restructuring (Sovereign and Corporate)

Cross Border Insolvency

SPACs and IPOs

RELATED EXPERTS

David Locala

Bio

Managing Director

David Locala spent his entire career of over 30 years in investment banking, with a particular focus on mergers and acquisitions and financing / capital markets transactions for companies in the technology sector. He completed over $200 billion in transactions, including buyside and sellside M&A for publicly-traded and private companies, leveraged buyouts and contested transactions.

Former

Citigroup – Managing Director and Global Head of Technology

Deutsche Bank – Managing Director and Co-Head of Global Technology

Expertise

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), Fairness Opinions, Business Valuation, Venture Capital/Private Equity, IPOs / SPACs, Companies in the Technology Sector

Craig Coben

Bio

Managing Director

Craig Coben has over 25 years of financial industry experience serving as the Vice Chairman of Global Capital Markets and Global Head of Equity Capital Markets at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. He is an investment banking world-class expert with deep expertise in a full range of equity products, including IPOs, SPACs, block trades.

Former

Bank of America Merrill Lynch – Vice Chairman of Global Capital Markets and Global Head of Equity Capital Markets

Deutsche Bank – Managing Director, EMEA Equity Capital Market

Expertise

IPOs, and Securities Offerings, Investment Banking, SPACs, Block Trades, Margin Loans, Corporate Equity Derivatives

Natasha Kassian

Bio

Managing Director

Natasha Kassian has over 30 years of buy-side experience providing legal and compliance guidance to registered investment advisers across a broad range of products, asset classes, investment strategies, and jurisdictions. She has served in roles including General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer for firms that manage hedge funds, private equity funds, venture funds, retail and institutional separately managed accounts, mutual funds, and exchange-traded funds.

Former

Citadel Americas LLC - Aptigon – Chief Compliance Officer

Millennium Management LLC – Global Head of Corporate and Regulatory Compliance

Expertise

Buy-Side Legal and Compliance, Regulatory Examinations, Inquiries and Investigations

Sekhar Bahadur

Bio

Managing Director

Sekhar has almost 35 years of experience in investment banking. He ran Deutsche Bank’s Sponsor Coverage Business, which covered private equity firms as investment banking clients, and then took responsibility for the firm’s European Leveraged Finance business.

Former

KKR Capital Markets Limited –Director

Deutsche Bank – MD and Vice Chairman of Investment Banking, Financial Sponsors Group

Expertise

Banking, Corporate Finance, Leveraged Finance, Private Equity, Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate Finance, Derivatives

Kathryn Porter

Bio

Managing Director

Kathryn Porter is an independent energy consultant with over 25 years’ experience of the energy and finance sectors in both leadership and technical roles. She has specific expertise in the utilities, oil and gas sectors, with finance experience spanning equities and equity derivatives, debt capital markets, M&A, loans, and risk management.

Former

Société Générale - Director, Commodities Structuring

EDF Trading - Head of Structuring & Pricing

Expertise

Utilities, Oil and Gas Equities, Debt Capital Markets, M&A, Loans

Stephen Schiller

Bio

Managing Director

Mr. Schiller has spent his entire career in financial restructuring and M&A. He provides advice and testimony to parties involved in financially distressed and bankrupt organizations, whether they be creditors, debtors, equity holders, regulators or unions. He has over twenty-five years of experience in developing and assessing valuations, analyzing liquidity under various scenarios.

Former

Citigroup – MD, founding member of Financial Restructuring Group, and senior member of Mergers and Acquisitions Group

Expertise

Bankruptcy and Reorganization, Business Valuation, Fairness opinions, Due diligence, Liquidity Analysis and Solvency, Mergers and Acquisitions, Fraudulent Conveyance

Mitchell I. Gordon

Bio

Managing Director

Mitchell Gordon has over 30 years of industry experience as a C-suite executive, as partner at private equity firms, and as senior investment banker. He has extensive experience in Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) as President and CFO, and he brings significant expertise in Investment Banking, M&A, and restructuring transactions.

Former

Cambridge Capital Acquisition Corp./SPAC - President and CFO
Interpool (NYSE: IPX) - EVP and CFO

Expertise

Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs), Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), Investment Banking, Restructuring and Financing, Transportation and Logistics

Mike Airheart

Bio

Managing Director

Mike served Corporate and Investment Banking clients raising public and private debt capital. As a Senior Corporate Banker, he managed middle-market and large, multinational, corporate clients, specializing in corporate finance, capital raising, due diligence, wholesale credit origination/loan book portfolio management and credit risk management.

Former

Bank of America Merrill Lynch – Managing Director

Expertise

Corporate Debt Capital Raising, Corporate Finance, M&A Financing, Credit Risk

Robert Ohrenstein

Bio

Senior Advisor

Robert Ohrenstein is a market-leading transaction adviser to private equity and similar investors. His career includes leadership roles at KPMG, where he served as Global Head of Private Equity and Vice Chair, as well as advisory positions in various commercial and charitable organizations.

Former

KPMG – Vice Chair, Global Head of Private Equity

Expertise

Private Equity Transactions, Pre-transaction Due Diligence, SPA Pricing Mechanics, Closing Accounts Disputes, Financial Reps and Warranties

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