New York Chapter Advisory Board | Private Equity CFO Association

Member Login:


Username:

Password:

New York Chapter Advisory Board


	Glenn R. Sarno Partner Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP 425 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10017 (212) 455-2706 gsarno@stblaw.com Mr. Sarno practices in the Corporate Department of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, focusing on private investment funds and other facets of "alternative asset management." He has represented both domestic and international fund sponsors, such as The Carlyle Group, Lehman Brothers, KKR, Babcock & Brown, ING Group, BlackRock, Brown Brothers Harriman, Cherokee Partners and The Cypress Group, in many different asset categories, including traditional private equity, real estate, infrastructure, mezzanine debt and other fixed income, asset manager investment and coinvestment. Mr. Sarno's practice also focuses on representing sponsors of fund-of-funds products for clients such as Credit Suisse First Boston and the creation of employee securities companies and listed fund products. Mr. Sarno also represents various hedge fund sponsors, including Citigroup Alternative Investments, Credit Suisse Asset Management, Breeden Capital Partners and Pendragon Asset Management. In addition to representing sponsors in fund formation, Mr. Sarno reviews private fund investments on behalf of private equity investors.

	Shawn Hessing Partner KPMG LLP 345 Park Avenue, 2nd Floor New York, NY 10154 212-872-6928 shessing@kpmg.com Shawn is a global lead partner and is the audit sector leader of KPMG's Private Equity practice in the United States. Shawn has extensive experience serving investment-management and funds organizations in the private-equity sector. During his career, he has served several investment-related engagements, ranging from private equity partnerships to hedge funds as well as registered broker-dealers. He has also provided support in the areas of: discounted cash flows; valuation methodology strategies; analysis of investment strategies, including derivatives; and conventional investments for various applications. In addition, Shawn has established and performed due-diligence procedures for potential acquisitions. Shawn has also served as the Fort Worth Office Managing Partner.

	Jeffrey Chazen Partner Eisner LLP 750 Third Avenue New York, NY 10017 212.891.8043 jchazen@eisnerllp.com Jeffery Chazen, CPA is a partner in Eisner's tax advisory services practice and a member of Eisner's financial services group. Jeff has over 17 years of diverse tax and accounting experience. He routinely consults on tax matters related to private equity, hedge funds, high net worth individuals and family offices. Additionally, Jeff plays an integral role in the firm's training programs for the financial services staff. He has been quoted in various periodicals including The Wall Street Journal.

	Michael D. McFadden Managing Director Sharebridge Private Equity Consolidation 1185 Avenue of Americas 36th Floor New York, NY 10036 646-572-9374 office 646-572-9375 fax 484-354-8508 cell mmcfadden@sharebridgepec.com Michael is a Managing Director with Sharebridge Private Equity Consolidation. He has over 20 years of experience in the property and casualty, employee benefits and private equity insurance arenas in both key production and management roles. He works with private equity firms and client organizations to identify and provide protection against the exposures often encountered with acquisitions and other transactions. Prior to joining Sharebridge he was with the Lockton Companies and previously was a Managing Director and North American Sales Leader in Marsh's Private Equity Mergers & Acquisitions Practice. In addition to producing and managing client relationships, he managed all of the firm's private equity producers in North America and was a senior member of Marsh's Global Operating Committee for Private Equity.

	Neil Krauter CEO Krauter & Company LLC 1211 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 2908 New York, NY 10036 212 596-3401 nkrauter@krautergroup.com Private Equity and M&A Insurance Services. After starting the M&A Practice at Marsh and then starting and running the AMAG operation globally for Aon as a member of the Worldwide Retail Board as Vice Chairman in New York. As founder of Krauter & Co. with 10 offices in the US, he has serviced 1,000's of transactions. His specialties are transactional products, due diligence, portfolio programs and management liability (D&O/GPL).

	Robert M. Friedman Partner Dechert LLP 1095 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY (212) 649-8735 robert.friedman@dechert.com Robert Friedman specializes in fund formation and general corporate and securities law. He has twenty years experience in the formation of private investment funds, both domestic and offshore, for investment in the US, Europe, Asia and India and in various asset classes (e.g., LBO funds, venture capital funds, mortgage opportunity and distressed debt funds). His general corporate experience includes venture capital and private equity investments and LBO and M&A transactions.

