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Regardless of what is happening in the world around you, the right private equity investor or advisor brings a particularly helpful set of skills to the table – and certainly plays a role beyond providing the pathway to an infusion of cash for your business. He or she – and the institution they represent – can genuinely prepare your organization (with the right resources, capital and guidance) for the next level of growth and beyond. Having the right private equity advisor or investor in your corner can make the difference on your company’s path to success or otherwise. There are some truly outstanding professionals making up the Los Angeles private equity lending and advising landscape. We’ve listed some of the very best of them here, along with some basic information about their careers, practice and some relevant projects they’ve been involved with.
Letter from the Publisher
Josh Schimmels
Leaders of Influence: Private Equity Investors
MARK ATTANASIO- Crescent Capital Group
GAVIN BATES- Caltius Structured Capital
KEN FIRTEL- Transom Capital Group
Jeri Harman- Avante Capital Partners
JEREMY HOLLAND- The Riverside Company
KEVIN MA- Diversis Capital
RON NAYOT- Diversis Capital
MARK SAMPSON- Pacific Growth Investors, LLC
MARTY SARAFA- Century Park Capital Partners
LOREN SCHLACHET- The Riverside Company
PATRICK SHIM- Mirae Asset Securities & Investments (USA), Inc.
IVELISSE RODRIGUEZ SIMON- Avante Capital Partners
ALEX SOLTANI- Skyview Capital, LLC
JARED STEIN- Monogram Capital
JEFF WHITE- Skyview Capital, LLC
GUY ZACZEPINSKI- Century Park Capital Partners
Leaders of Influence: Private Equity Advisors
JONATHAN BENLOULOU- Kirkland & Ellis LLP
CLAY BRYAN- FocalPoint Partners, LLC
DAN CLIVNER- Sidley Austin LLP
JIM DAVIDSON- Avant Advisory Group
SUZIE DORAN- SingerLewak
LLOYD GREIF- Greif & Co.
SHIANNE HOLLANDER- Lockton Insurance Brokers, LLC
JEFFREY KAPOR- Buchalter
MEHDI KHODADAD- Sidley Austin LLP
ARI LANIN- Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
JONATHAN D. LITTRELL- Raines Feldman
JON MERRIMAN- B. Riley Financial, Inc.
HAMED MESHKI- Kirkland & Ellis
JOEL MONTMINY- Montminy & Co.
KELLY O’NEIL- CBIZ MHM
ANANT PATEL- Green Hasson Janks
BRUCE POMPAN- Clear Capital Advisors
NISHEN RADIA- FocalPoint Partners, LLC
TREVOR SALIBA- NMS Consulting Inc.
KRISTOPHER SALINGER- Roth Capital
CHRISTINE SHIN- Russ August & Kabat
FABIO SIMI- Marsh
AARON SOLGANICK- Solganick & Company
ROSE SORENSEN- Snell & Wilmer
JESSICA STAHELI- Scherzer International
CAROL SURUKI-CARMANY- Moss Adams
GEORGE SWAIN- GeorgeSwain Investments
TANYA VINER- Buchalter
MATTHEW WRYSINSKI- Alston & Bird
JONATHAN ZUCKER- Intrepid Investment Bankers
