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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Elizabeth Satin Has Joined The Jordan,
Edmiston Group
Former Senior Investment Banker at Lehman
Brothers Joins JEGI as Managing Director
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(New York, September
15, 2008) – The Jordan, Edmiston Group,
Inc. (“JEGI”) of New York, NY is pleased
to announce that Elizabeth Satin, the veteran media,
communications, and information industry senior investment
banker, formerly of Lehman Brothers, has joined the
firm as Managing Director. In this role, Ms. Satin will
focus on JEGI’s leading M&A advisory practice
to the media, communications, and business information
services sectors, which includes a wide array of companies
providing information and data-driven products and services
and
marketing solutions.
As a 19+ year banker with Lehman Brothers, Ms. Satin
is known for her ability to generate new and repeat
business from large- and mid-cap clients. She is a trusted
advisor, who is widely respected for her ideas and expertise,
with a unique ability to successfully complete complex
transactions. Ms. Satin has deep experience completing
all types of investment banking transactions, including
M&A assignments, leveraged buyouts, and recapitalizations.
Her completed transactions range in size from $200 million
to $14 billion, and she has recently successfully completed
the following notable transactions: |
- Advised Decision Resources, a portfolio company of Castenea
Partners and Boston Ventures, on its sale to Providence
Equity Partners;
- Advised a consortium of Providence Equity Partners, Thomas
H. Lee, Texas Pacific Group, and Madison Dearborn Partners
on its acquisition of Univision Communications;
- Advised Quadrangle on its acquisition of nTelos Communications;
- Advised M/C Communications on its sale to Bain Capital;
- Advised Providence Equity Partners on its acquisition
of Survey Sampling International (SSI); and
- Advised Thomas H. Lee, Bain Capital, and Blackstone Group
on their acquisition of
Houghton Mifflin.
Wilma Jordan, Founder & CEO, JEGI, noted, “We are
very pleased that Elizabeth Satin has decided to join JEGI’s
team of investment banking professionals. Her very impressive
19-year career in investment banking and M&A advisory
at Lehman Brothers, focused on media, communications, and
business information companies and financial sponsors, makes
her an excellent fit for JEGI’s media and information
company clients. Her approach to client service and ability
to maximize transaction value fit perfectly with JEGI’s
core values and competencies.”
Ms. Satin began her career with Lehman Brothers in 1989 as
a first-year Associate in the Media and Communications Group.
She was promoted to Managing Director within Lehman’s
Media Group in 1998. Commenting on her new role at JEGI, Ms.
Satin said, “I am pleased to be joining the talented
group of professionals at JEGI. Their long and consistent
track record of providing independent M&A advisory services
to an impressive list of clients in the media, communications,
and information markets, coupled with their strong reputation
for providing the highest quality advice and transaction execution,
make this an exciting place to focus the next phase of my
career.”
Ms. Satin earned a BA from Brown University, and she completed
her MBA in finance with honors at NYU’s Stern School
of Business.
About JEGI
The Jordan, Edmiston Group, Inc. (JEGI) of New York, NY is
the leading provider of independent investment banking services
for media, information, marketing services and related technologies.
Since being founded in 1987, JEGI has completed nearly 500
M&A transactions for global and emerging companies; entrepreneurial
owners; and private equity and venture capital funds.
As the leading M&A advisor to business information services
companies, JEGI has closed a number of high-profile transactions
in this sector. Recent notable transactions include:
- Forrester Research’s acquisition of JupiterResearch
from MCG Capital;
- The sale of mobile measurement company M:Metrics to comScore;
- The sale of Congressional Quarterly’s CQ Press to
SAGE;
- The sale of Hallmark Data Systems, a portfolio company
of Tinicum Capital Partners,
to EBSCO Industries; and
- The sale of Money-Media to Pearson.
For more information please visit www.jegi.com.
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