Radia, Nishen — FocalPoint Partners | Los Angeles Business Journal

Radia, Nishen — FocalPoint Partners

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

FocalPoint Partners

THE LATEST: Radia focuses on deals in the business services, consumer and health care sectors. Recent transactions he has worked on include the sale of Audax portfolio company Coolsys to Ares Capital, the investment by Lion Capital into Hatch Beauty and the sale of SMP Pharmacy to Galen Investors. In December, Radia closed out the year with a recapitalization of Easy Ice by Freeman Spogli, a middle-market focused private equity firm.

BACKGROUND: FocalPoint Partners is an independent investment bank focused on M&A and financing transactions for middle-market companies. After co-founding the firm in 2012, Radia has helped grow the business into one of the nation's largest middle-market investment banks, with more than 55 professionals in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York and Shanghai. Radia previously worked in investment banking at Merrill Lynch, Societe Generale and Baring Bros. He earned his MBA with distinction from UCLA's Anderson School of Management.

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