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Sector Spotlight: Capital Transformation & Debt Advisory Group
As the global capital markets have grown in size and sophistication, so has the need for real-time market knowledge and capital structure expertise. Solomon Partners’ Capital Transformation & Debt Advisory group continues our firm’s 30-year history of providing capital structure advice as a value-enhancing complement to our sector coverage and Financing Advisory businesses. Our senior…
Read MoreDebt Advisory & Restructuring – 2020/2021 Perspectives
No matter how we try to characterize 2020, it always feels like an understatement. As 2021 kicks off, many of the same challenges remain, and, undoubtedly, we will encounter new obstacles. Nonetheless, there is optimism in putting COVID-19 largely behind us and beginning to chart a path toward the “new normal”, which, in many respects,…
Read MoreSolomon Partners’ “Top Team” Raises Funds for Cycle for Survival
On February 9, 2020, Mark Boidman, Head of Media & Tech Services, led a team of 26 Solomon Partners riders, including CEO Marc Cooper, for a grueling 4-hour cycle challenge to raise funds in support of Cycle for Survival. Having raised $80,000, Solomon Partners was named a “top team.” As a result, Mark Boidman was asked…
Read MoreSolomon Partners is Advising Banijay Group on its Acquisition of Endemol Shine Group
Solomon Partners is advising Banijay Group on its acquisition of Endemol Shine Group from joint owners Apollo and Disney / Fox. The acquisition will create the world leader in independent production and distribution of content with ~200 companies in 23 territories with the combined rights to ~100,000 hours of content. Banijay Group, headquartered in Paris,…
Read MoreMark Boidman Presents at DailyDOOH Conference
Mark Boidman presented together with Robert Dennis, CFO of StandardVision at the DailyDOOH Investor Conference on trends in digital out of home (DOOH). Their talk covered new buyers of OOH assets as well as differentiators for OOH operators, which includes digital art, media sales and technology activation in OOH. This conference was part of New York…
Read MoreSolomon Partners Kicks off NYDSW With Cocktail Party
Solomon Partners hosted the 5th annual New York Digital Signage Week OOH & Event/Retail Tech Cocktail Event on Tuesday, October 30. More than 200+ digital signage industry leaders gathered at Solomon Partners’s headquarters to network and mingle over cocktails. The event was hosted by Mark Boidman, Managing Director and Head of Media & Tech Services. Mark…
Read MoreHappy 80th Birthday to Our Founder, Peter Solomon!
Solomon Partners Founder and Chairman Peter J. Solomon celebrated his 80th birthday on Monday. Colleagues gathered with balloons and cake to enjoy the occasion. Mr. Solomon founded Solomon Partners in 1989 as one of the first private independent investment banking firms on Wall Street. Previously, he was Vice Chairman of Lehman Brothers where he was Chairman…
Read MoreSolomon Partners Sponsors Runway of Dreams Gala
Solomon Partners was proud to sponsor the annual Runway of Dreams Fashion Show and Gala for a second year in a row. The event kicked off New York Fashion Week with a revolutionary evening to celebrate the industry’s inclusivity of people with disabilities. Thirty models with disabilities walked the runway wearing adaptive clothing designs by…
Read MoreMark Hootnick Joins Solomon Partners
Solomon Partners, a leading investment banking advisory firm, today announced the appointment of Mark Hootnick as a Partner and Managing Director in the firm’s Debt Advisory & Restructuring Practice. Mr. Hootnick brings over 20 years of restructuring experience to the firm, most recently as a Managing Director at Millstein & Co. “Mark’s addition enhances our…
Read MoreSolomon Partners Tops Vault Rankings
Solomon Partners has been selected as one of the top investment banks for hours and work life balance by Vault.com. Each year, Vault surveys thousands of investment banking professionals and ranks the top firms in prestige, diversity, quality of life, and overall best to work for based on the results. Solomon Partners has topped the charts in these categories…
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