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Ben Zinder

Managing Director

Experience

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

Education

Ben holds a BBA with High Distinction from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.

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