40 Under 40 Award Winners Announced

RECIPIENTS TO BE RECOGNIZED AT THE AWARDS GALA ON JULY 26 IN LOS ANGELES

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Jul 12, 2010, 06:20 ET

NEW YORK, July 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The M&A Advisor today announced the winners of the inaugural 40 Under 40 M&A Advisor Recognition Awards.

The M&A Advisor, renowned globally for its recognition of leading M&A, financing and turnaround professionals, created this event to promote mentorship and professional development amongst the emerging business leaders.

The 2010 40 Under 40 Award winners have been chosen for their accomplishments and expertise from a pool of international nominees by an independent judging panel of distinguished business leaders.

"We've been recognizing transactions and teams for their achievements over the past decade. This is the first time we will be recognizing individuals — the up and coming leaders still under the age of 40 — who've been handling the M&A, financing and turnaround transactions behind the scenes. I look forward to meeting all of them in person and bestowing upon them The M&A Advisor's highest individual achievement," says Roger Aguinaldo, CEO and founder of The M&A Advisor.

On Monday July 26th, The M&A Advisor will host a televised black tie Awards Gala at The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles to introduce the 40 Under 40 Award winners to the business community and celebrate their achievements.

A Complete list of the winners can be found below.

Since 1998, The M&A Advisor has been connecting professionals in the mergers and acquisitions, distressed investing and related financial industries through its leading conferences and awards galas, M&A Alerts newsletter and online community. For more information on The M&A Advisor, please contact 1.877.99.MERGE (1.877.996.3743) or www.maadvisor.com.

Winners of the 2010 40 Under 40 M&A Advisor Recognition Awards
Alex Backer	Founder and CEO	ab\|inventio
Allison Dent	CEO	Global M&A
Ashley Turner	Founder, Owner	Ashley Turner
Brette Simon	Partner	Jones Day
Bruce Munster	Senior Vice President	Morgan Stanley
Casey Fleck	Partner	Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Chris Cerimele	Director	Houlihan Lokey
Chris Simms	Founder and CEO	CWH Company, LLC
David Turetsky	Partner	Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
David Wang	Senior Vice President	Houlihan Lokey
Gary Rabishaw	Managing Director	Intrepid Investment Bankers
Gregg A Eisenberg	Partner and Executive Committee Member	Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP
Heather McCormick	Managing Partner	Credo Law Partners
Ian Fay	Founding Partner	Odin Advisors LLC.
Ira Ravitz	Vice President - Wealth Management Advisor	Merrill Lynch
Jason Duzan	Managing Director	Glencoe Capital
Jeff Fagnan	Partner	Atlas Venture
Jennifer Yount	Partner	Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, LLP
Jeremy Lurey	Chief Executive Officer	Plus Delta Consulting, LLC
Jonathan Korngold	Managing Director & Head of Healthcare	General Atlantic
Leonard M. Tannenbaum	CEO	Fifth Street Finance Corp.
Loc Van	Director	M&A Capital, LLC
Maki Bara	Managing Partner & Co-Founder	Chartres Lodging Group, LLC
Marc Viscogliosi	Principal	Viscogliosi Bros., LLC
Mark Grossmann	Partner, Corporate Practice	Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Matt Sachse	Principal	Pagemill Partners, LLC
Matthew Begley	President	Siemens First Capital Commercial Finance
Meagan Hardcastle	Director	O'Keefe & Associates
Michael Maxworthy	Partner	Marlin & Associates
Michael Torkin	Partner	Shearman & Sterling LLP
Nathan Cook	Managing Director	AlixPartners LLC
Neil Shroff	Managing Director	Orion Capital Group, Inc.
Peter Friedman	Partner	Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP.
Peter Laurinaitis	Managing Director	The Blackstone Group
Rit Amin	Director	Houlihan Lokey
Ron Shah	Founder and Managing Partner	Jina Ventures Inc.
Samuel Lawrence	President and CEO	GigaBeam
Stephen Johnston	CEO	SmartSynch, Inc.
Theresa Fette	CEO	Provident Trust Group
Warren Jolly	Founder and CEO	Affiliate Media Inc.