Ben Zinder is a Managing Director in Business Services. He joined the firm in 2008.
Ben has more than 17 years of investment banking experience and completed over 45 transactions. His extensive experience includes advising clients on public and private M&A, restructurings, capital structure alternatives, and debt financings.
Ben has advised clients across the business services, retail, media and entertainment, and consumer goods sectors.
- Sale of GSTV to Midocean Partners
- Sale of Voxx International to Gentex Corporation
- OUTFRONT on the sale of its Canadian Business to Bell Media
- Netflix on its acquisition of select Regency Outdoor Assets
- New Tradition on its majority investment from Blackstone
- UBG on its sale of a multi-decade lease of Times Square signage to Providence Equity
- Adams Outdoor on its strategic investment from Searchlight Capital and BCI
- Mood Media on its sale to Vector Capital and its Chapter 11
- PatientPoint on its capital raise from Silver Point Capital and Searchlight Capital
- CityBridge on its investment from ZenFi Networks
- Kenneth Cole on its go-private transaction
- PVH Corp. on its acquisition of the Warnaco Group
- Walgreen Co. on its acquisition of Duane Reade Inc. and BioScrip Inc. assets
- Sale of De Novo Legal LLC to Epiq Systems Inc.
- Zale Corp. on its debt financing with Golden Gate Capital
Ben holds a BBA with High Distinction from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.
Select Recent Transactions
Served as financial advisor to GSTV on its sale to MidOcean Partners
April 2025
Served as financial advisor to the Transaction Committee of VOXX's Board of Directors on its sale to Gentex Corporation
April 2025
Served as financial advisor to OUTFRONT Media on the sale of its Canadian business to Bell Media
June 2024
Served as financial advisor to New Tradition Media on its majority investment from Blackstone
June 2023
Dividend recapitalization financed by new senior secured credit facility- served as financial advisor to AMI Entertainment
June 2022
Advised Ares on its Convertible Preferred Investment into OUTFRONT Media
April 2020
Served as strategic and financial advisor to Total Outdoor on the sale of its Chicago out of home media assets to OUTFRONT
September 2019
Served as strategic and financial advisor to AMI Entertainment in connection with its sale to The Gores Group
July 2017
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