Amir Akhavan, a Director with JEGI, represents online media, marketing services and technology companies. Mr. Akhavan has also assisted broader media, publishing and exhibition companies in mergers, acquisitions and divestitures.

In addition to focusing on the firm’s leading M&A advisory practice, Mr. Akhavan is a member of JEGI Capital, a media focused private equity fund, and helps manage its investments in I-Behavior (board seat, realized) and Aprimo (board observer, realized).  He also serves on the Board of Shecky's Media.

Mr. Akhavan began his investment banking career at Deloitte Corporate Finance in the Media and Entertainment M&A group. He also worked with Deloitte Consulting on Strategy and Operations engagements. Previously, Mr. Akhavan worked in Ernst & Young’s Assurance and Advisory Business Services practice focusing on Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT).

Mr. Akhavan earned his Master’s degree from the University of Virginia as an Ernst & Young YMP scholar and his Bachelors in Corporate Finance from the University of Southern California (USC). Mr. Akhavan is on the Executive Committee of USC's Board of Governors and received the USC Alumni Association's Presidents Award.  He is CPA and a Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York mentor.

Interested parties may contact Mr. Akhavan, via e-mail, at the firm's address or connect with him on LinkedIn.  You can also follow him on twitter @amir_akhavan.

Notable engagements include:

• Experient, in its sale to Maritz Travel;
• The Retail Equation, in its sale to Norwest Venture Partners;
• Big Fuel, in its sale to Publicis Groupe;
• I-Behavior, in its sale to KBM Group, a unit of WPP;
• Accela Communications, in its sale to KIT Digital;
• Burton Group, in its sale to Gartner;
• Legal Research Systems, in its sale to Westlaw, a unit of Thomson Reuters;
• Reed Business Information, in the sale of its Television Group to NewBay Media;
• acerno, in its sale to Akamai;
• dmg world media's North American Consumer Home Shows in its sale to Marketplace Events;
• M:Metrics, in its sale to comScore;
• Medical Knowledge Group, in a majority sale to CIVC Partners;
• Tinicum Capital, in its sale of Hallmark to EBSCO Industries;
• KnowledgeStorm, in its sale to TechTarget;
• Aberdeen, in its sale to Harte-Hanks;
• Great Hill Partners, in the sale of Action Media to CFW Media;
• Reed Elsevier, in its RNP and North American divestitures to Apprise Media and Catalyst Investors;
• Klipmart, in its sale to DoubleClick;
• 2020Software, in its sale to TechTarget;
• Gold Standard, in its sale to Elsevier; and
• Landmark Communications, in the sale of Shorecliff to United Business Media.