#Focalpoint partners full#

Riley Financial provides collaborative solutions tailored to fit the capital raising and business advisory needs of its clients and partners. For more information, please visit and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.ī. Securities products and services are offered through FocalPoint Securities, LLC. With offices in Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, New York, and Shanghai, the firm serves middle-market clients throughout the U.S. Houlihan Lokey served as financial adviser to FocalPoint.įocalPoint is an independent investment bank specializing in mergers and acquisitions, private placements, financial restructurings, and special situation transactions. Sidley Austin LLP and Sheppard, Mullin, Richter and Hampton LLP served as legal counsel to FocalPoint. Sullivan & Cromwell LLP acted as legal counsel to B. We are thrilled to take this next step and look forward to the next chapter with B. Added co-founder Duane Stullich, 'This transaction brings more breadth and depth to our teams in M&A, debt capital markets, and financial restructuring while maintaining the entrepreneurial and collegial culture that has made FocalPoint a success.'Īccording to Rajesh Sood, Managing Partner of FocalPoint, 'The combination will allow us to provide greater opportunities for our people and provide our clients with access to meaningfully more products and services. We have grown tremendously over the last 20 years and believe we will be able to compete even more aggressively in the marketplace going forward,' said Nishen Radia, co-founder of FocalPoint. Riley team has been building and are thrilled to now become an integral part of it. 'We've long admired the unique platform the B. We could not be more excited to welcome the FocalPoint team to B. With both companies having started off around the same time, in the same area of Southern California, and building meaningful niches within our industries, this deal carries special significance for me. This combination builds on our long and successful track record of acquiring and integrating other complementary businesses that can provide us with additional scale and capabilities to expand our small and middle market leadership.

Riley Financial, said: 'FocalPoint is a world class firm known for its ability to handle complex deals with speed, accuracy, and quality.

#Focalpoint partners full#

This combination provides strategic and financial sponsor clients with access to both firms' proven execution capabilities and a full suite of end-to-end services from a single platform.īryant Riley, Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer of B. Riley's stated intent to expand capabilities in M&A advisory and fixed income. Riley and FocalPoint builds upon the momentum and proven execution capabilities of both firms and is in line with B. The firm includes approximately 50 investment banking professionals with deep industry specialization in high-growth sectors such as aerospace and defense (A&D), industrials, business services, consumer, healthcare, and technology/media/telecom (TMT). Conway received his undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame and his MBA from the University of Southern California.Founded in 2002, FocalPoint specializes in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), private capital advisory, financial restructuring, and special situation transactions. He started his career at Deloitte & Touche in Los Angeles, where he earned his CPA certification. Conway led many successful transactions at NationsBank, GMAC Commercial Services, and Barclays Business Credit. Prior to joining Fleet Capital Corporation in 1998, Mr. Conway has worked with private equity firms, bank group members, junior capital providers, bondholders, and other constituents, often in highly engineered capital structures. Conway during his banking career were done in conjunction with mergers and acquisitions and financial restructurings, including bankruptcy sales and reorganizations. Many of the transactions completed by Mr. Conway has considerable experience in the capital markets having provided securitization products and high-yield debt. He has an extensive network of capital providers including asset-based and cash flow lenders, mezzanine debt providers, unitranche funds, junior secured debt providers, leasing companies, factors, and hedge funds. Conway originated, structured, and underwrote asset-based and cash flow commercial loans for companies in a variety of industries.

Conway spent 13 years in middle-market commercial finance, most recently with Fleet Capital Corporation.