HarborLight Capital Expands Institutional Sales Team

TAMPA, Fla., Aug. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- HarborLight Capital Group, a Tampa-based Investment Banking firm, is pleased to announce the addition of Dennis R. Leary as Managing Director – Institutional Sales.

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Mr. Leary, formerly of Raymond James & Associates (NYSE: RJF), is the 15^th employee of the expanding HarborLight team and brings with him more than a decade of high-level experience and achievement in marketing sophisticated financial products to some of the leading institutional investors in the country.

"We are extremely pleased to have Dennis join our team. He is the consummate professional and a man of integrity and great professional accomplishment," stated Dean Tanella, President of HarborLight Capital. "I had the pleasure of hiring Dennis some 14 years ago while managing the Institutional Equity Sales team at Raymond James, and Dennis rather quickly accelerated to become one of the top-rated professionals there in the Equity Capital Markets division. Likewise, we are extremely confident that Dennis will make an enormous impact on our team in a very short period of time as he joins us at a time of accelerating growth."

About HarborLight Capital Group........

HarborLight Capital Group (HCG), headquartered in Tampa, FL, raises capital for dynamic, well-led, uniquely positioned companies, both public and private. In doing so, HCG creates proprietary alternative investment opportunities for institutions, HNW individuals, and Financial Advisors. As investment banking generalists, HCG has developed capital-raising expertise in many diverse industry sectors (including energy, real estate, healthcare, cell towers, financial services, digital media and marketing), and a disciplined and focused style has yielded success in a wide range of transaction structures and markets throughout the U.S. Capital formation, properly structured and properly sourced, is a mission-critical requirement for most growth companies. HarborLight's efficiency and access to unique capital sources allows Corporate Finance clients to capture and accelerate growth while simultaneously accessing a discerning array of investors. For more information, please visit HCG on the web at www.HarborLightCapital.com or call Liz Chinowth at (813) 443-4914.

SOURCE HarborLight Capital Group