Mac Gerlach 98 connections

Sourced, evaluated, and executed venture, second lien, and mezzanine debt investments.

Directed all aspects of the underwriting process, including screening opportunities, modeling transactions, conducting due diligence, structuring financings, securing investment committee approvals, and negotiating relevant agreements.

Recruited as part of an entire team from NewStar Financial.

Sourced, evaluated, and executed senior and mezzanine debt investments to private equity-backed buyouts, acquisitions, and recapitalizations.

Directed all aspects of the underwriting process, including screening opportunities, modeling transactions, conducting due diligence, structuring financings, securing investment committee approvals, and negotiating relevant agreements.

Evaluated growth equity and buyout investment opportunities through fundamentals analysis, management interviews and industry analysis.

Responsible for financial modeling, conducting due diligence, managing external advisors, securing debt financing and structuring investments.

Assisted portfolio companies in the development of strategies, acquisition of companies, and restructuring of organizational hierarchies.

Managed compliance, transactional, financial, legal and intellectual property departments.

Scouted potential license/acquisition candidates and coordinated due diligence of companies, technologies, and preclinical/clinical candidates.

Negotiated term sheet(s) and agreements for licenses, outsourcings and collaborations.

Scouted and evaluated potential license/acquisition/partner candidates.

Worked with senior management to create and model long term financial plan from scratch.

One of four individuals responsible for walking Aviron through its $1.7 billion sale to Medimmune.

Composed offering memoranda and fairness opinions for clients divesting companies or technology (sellside).

Assisted clients in financial, competitive, technological and operational due diligence of potential acquisitions (buyside).

Modeled merger, acquisition, recapitalization, leveraged buyout, and divestiture transactions.

Calculated valuations by utilizing comparable company, precedent transaction, and discounted cash flow methodologies.

Recruited to Morgan Stanley as part of an entire team from Salomon Smith Barney / Citigroup.

Composed offering memoranda and fairness opinions for clients divesting companies or technology (sellside).

Assisted clients in financial, competitive, technological and operational due diligence of potential acquisitions (buyside).

Modeled merger, acquisition, recapitalization, leveraged buyout, and divestiture transactions.

Calculated valuations by utilizing comparable company, precedent transaction, and discounted cash flow methodologies.

Generated strategic and operational recommendations based on financial, economic, operational, technological and competitive analyses.