Mr. MacLeod was formerly the head of the software investment banking practice at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (and its predecessor firm, Wasserstein, Perella & Co.), based in San Francisco. Mr. MacLeod was formerly an Executive Director at CIBC World Markets and a Vice President at RBC Capital Markets. In total, Mr. MacLeod has 20 years’ experience in investment banking, finance and law, having acted as financial advisor on numerous investment banking transactions with an aggregate value of approximately $25 billion.

Mr. MacLeod has executed a broad range of investment banking transactions, including buy-side, sell-side, fairness opinions, financial restructurings, initial public offerings and both debt and equity financings. Mr. MacLeod was profiled as a leading technology “dealmaker” in The Daily Deal.

Mr. MacLeod originated and advised on the largest software transaction announced in 2001, namely the acquisition by Electronic Data Systems (EDS) of Structural Dynamics Research Corp. for $1.0 billion in cash.

In addition to his technology experience Mr. MacLeod’s has executed transactions in a variety of industries, including natural resources, renewable energy, utilities, media, consumer products, and business products and services.

Mr. MacLeod holds a JD and an MBA (with honors) from the University of Toronto. Mr. MacLeodalso holds the CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) designation, and he is a member of the CFA Society of Los Angeles.

Doug Reynolds, Managing Director of Reynolds Advisory Partners, commented:

“Brian is a great addition to Reynolds, as his technology background in software and IT services is very complementary to our existing capability in hardware, semiconductors and defense technology. Moreover, Brian’s extensive execution experience will be helpful in all areas of our growing M&A and corporate finance practice.”

Brian shares the Reynolds’ culture of commitment to the highest quality, senior-level service, specifically structured to address the needs of our middle market clients.

Chem Lab Products, Inc is a leading regional manufacturer and marketer of liquid and dry pool chemical products sold through mass retail channels.

KIK Custom Products is one of North America’s largest custom manufacturers of both national brand and retailer brand consumer products. KCP’s product lines include laundry, household cleaners, otc medicated, pharmaceutical and health & beauty care products.

Reynolds Advisory Partners LLC is a middle market investment bank specializing in M&A and capital raising transactions on behalf of private companies in a variety of industries including: consumer, retail, food, defense, clean tech and technology.

Questions or inquiries should be directed to Douglas Reynolds at (626) 316-6090 or to dreynolds@reynoldsap.com

Mr. MacLeod was previously head of the software investment banking practice at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (and its predecessor firm, Wasserstein, Perella & Co.), based in San Francisco. In addition, Mr. MacLeod was formerly an Executive Director at CIBC World Markets and a Vice President (and previously an Associate) in investment banking at RBC Capital Markets.

Mr. MacLeod has executed a broad range of investment banking transactions, including buy-side, sell-side, financial restructurings, initial public offerings and both debt and equity financings. Mr. MacLeod has been retained many times to provide formal valuations and fairness opinions, and he has provided expert testimony as a valuation expert. Mr. MacLeod was profiled as a leading “dealmaker” in The Deal magazine (an investment banking trade publication).

In total, Mr. MacLeod has acted as financial advisor on over 30 completed investment banking transactions, having an aggregate value of over $20 billion.

Selected transactions include:

• Advised Electronic Data Systems (EDS) of Plano, TX on its purchase of Structural Dynamics Research Corp. for $1.0 billion.
• Advised BCE Emergis on its acquisition of SNS Assure & Assure Health for $235 million.
• Advised Sierra Systems Group on its initial public offering for proceeds of $60 million.
• Advised BC Gas on the sale of a 72 MW biomass power plant to TransCanada Pipelines LP for $215 million.
• Advised Scott Paper Limited on strategic alternatives, culminating in its sale to Kruger for $350 million.
• Advised Beatrice Foods on a capital restructuring and its subsequent sale to Parmalat for $300 million.