	Neil I. Harris Partner - Transaction Advisory Services Ernst & Young LLP 5 Times Square, New York, NY 10036 212.773.3927 neil.harris@ey@.com Neil is a partner in Ernst & Young LLP's ("E&Y") Transaction Advisory Services Practice specializing in financial due diligence, transaction structuring and post closing working capital projects. Neil returned the practice in January 2008. Prior to his return Neil served as CFO and interim COO of Sleep Innovations, Inc. a private equity backed investment, which he joined after his initial service at E&Y. Neil originally joined E&Y in 1998 as a Senior Manager and was promoted to Partner in 2001. He has led numerous private equity and strategic advisory engagements, specializing on businesses that are focused in the consumer products, retail, manufacturing and distribution arenas. Neil has held senior financial management positions at Bowne of New York City and Record World, Inc. Prior to joining Record World, Neil was an Audit Manager with Touche Ross & Company.

	Charles "Chip" H. Parsons Partner Proskauer Rose LLP 1585 Broadway New York, NY 10036-8299 (212) 969-3254 Cparsons@proskauer.com Charles Parsons is a partner in the Corporate Department and a member of our global Private Investment Funds Group, which is recognized by Chambers Global, Chambers USA and US Legal 500. As well as advising on a broad range of corporate matters, his particular focus is advising clients, such as Credit Suisse, Cohen & Steers, Industry Funds Management and JPMorgan, on the formation, marketing and operation of private investment funds; structuring alternative investment vehicles; and issues relating to the acquisition, disposition and structuring of portfolio investments. Charles also advises clients on compliance, operational and regulatory issues involving private investment funds. Among the types of funds and complexes Charles has structured are private equity, real estate, infrastructure and fund of funds. In addition, Charles advises clients with respect to establishing and implementing employee co-investment programs, financing arrangements and cross border transactions.

	Karen Beldy Torborg Global Practice Leader Marsh Inc. - Private Equity and Mergers and Acquisitions Practice 1166 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036-2774 (212) 345-3659 Karen.beldy@marsh.com Karen Beldy Torborg joined Marsh in 1993 from Chubb & Son Inc., where she worked in underwriting. At Marsh, she started in the casualty practice before transferring to the private equity and mergers and acquisitions practice in 1996. At PEMA, she took on progressively more complex roles, including global chief operating officer and North America PEMA practice leader. She was named to her current position in 2005 and, that year, she was also appointed to the Marsh board.

	Rebecca F. Silberstein Partner Debevoise & Plimpton LLP 919 Third Avenue New York, New York 10022 (212) 909-6438 rfsilberstein@debevoise.com Rebecca Silberstein, a partner of the Investment Management Group at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, focuses on advising investment banks, financial institutions and boutique firms as sponsors of leveraged buyout, international private equity, merchant banking and other private investment funds. She is ranked in the top tier of Chambers USA (2008) for private equity fund formation and is listed as a leader in the field by The International Who's Who of Private Funds Lawyers (2008) and PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook (2007). Ms. Silberstein is a frequent speaker at seminars and conferences, including The Private Equity Analyst's Raising a Fund in 2007, Thompson Financial's Private Equity 2006 and 2007: What You Need To Know, Institute for International Research's Private Equity Fund Formation and Operations and Practising Law Institute: Doing Deals. She represents numerous private equity clients, including Kelso & Company, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Och-Ziff Capital Management, Ripplewood Holdings and Stone Point Capital.

	Colin Sanderson Partner, Financial Services McGladrey & Pullen LLP 1185 Avenue of the Americas, 4th Floor New York, NY 10036-2602 (212) 372-1216 Colin.Sanderson@rsmi.com Colin Sanderson is a Partner with the Financial Services group of McGladrey & Pullen LLP's New York practice and has 10 years of public accounting experience focused within the financial services industry. He specializes in providing audit and consulting services to alternative investment companies such as hedge funds, private equity firms, venture capital funds, fund of funds and collateral debt obligation funds. The services that Colin provides include financial statement audits, operational consulting, risk management consulting, and regulatory consulting.

	Edward Kingsley Partner Deloitte & Touche LLP Two World Financial Center 225 Liberty Street New York, NY 10281-1414 212 436 3104 ekingsley@deloitte.com Edward Kingsley, a Partner with Deloitte & Touche LLP, is a leader in the assurance practice serving private equity and venture capital investment partnerships. His experience includes audits of partnerships, consultation on private placement memorandums, consultation on operational matters and tax structuring. Prior to his transfer into the Private Equity Investor Services Group, he spent over four years in the Mergers & Acquisitions Services Group assisting buyers with due diligence, accounting and tax structures, purchase price adjustments, and SEC compliance and an additional 12 years as a member of the New York audit practice. He is a certified public accountant and is a graduate from Fairfield University.