February 09, 2012
What does it take to raise capital in today's marketplace?
Have the rules changed since the last time you did a raise?
Here's your chance to gain valuable insight from four different capital resources: an investment banker, a vc fund manager, a commercial banker and a non-bank lender. Each speaker will comment on what they look for before making an investment or loan to a small or low cap company. There will be ample time for questions from the audience.
This seminar is complimentary, but attendance is limited to 35, so please register early.
RSVP to: msimkin at mclaughlinstern.com
This is an excellent opportunity for a select group of people to attend and network.
Please arrive at 5:30 pm for a networking and refreshments session. The panel will begin shortly after 6:00 pm, and will be followed by another 30 minutes of networking and refreshments.
Morrie Simkin began his law career working for the Securities and Exchange Commission for five years in the Divisions of Trading and Markets and Enforcement, rising up to become a Special Counsel.
Since leaving the SEC, he has worked in various law firms and as general counsel for an Amex listed company. In his private practice, Morrie has been engaged, among other things, in public offerings representing at different times issuers and underwriters. He has also represented issuers in private placements under the private placement exemption in the Securites Act of 1933, Regulation D and Rule 144A, and has written on the subject of private placements under Regulation D.
He graduated Oberlin College with honors and received his law degree from the University of Michigan.
Andy Bello has over twenty-five years of investment banking experience focusing on the financial needs of emerging growth and middle market companies as well as start-ups and early stage companies. Mr. Bello has negotiated, structured and closed various types of financing transactions including retail and institutional private placements, venture capital, mezzanine and senior debt financings, and initial and secondary public offerings. As a direct result of his transactional experience, Mr. Bello has an extensive network of relationships with private equity investors, venture funds, hedge funds, mezzanine funds, and senior and asset based lenders.
Prior to his career in investment banking, Mr. Bello was a senior lender in the middle market and healthcare lending groups of Citibank and JP Morgan Chase.
Mr. Bello holds a BBA Degree in Finance and Economics from Baruch College.
April Garry-Vergara is responsible for managing a diverse client base of small and medium-sized companies. April works domestically and cross-border with banking services including: credit financing, cash management, trade and business insurance.
April has 20 years of experience in client management and financial services including Wachovia Bank and Renaissance/Technomic Consultants. She completed her business undergraduate degree at The George Washington University and La Universidad de San Louis in Madrid, Spain. April studied graduate-level economics in Washington, DC before moving to Sao Paulo, Brazil to work for four years in financial consulting for corporations.
April lives in New York City with her husband and two sons. She has served on small business working committees for the NY Chamber of Commerce and community Hispanic organizations. April speaks fluent Portuguese and Spanish and has worked and traveled extensivley throughout South America, China, and India.
Michael Guthammar has more than 20 years of experience including advising companies on acquisitions, divestitures, private equity transactions and capital raising. In 2005 he founded Windeye Partners which provides advice to growth companies regarding mergers, acquisitions and divestitures in the United States and Europe.
Previously Mr. Guthammar spent ten years with Fredericks Michael & Co., a mergers & acquisitions advisory firm focused on cross-border middle-market transactions between Europe, the United States and Latin America, as a Managing Director and shareholder.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Guthammar was the deputy head of M&A for the Americas at Credit Lyonnais, and wsa a Vice President at the merchant banking arm of Credit Agricole, with involvement in M&A, corporate finance, venture capital and private equity transactions.
Mr. Guthammar received an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a business degree from the Stockholm School of Economics.
Corey Sclar manages two SBIC mezzanine funds totaling $250 million. The firm invests $3 million to $10 milliion in subordinated debt and equity nationwide providing financing to support of leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, growth initiatives and acquisitions. Corey joined Brookside at the inception of the first fund in 2001 and has been involved in all of Brookside's fundraising, investment, investor relations, regulatory and financial activities.
Prior to joining Brookside, he was a Vice President of LaSalle Business Credit where he was responsible for underwriting new loans, loan documentation, and portfolio monitoring. He began his banking career at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, where he was a Bank Examiner in the New York City Field Office. Mr. Sclar is a graduate of the University of Vermont and received his Masters in Business Administration from Columbia University.