Mr. MacLeod holds a JD and an MBA (with honors) from the University of Toronto. In his MBA program, Mr. MacLeod received a commendation letter for achieving the highest grade in finance in his year (shared). During law school, Mr. MacLeod was a class prize winner and an assistant editor of the law review. Mr. MacLeod practiced corporate and securities law for several years, at the beginning of his career.

Mr. MacLeod holds the CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) designation, and he is a member of the CFA Society of Los Angeles.

Comprising a talented team of circuit design and algorithm experts, Lyric has developed an innovative set of techniques that have the potential to achieve an order of magnitude improvement in power efficiency in mixed-signal processing and enable additional signal processing functionality in a broad set of applications.

“Lyric Semiconductor is excited to be acquired by Analog Devices”, said Ben Vigoda, CEO and President of Lyric Semiconductor, “Reynolds Advisory Partners provided us with strong industry understanding, expert advice and a steady hand on the tiller as we moved through the many steps of the sales process. The assistance from Jim Pursiano and Doug Reynolds was invaluable, detailed, and value-added”.

Lyric Semiconductor recently was named as the winner for Most Promising New Technology by the EE Times ACE Awards and one of the 50 Most Innovative Companies by MIT Technology Review.

Reynolds Advisory Partners has a diverse presence with companies in the Defense and Commercial Technology industries. Our Technology Business Practice works with companies in many different Technology fields including semiconductors, hi-tech manufacturing, IT services, software, and defense technologies.

For questions or inquiries on Reynolds Advisory Partners’ Technology Business Practice, please contact Jim Pursiano at (626) 316-6012 or jpursiano@reynoldsap.com .

Prior to joining Reynolds Advisory Partners, Mr. Lebeck served in the Technology, Media and Telecom investment banking group of Wachovia/Wells Fargo Securities, where he was a key member and founder of a new Internet/Digital Media focused group based in San Francisco from 2007 to 2009. While at Wachovia Securities Mr. Lebeck served a number of corporate and financial sponsor clients and executed advisory assignments for clients including Cox Communications, Quinstreet, and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe. From 2005 to 2007 Mr. Lebeck was an associate at Houlihan Lokey in New York, where he focused on consumer M&A and corporate finance. At Houlihan Lokey, Mr. Lebeck advised a wide range of private and public consumer companies on M&A and financing transactions.

From 1993 to 2004, Mr. Lebeck served in various corporate development and management roles positions in Europe, Asia, and the U.S., for TC Group, NEC, Softbank, Dentsu and AOL. At TC Group, Mr. Lebeck managed a global business unit, established a Joint Venture in Japan, and helped accomplish the acquisition and integration of the public listed consumer electronics company TGI plc.

Mr. Lebeck has executed 15 transactions and advisory assignments.

Selected transactions include

• Advising the CEO and Board of Directors of Ashworth (Nasdaq: ASWH) on strategic alternatives and subsequent sell-side process
• Advising Circle Peak Capital with Golden Gate Capital on its acquisition of Rocket Dog from New York Transit for $110 million
• Advising Multiview on its sale to Warburg Pincus for $52 million
• Advising SkinIt, Inc. on a minority equity financing from BrightStar, Inc.
• Advising KateSpade / Alex Noel, Inc., on sale of stock to the Neiman Marcus Group
• Advising Visant on the sale of Jostens to Lifetouch for $70 million

Mr. Lebeck earned an M.B.A. from the Darden Graduate School of Business at The University of Virginia, and his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the Aarhus School of Business in Denmark. Carsten also completed studies at Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan and IESE Business School in Barcelona, Spain.

From 1999 to 2008 Mr. Pursiano served as Managing Director in Applied Materials’ Corporate Business Development Group. Applied Materials ( NASDAQ: AMAT) with a market capitalization of over $17 billion, is the global leader in providing innovative equipment, services and software to the semiconductor, flat panel display and solar photovoltaic industries . Mr. Pursiano joined Applied Materials to help build the firm’s Corporate Development and M&A capabilities conceptualizing and executing M&A transactions between $10 million and $2 billion in total enterprise value. Aside from buyside activities Jim led a number of important sellside divestiture assignments, joint ventures, IP licensing and other partnering transactions.

