GOBankingRates: Jeff Derman shares insights on how higher car prices are influencing purchasing decisions and reshaping consumer behavior
Experience
Jeff Derman is a Partner and Co-Head of Consumer Retail. He joined the firm in 2009.
Jeff has over 25 years experience representing clients on a variety of assignments including buy-side, sell-side, divestiture and merger transactions, as well as debt and equity financing and restructuring assignments. Jeff has executed a significant number of transactions in several sectors, including retail, consumer products, technology and business services.
Selected clients Jeff has advised include Accenture, American Greetings, Ameritrade, Burlington Coat Factory, DBI/DSW, FortNine, Genesco, Hibbett, Kenneth Cole, Key Food, Movie Gallery, Phillips-Van Heusen, Regis Corporation, Revzilla, Sabre Holdings, Spectrum Brands, Stein Mart, Steven Madden, Ltd., Town Shoes, Tractor Supply and Williams-Sonoma.
Prior to joining Solomon Partners, Jeff was a Vice President at Goldman Sachs in the Consumer Retail Group of the Investment Banking Division. In his earlier career, Jeff spent three years in St. Petersburg, Russia directing public relations efforts for multinational clients in the consumer product, hospitality and auto industries, followed by three years in Chicago advising public relations clients in the high technology industry.
Education
Jeff received an MBA with honors in Finance from Columbia University and a BA cum laude in Economics and Russian Language and Literature, also from Columbia.
