Christian Bermel
Vice President
Role
Christian Bermel is a Vice President. He joined the firm in 2016.
Experience
Christian advises clients on mergers, acquisitions, capital structure alternatives and debt financings in the Media sector, representing clients including Netflix, OUTFRONT Media, Adams Outdoor, Mood Media and New Tradition.
His transaction experience includes advising New Tradition on its investment from Blackstone, UBG on its sale of a multi-decade lease to Providence Equity Partners, AMI Entertainment Network on its sale to Coral Tree Partners, Interstate Chicago on the sale of its majority stake in Interstate JCDecaux to JCDecaux, H.I.G. Capital on its acquisition of Watchfire Signs, Pacific Outdoor Advertising on the sale of its Portland portfolio to OUTFRONT Media, Adams Outdoor on its investment from Searchlight and BCI, Mood Media on its sale to Vector Capital, Mood Media on its pre-packaged Chapter 11 restructuring, Ares on its Convertible Preferred Investment into OUTFRONT Media, Netflix on its acquisition of assets of Regency Outdoor, Exterion Media on its sale to Global, and Cieslok Media on its sale to Bell Media. Additionally, he advised ModCloth on its sale to Walmart.
Education
Christian holds a BS in applied mathematics-economics, magna cum laude, phi beta kappa, from Brown University.
Transactions
Served as financial advisor to OUTFRONT Media on the sale of its Canadian business to Bell Media
June 2024
Served as financial advisor to Ares in connection with a senior secured credit facility to an out of home media business
March 2024
Served as financial advisor to New Tradition Media on its majority investment from Blackstone
June 2023
Served as financial advisor to Universal Branding Group on its sale of a multi-decade lease of Times Square signage to Providence Equity Partners
January 2023
Served as financial advisor to AMI Entertainment Network on its sale to Coral Tree Partners
December 2022
Served as the exclusive financial advisor to Interstate Chicago on the sale of its majority stake in Interstate JCDecaux to JCDecaux
September 2022
Served as financial advisor to H.I.G. Capital on its acquisition of Watchfire Signs
July 2022
Dividend recapitalization financed by new senior secured credit facility- served as financial advisor to AMI Entertainment
June 2022