To date, Mr. Pursiano has completed over 40 M&A transactions globally worth over $3 billion in the areas of enabling technology, IP acquisitions, hardware, software (primarily process equipment and manufacturing execution systems), services, and clean industry solutions with a main focus on the photovoltaic (PV) market. Selected transactions include:

Selected transactions include:

• Negotiated the divestiture of Applied Materials cleanroom consumables business to Origin Outsourcing (Scotland) and Basan GmbH (Europe and SEA)
• Negotiated the cross border formation of a new $150 million semiconductor lithography company, Sokudo KK in Japan, between Applied Materials and Dainippon Screen
• Negotiated the asset acquisition of semiconductor fab services company, Metron Technology NV (Dutch registered) for $85 million
• Negotiated the $30 million stock acquisition of Chemtrace, a fab equipment cleaning company
• Negotiated the minority investment and exclusive patent license with a cleaning equipment company, SCP Global Technologies, Inc.
• Negotiated the $35 million asset acquisition of ATMI’s Treatment and Abatement Systems Business
• Negotiated the $35 million stock acquisition of Electron Vision, an electron beam curing company
• Advising ImpactGames, an e-learning company, in its asset sale to Hybrid Learning

In the 1990’s, Mr. Pursiano served for 8 years at Chevron Chemical’s International Business Development Group. In this role, Mr. Pursiano was a part of team developing a new $750 million world-scale petrochemical project in Saudi Arabia with the Saudi Industrial Venture Capital Group, a venture group in Saudi comprised of business leaders in the Kingdom. His role was to handle all the economic valuation and project financing activities where over $500 million were placed with an international loan syndicate and the Saudi Industrial Development Fund. Mr. Pursiano also explored M&A and other development opportunities in Venezuela, Mexico, Singapore, and other Middle Eastern countries, and numerous chemical divestitures in oilfield chemicals and consumer products.

Mr. Pursiano received an MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago. He previously earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of California at Berkeley.

Jim has over twenty years of corporate development and investment banking experience, including from 1999 to 2008, as Managing Director in Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) Corporate Business Development Group.

Jim has completed over 40 M&A transactions globally worth over $3 billion in the areas of: enabling technology, IP acquisitions, hardware, software (services, and clean industry solutions with a main focus on the photovoltaic (PV) market.

Doug Reynolds, Managing Director of Reynolds Advisory Partners states “Jim is a great addition as his vast industry experience gained at Applied will provide us significant capability advising companies in: manufacturing and manufacturing technology, semiconductors, computer hardware systems and clean technology.”

Based in San Francisco, Jim will add to Reynolds Advisory Partners footprint beyond Denver and Los Angeles.

Prior to Applied Materials and Onyx Associates, Jim served for 8 years within Chevron Chemical’s International Business Development Group.

Jim received his MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago and his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of California at Berkeley.

Jim’s email address is jpursiano@reynoldsap.com.

Reynolds Advisory Partners was announced as winner of the Professional Services Deal of the Year award in front of a sold out crowd at the historic Hudson Theatre at the Millennium Hotel on December 15, 2008. 

Reynolds Advisory Partners was chosen among 36 other winners from a pool of more than 220 finalists. The Middle-Market M&A Awards Gala honors deal-teams, deal-makers, and firms whose activities set the standard for the industry. The 7^th Annual Awards Gala generated a record response since the awards began in 2002.  The M&A Advisor’s Annual Awards Gala honors excellence in deal-making between $10 million and $1 billion deal-value.  An independent body of experts that span the M&A industry determined the ultimate recipients of the awards.  Winners were revealed “Academy-Award style” at the gala.  In addition, John K. Castle, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Castle Harlan, Inc. was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award.  

“Each winner has excelled in their field and is truly deserving of the honor,” said Roger Aguinaldo, CEO and Publisher of The M&A Advisor.  “All winners should be proud of their award, especially in these tough economic times.” 

