Investment Banking

Creative Solutions for Complex Problems

Our investment banking team is dedicated to advising on and implementing creative, value enhancing solutions for middle market companies, private equity funds and institutional investors. We have the ability to execute comprehensive strategic alternatives throughout the corporate lifecycle- including debt and equity financings, merger and acquisition, restructuring and other advisory services. By leveraging our extensive institutional sales and trading capabilities, our investment banking professionals provide corporate clients a unique perspective with respect to capital market financing solutions and strategic alternatives, as well as the ability to execute a wide range of transactions. In addition to our investment banking professionals, we have a team of 30 dedicated restructuring professionals that work closely with our investment banking team. Collectively we have over 65 professionals within our investment banking group.

Capital Markets Overview

  • Over 1,200 institutional and lending relationships
  • Ability to raise funds across the capital structure:
    • Senior Secured Debt
    • Second Lien Debt
    • Convertible Debt
    • Mezzanine and Subordinated Debt
    • High Yield Debt
    • Hybrid Debt/Equity Securities
    • Preferred Equity
    • Common Equity (including PIPEs, Registered Direct Offerings)
  • Significant experience in volatile markets
  • Transactions ranging from $10 million to $500 million
  • Experts at monetizing illiquid assets such as trade claims

M&A Overview

  • Expertise in strategic acquisitions of companies through the purchase of their debt
  • Strong buy-side, sell-side and distressed situations experience
  • Ability to provide/arrange acquisition financing for buyers even in tough markets
  • Transactions ranging from $25 million to $1 billion
  • Board advisory/strategic alternatives

Restructuring Overview

  • In- and out-of-court advisory engagements
  • Relationships with lenders, creditors, financial sponsors and insolvency experts
  • Extensive capital markets distribution capabilities, including DIP and rescue financings
  • Experts in valuation and contested situations
  • Post reorganization securities coverage
  • Expert witness testimony
  • Integration of valuation and monetization of trade claims