Armory Group strengthens investment banking and advisory service offerings with senior hire
LOS ANGELES and CHICAGO, Sept. 7, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Peter Richter joins Armory as Managing Director, bringing notable investment banking and turnaround expertise to the company's growing middle market practice. Based in Chicago, Peter has more than 20 years of experience serving companies across a variety of industries on M&A activities, capital raising, refinancing, restructuring and crisis management.
"We are excited to have Peter join the Armory team," said Eben Perison, Head of Investment Banking at Armory. "His extensive expertise will be a tremendous asset as we continue to grow our national presence."
As an investment banker, Peter successfully closed transactions ranging from $15 million to $1.0 billion. He has represented both private and public clients in negotiating placements of debt and equity, raising private equity and secondary offerings, and fulfilling both sell-side and buy-side mergers & acquisitions mandates, in situations both out-of-court and under court supervision.
Peter also provides strategic advisory and interim management services to assist companies through periods of fundamental change. He has held numerous interim senior level positions, including both Chief Financial Officer and Chief Executive Officer, driving initiatives to improve operations, grow revenue, and increase efficiency.
"Spanning more than 25 years, Peter's record of successfully leading clients and their stakeholders through complex operational and financial restructurings is a testament to his leadership abilities and effectiveness," said Scott Avila, Head of Consulting at Armory. "My partners and I have worked with Peter for years and are extremely pleased he has joined our team. Peter is the consummate restructuring professional and will deliver exceptional results for our clients."
Peter previously served as the CFO to Mr. David's Flooring International, where he successfully increased credit facilities by more than three times the original amounts. Prior to that, he was a Senior Vice President at Deloitte CRG and later became a Managing Director at Variant Capital Advisors, an affiliate of Conway MacKenzie. Peter received his bachelor's degree in Finance from Eastern Illinois University, is a Certified Turnaround Professional, and has won the M&A Advisor Deal of the Year Award for Industrial Goods and Basic Resources.
Peter can be reached at 630.291.6027 or at [email protected].
About Armory Group, LLC
Armory Group provides investment banking services, asset management services and advisory services, including enterprise transformation and interim management, to middle market companies and their stakeholders. Armory Group has offices in Los Angeles, New York, Boston, Dallas and Chicago.
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