Wall Street Veterans Announce the Formation of Reynolds Advisory Partners, a Middle Market Investment Bank
DENVER, January 14, 2009 (PR NEWSWIRE)
Three Wall Street veterans announce the formation of Reynolds Advisory Partners, an investment bank boutique specializing in mergers and acquisitions, capital raising and financial advisory serving middle market clients nationwide. Founded by Douglas Reynolds, the senior bankers at Reynolds Advisory Partners average over 25 years of experience and have collectively completed 240 transactions representing $64 billion of value.
“Given the recent upheaval on Wall Street,” said Doug Reynolds, Managing Director, “we find the boutique investment bank model an increasingly compelling service platform. According to Zuckerman and Barker of The Wall Street Journal, “the market is sending a clear signal that the beneficiaries of the shakeout will be boutique investment banks focusing on high-margin advice…”
Mr. Reynolds continues, “At Reynolds Advisory Partners, clients come first. Our hallmark is to provide senior-level banker attention and expertise at each step of a transaction. Our senior bankers fully commit themselves to each client and to the successful completion of each transaction. We serve one constituent only, the needs of our each and every client.”
With twenty one years of experience, Doug Reynolds is a career investment banker. During his seventeen year tenure at A.G. Edwards, Mr. Reynolds advised middle market clients in A.G. Edwards’ M&A group where he was ultimately responsible for supervising the M&A and financial advisory activities of the firm’s twenty five Managing Directors. To date, Mr. Reynolds has completed over 80 public and private company M&A transactions worth over $10 billion. Additionally, Mr. Reynolds received the Elijah Watt Sells bronze medal for placing third among 70,000 applicants on the May 1983 CPA Exam. Mr. Reynolds received his B.S. in Accounting and Business Administration with honors from Miami University and his M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.
A former colleague of Mr. Reynolds at A.G. Edwards, Rod Essen, Managing Director, brings twenty five years of investment banking experience to Reynolds Advisory Partners. Most recently, Mr. Essen headed A.G. Edward’s Los Angeles investment banking office. During his eleven year tenure at Edwards, Mr. Essen was a senior member of the Emerging Growth Group where he served investment banking clients in technology, industrial, and consumer products sectors. To date, Mr. Essen has completed over 100 public and private financings and M&A transactions worth over $7.5 billion. Mr. Essen received his B.A. in Economics and Business Administration from Principia College and his M.B.A. from the University of Southern California.
With a unique breadth of Wall Street and industry experience, Sue Field, Managing Director, leverages her extensive career to provide personalized, thoughtful, and targeted advice to a broad array of clients. During her 13 year tenure with Merrill Lynch in New York, she became the third female Managing Director out of 125 worldwide and headed Merrill’s Retail M&A Group. To date, Ms. Field has completed over 85 M&A transactions and financing worth over $40 billion. Additionally, Ms. Field has been CFO of pre- and post IPO companies, SVP of a Fortune 50 multi-segment company, and currently serves as Managing Partner for Sneffels Consulting LLC. Ms. Field received an A.B. from Harvard in 1981 with distinction and an M.B.A. from the Darden School at the University of Virginia in 1985. She earned a CPA in Colorado in 2003.
Based in Denver, Reynolds Advisory Partners serves middle market clients nationwide. Our senior bankers have extensive experience in the following industries:
| Aerospace and Defense | Healthcare Services |
| Business Services | Industrial |
| Consumer | Media and Publishing |
| Distribution | Retail and E-Commerce |
| Food and Beverage | Technology |
The investment banking team includes Zach Stassen, Associate, with five years of previous investment banking experience at Piper Jaffray and an M.B.A. from Northwestern University, as well as Eric Naranjo, Analyst, a graduate from the University of Denver. A FINRA member as of August 15, 2008, Reynolds Advisory Partners’ firm capital exceeds the regulatory requirements.
About Reynolds Advisory Partners
Reynolds Advisory Partners LLC is an investment bank boutique specializing in mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, and financial advisory serving middle market clients nationwide. For more information, please visit www.reynoldsap.com