Doug Reynolds, Founder and Managing Director adds, “We are extremely pleased to win the Middle Market Deal of the Year award for the Acquisition of Coto Global Solutions LLC by Language Line Holdings LLC, a portfolio company of ABRY.  Our senior bankers, who average over 25 years of experience and have collectively completed 240 transactions representing $64 billion of value, are adept at advising clients in challenging situations. By providing senior level banker attention at each step of a transaction, we greatly enhance the probability of a successful close as evidenced by this prestigious award.” 

Reynolds Advisory Partners LLC is an investment bank boutique specializing in mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, and financial advisory services focused on middle market clients nationwide.  For more information, please visit www.reynoldsap.com 

Coto Global Solutions is a family of language services companies that provides multilingual support for every media touch point including on-demand telephone-based customer service and sales, web communications and software applications for global audiences, document translation for customer materials and multinational based employees, or onsite interpretation for in-person meetings. 

Since 1988, The M&A Advisor has been connecting professionals in the mergers and acquisitions, distressed investing and related financial industries through its leading conferences and awards galas, M&A Alerts newsletter and online community. 

SOURCE:  Reynolds Advisory Partners (720) 542-7850

Sue Field, the former Head of Merrill Lynch & Co.’s Retail Mergers and Acquisition Practice, has joined Reynolds Advisory Partners LLC, an investment bank specializing in mergers and acquisitions, capital raising and financial advisory services focused on middle market clients nationwide.    As a Managing Director, Sue leverages her extensive career as both an investment banker and a senior executive in the retailing industry to help companies navigate in these challenging times. During her 13 year tenure with Merrill Lynch in New York, Sue became the third female Managing Director out of 125 worldwide and completed over 85 M&A transactions and financings worth over $40 billion during her career.   Sue was hired away from Merrill to join Sears, Roebuck & Co. as SVP of Strategy, Planning & Business Development.  Sue left retail to lead the initial public offering of a technology services firm that was subsequently sold to an international advertising company.  She most recently served as the Chief Financial Officer of Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage in Denver.  Ms. Field received an A.B. from Harvard with distinction and an MBA from the Darden School at the University of Virginia. She earned a CPA in Colorado in 2003 and has served as a senior consultant with two major management consulting firms since relocating to Colorado.

 “We are excited to have Sue on board”, said Doug Reynolds, Founder and Managing Director of Reynolds Advisory Partners.  “Our hallmark is to provide senior banker attention at each step of a transaction.  Our clients benefit tremendously from Sue’s extensive experience and insights”.  Adds Ms. Field, “we believe that consolidation will accelerate in retail and that retailers with a compelling platform will ultimately emerge even stronger.  By combining the perspective of a CFO, banker and consultant, I believe we can uniquely guide market leaders and smaller retailers as they confront and adapt to these difficult economic conditions”.

Ms. Field has successfully completed transactions in the supermarket, drug store, department store, discount store, mass merchant, apparel, auto parts, furniture and other specialty retailing sectors.  Among the deals she completed are the sale of then bankrupt Macy’s to Federated Department Stores, the sale of Stop & Shop to Ahold NV, the sale of Eckerd to JC Penney, the sale of Sears Western Auto to Advance Automotive, the sale of Sears Homelife Furniture to CVC, and the sale of Woolworth Canada to Wal-Mart.  In addition to mergers and acquisitions, Ms. Field has also raised expansion capital for a variety of retailers.

Based in Denver, Reynolds Advisory Partners senior bankers have extensive experience in sell-side, buy-side, financing and IPO advisory assignments including Fairness Opinions and Special Committee representations and offers Operations Consulting and Wealth Management Introductory services.

About Reynolds Advisory Partners

Reynolds Advisory Partners LLC is an investment bank boutique specializing in mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, and financial advisory services focused on middle market clients nationwide.  For more information, visit www.reynoldsap.com

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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:

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