John Pilson joins LCG Advisors as Managing Director of Investment Banking Group (IB) | Western United States
LCG Advisors, a leading Tampa-based financial services advisory firm, has announced John Pilson joined the firm as Managing Director of LCG’s Investment Banking Group under leadership of Senior Managing Director, Jay Clark. As Managing Director, Mr. Pilson will lead the Investment Banking Group’s coverage of the Western United States working closely with LCG’s Denver office.
LCG’s Investment Banking Group (IB) provides a holistic approach to clients in need of solutions for complex or transformational financial transactions. The Group’s focus is on providing financial advice to privately held and family-owned middle market companies across an array of industries. Advisory services include mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity placements, financial restructurings, and other strategic matters.
Mr. Pilson has over 20 years of finance and advisory experience. He started his career in investment banking at Bank of America Securities in Charlotte, North Carolina before moving to New York to work for Bear Stearns and Barclays Capital. During Mr. Pilson’s investment banking career, he has been responsible for raising over $20 billion of capital and performing due diligence to evaluate multiple industries and assets in support of leveraged buyout transactions for private equity clients. In 2007, while at Bear Stearns, Mr. Pilson worked on the >$15 billion acquisition financing for Chrysler Automotive and Chrysler Financial in support of its acquisition by Cerberus Capital Management. More recently, Mr. Pilson held the position of Managing Director at a Denver-based lower middle market M&A advisory firm primarily representing companies pursuing a sale transaction.
“It’s an honor to join LCG as a Managing Director of Investment Banking,” said Mr. Pilson. “I’ve spent my career in M&A, so it’s an exciting opportunity to leverage LCG’s suite of services to best assist business owners through their transitions and transactions.”
Jay Clark, Senior Managing Director and head of Investment Banking at LCG, commented, “John joins LCG with significant experience in assisting middle market companies complete strategic transactions to include mergers and acquisitions and capital formation assignments. His experience and knowledge will benefit LCG’s Investment Banking clients throughout the Western United States.”
About LCG Advisors:
With offices in Tampa, FL, and Denver, CO, LCG provides transaction advisory services on a nationwide basis. LCG provides investment banking services through its affiliate LCG Capital Advisors, LLC, which is a boutique investment banking firm that assists companies in a wide range of transactions including mergers and acquisitions, corporate debt placements, growth capital, management and leveraged buyouts, and general financial advisory services. LCG has a reputation for handling complex transactions and has built relationships with some of the nation’s most active private equity firms, family offices, and funding sources.
For more information regarding LCG Advisors, or its affiliate LCG Capital Advisors, LLC, a FINRA registered broker-dealer and SIPC member firm; please call (813) 226-2800 or visit www.lcgadvisors.com.