Selected Client List
Ed's Selected Client List
Client – Position, Adverse Employer*; other representations of client
Large Public Company CEOs
- Mark Wang – CEO, Hilton Grand Vacations (ticker “HGV”)
- Flemming Ornskov – CEO, Shire plc (ticker “SHPG”, later acquired by Takeda Pharmaceutical Company)
- Steve Spinner – CEO, United Natural Foods Inc. (ticker, “UNFI”); CEO, Performance Food Group (ticker “PFGC”, acquired by Blackstone affiliate & Ed represented Steve & Management Team in acquisition)
Management Teams
- Represented Solvay USA Eco Services Management Team in connection with the sale of Solvay’s Eco Services Division to private equity firm CCMP Capital
- Represented Global Traffic Network Management Team (ticker “GNET”) in management buyout with private equity firm GTCR LLC
- Represented Cushman & Wakefield’s New York Capital Group (Richard Baxter, Jon Caplan, Ron Cohen & Scott Latham) in moving to Jones Lang Lasalle (ticker “JLL”)
- Represented Performance Food Group (PFGC) Management Team in connection with the acquisition of PFGC by a Blackstone affiliate
Fashion Industry
- Mark Mendelson – CEO, Ellen Tracy (later acquired by Li & Fung, Ed represented Mark in Li & Fung acquisition also)
- Yehuda Shmidman – CEO, Sequential Brands Group
- Kobi Halperin – Member/Chief Creative Officer, Komark LLC (dba Kobi Halperin); Executive Creative Director, Kenneth Cole Productions; Executive Creative Director, Elie Tahari
- Michael Crotty – EVP/CMO, Hudson’s Bay Company (ticker “HBC”, owns Saks & owned Lord & Taylor); CMO, The Shade Store
Funds
- Matt Cushman - Partner/Portfolio Manager, Engineers Gate; Senior MD, Citadel Investment Group
- Chris Scarpelli - Portfolio Manager, Citadel
- P. Casella/R. Shriner - Partners, Point72 Ventures
- Marc Pfeffer – Chief Business Officer/MD, Benefit Street Partners
- George Mouzaris – PM, Millennium Management
Biotech
- Mark Day – CEO, Bioasis Technologies, Inc. (ticker “BTI”)
- Flemming Ornskov – CEO, Shire plc (was ticker “SHPG”, later acquired by Takeda Pharmaceutical Company)
- Philip Dormitzer – Head of Research, Novartis Influenza Vaccines (ticker “NVS”)
Real Estate
- Represented Cushman & Wakefield’s New York Capital Group (Richard Baxter, Jon Caplan, Ron Cohen & Scott Latham) in moving to Jones Lang Lasalle (ticker “JLL”)
- Gene Spiegelman – Vice Chairman/Principal, Ripco Real Estate Corp.
- Todd Korren – Principal/COO, HSP Real Estate Group
Other
- Andrew Lee – General Counsel, NY Jets
- John Austin – CFO, Chef’s Warehouse (ticker “CHEF”); CFO, Performance Food Group Company (ticker “PFGC”)
- Herve Brunet - CEO, StickyAds.tv (a startup acquired by Comcast; represented Herve in Comcast acquisition)
* The Adverse Employer was the employer that Ed negotiated and entered into an agreement with; the client may no longer be with that employer and the company may no longer exist. For example, Mark Mendelson is listed above as CEO, Ellen Tracy, because Ed represented Mark and negotiated his employment arrangements with Ellen Tracy, but Mark is now retired, and Ellen Tracy has since been acquired by Li & Fung.