Marlin & Associates Adds Senior Technology Banker, Afsaneh Naimollah, to Lead Its Technology Investment Banking Practice
09 November 2009 - 10:00PM
Marketwired
Marlin & Associates New York LLC ("M&A"), the boutique
investment banking firm specializing in acquisitions and
divestitures of U.S. and international middle-market technology,
information and business services firms, announced today that
Afsaneh Naimollah has joined the firm's investment banking advisory
team as a Partner, based in New York City.
For over twenty years, Ms. Naimollah has advised a wide range of
multinational and middle-market technology-based clients. For ten
of those years, Ms. Naimollah was Global Head of the Technology
Group at Barclays Capital, where her team was represented in New
York, San Francisco, London, Paris, Frankfurt, Tokyo and Taipei.
Her clients have included companies in the broad based software,
peripherals, distribution, electronics, satellites, hardware and
medical technology industries. She will lead M&A's activities
in these areas.
"Afsaneh comes to M&A with an impressive background,"
commented Ken Marlin, Founder and Managing Partner of Marlin &
Associates. "Her focus on helping innovative technology businesses
will complement our existing software and Internet practice adding
momentum to a franchise that has enjoyed much success. We are
pleased that she has joined us."
Ms. Naimollah has advised a range of multinational and
middle-market companies, including: Planar System in the corporate
carve-out of its medical imaging operations; National Display on
its sale to Riverside Partners; Gartner on the sale of its Tech
Republic subsidiary to CNet; Clayton, Dubilier & Rice on its
acquisitions of Lexmark and WESCO; and National Education
Corporation on its sale to Harcourt. She has also executed multiple
capital markets and advisory transactions with Motorola, Dell,
Intel, Logica, Atos, Cap Gemini, and General Electric.
Prior to Marlin & Associates, Ms. Naimollah was the Founder
and Managing Partner of Chela Capital Partners, a merger and
acquisition advisory firm focused on the healthcare and technology
industries. She is a current Board Member of ON2 Technologies (NYSE
Amex: ONT), which is in the process of being acquired by
Google.
Ms. Naimollah received her MBA from the University of
Wisconsin-Madison in International Finance. She has also attended
the Financial Executive Program at Northwestern University. She
lives in New York City, where she is active in a number of
not-for-profit initiatives to advance causes of women and
children.
About Marlin & Associates
Founded in 2002, Marlin & Associates New York LLC
("M&A") is a boutique investment banking and strategic
consulting firm focused on providing transaction-related services
to U.S. and international middle-market firms engaged in
technology, information, online media and business services. The
firm is based in New York City, with offices in Washington, DC and
Toronto, Canada and has been the recipient of numerous awards.
M&A's professionals have advised on over 200 successfully
completed transactions in the technology and information services
sector, recently including:
-- NYSE Euronext of New York (NYSE: NYX), which Marlin & Associates
advised in the sale of its Hugin Group subsidiary to Thomson Reuters (NYSE: TRI).
-- Vhayu Technologies of Los Gatos, California (principally backed by
Menlo Ventures), which M&A advised on its sale to Thomson Reuters (NYSE: TRI).
-- Standard & Poor's of New York, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies
(NYSE: MHP), which M&A advised in the sale of its Vista Research subsidiary
to Guidepoint Global.
-- Tenfore of London, England, which M&A advised on its sale to
Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN).
-- LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Group (LSE: REL), which M&A
advised in the sale of its Mealey's Conferences subsidiary to Business
Valuation Resources.
-- InfoDyne Corporation of Park Ridge, Illinois, which M&A advised on its
sale to International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM).
-- LowerFees, Inc. of Westlake Village, California, which M&A advised on
its sale to Bankrate, Inc. (NASDAQ: RATE).
-- Netik LLC of London, England and New York, which M&A advised on its
simultaneous acquisition of Capco Reference Data Services and replacement
of its primary investor, The Bank of New York Mellon Corp, with Symphony
Technology Group.
-- Hemscott of London, England, a division of Ipreo Holdings LLC of New
York (principally backed by Private Equity firm Veronis Suhler Stevenson),
which M&A advised on its sale of Hemscott to Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN).
-- StarMine Corporation of San Francisco (principally backed by Hummer
Winblad Venture Partners), which M&A advised on its sale to Reuters (now
Thomson Reuters) (NYSE: TRI).
-- Applied Financial Technology (AFT) of San Francisco, which M&A advised
on its sale to Lender Processing Services (NYSE: LPS), formerly a division
of Fidelity National Information Services (NYSE: FIS).
-- Ventyx, Inc, an affiliate of Vista Equity Partners of San Francisco,
which M&A advised in its acquisition of Global Energy Decisions of Boulder,
Colorado.
-- Xcitek LLC's Market Data Division of New York, which M&A advised on
its sale to Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC).
-- Brainpower N.V. of Lugano, Switzerland (Deutsche Börse Prime Standard
-- "BPW"), which M&A advised on its sale to Bloomberg L.P.
-- Cameron Systems (Vic) of Sydney, Australia, which M&A advised on its
sale to Orc Software of Stockholm, Sweden (STKM: ORC).
-- Derivative Solutions of Chicago, which M&A advised on its sale to
FactSet Research Systems (NYSE: FDS).
-- Beauchamp Financial Technology Ltd. of London, England (backed by
Soros Funds and Goldman Sachs), which M&A advised on its sale to Linedata
Services of Paris, France (PARIS: LIN).
For more information, go to www.MarlinLLC.com.
CONTACT: Marlin & Associates Contact@MarlinLLC.com +1 (212)
257-6300
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