NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - November 9, 2009) - Marlin & Associates New York LLC ("M&A"), the
boutique investment banking firm specializing in acquisitions and
divestitures of U.S. and international middle-market technology,
information and business services firms, announced today that Afsaneh
Naimollah has joined the firm's investment banking advisory team as a
Partner, based in New York City.
For over twenty years, Ms. Naimollah has advised a wide range of
multinational and middle-market technology-based clients. For ten of those
years, Ms. Naimollah was Global Head of the Technology Group at Barclays
Capital, where her team was represented in New York, San Francisco, London,
Paris, Frankfurt, Tokyo and Taipei. Her clients have included companies in
the broad based software, peripherals, distribution, electronics,
satellites, hardware and medical technology industries. She will lead M&A's
activities in these areas.
"Afsaneh comes to M&A with an impressive background," commented Ken Marlin,
Founder and Managing Partner of Marlin & Associates. "Her focus on helping
innovative technology businesses will complement our existing software and
Internet practice adding momentum to a franchise that has enjoyed much
success. We are pleased that she has joined us."
Ms. Naimollah has advised a range of multinational and middle-market
companies, including: Planar System in the corporate carve-out of its
medical imaging operations; National Display on its sale to Riverside
Partners; Gartner on the sale of its Tech Republic subsidiary to CNet;
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice on its acquisitions of Lexmark and WESCO; and
National Education Corporation on its sale to Harcourt. She has also
executed multiple capital markets and advisory transactions with Motorola,
Dell, Intel, Logica, Atos, Cap Gemini, and General Electric.
Prior to Marlin & Associates, Ms. Naimollah was the Founder and Managing
Partner of Chela Capital Partners, a merger and acquisition advisory firm
focused on the healthcare and technology industries. She is a current Board
Member of ON2 Technologies (
NYSE Amex:
ONT), which is in the process of
being acquired by Google.
Ms. Naimollah received her MBA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in
International Finance. She has also attended the Financial Executive
Program at Northwestern University. She lives in New York City, where she
is active in a number of not-for-profit initiatives to advance causes of
women and children.
About Marlin & Associates
Founded in 2002, Marlin & Associates New York LLC ("M&A") is a boutique
investment banking and strategic consulting firm focused on providing
transaction-related services to U.S. and international middle-market firms
engaged in technology, information, online media and business services. The
firm is based in New York City, with offices in Washington, DC and Toronto,
Canada and has been the recipient of numerous awards. M&A's professionals
have advised on over 200 successfully completed transactions in the
technology and information services sector, recently including:
-- NYSE Euronext of New York (NYSE: NYX), which Marlin & Associates
advised in the sale of its Hugin Group subsidiary to Thomson Reuters (NYSE: TRI).
-- Vhayu Technologies of Los Gatos, California (principally backed by
Menlo Ventures), which M&A advised on its sale to Thomson Reuters (NYSE: TRI).
-- Standard & Poor's of New York, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies
(NYSE: MHP), which M&A advised in the sale of its Vista Research subsidiary
to Guidepoint Global.
-- Tenfore of London, England, which M&A advised on its sale to
Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN).
-- LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Group (LSE: REL), which M&A
advised in the sale of its Mealey's Conferences subsidiary to Business
Valuation Resources.
-- InfoDyne Corporation of Park Ridge, Illinois, which M&A advised on its
sale to International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM).
-- LowerFees, Inc. of Westlake Village, California, which M&A advised on
its sale to Bankrate, Inc. (NASDAQ: RATE).
-- Netik LLC of London, England and New York, which M&A advised on its
simultaneous acquisition of Capco Reference Data Services and replacement
of its primary investor, The Bank of New York Mellon Corp, with Symphony
Technology Group.
-- Hemscott of London, England, a division of Ipreo Holdings LLC of New
York (principally backed by Private Equity firm Veronis Suhler Stevenson),
which M&A advised on its sale of Hemscott to Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN).
-- StarMine Corporation of San Francisco (principally backed by Hummer
Winblad Venture Partners), which M&A advised on its sale to Reuters (now
Thomson Reuters) (NYSE: TRI).
-- Applied Financial Technology (AFT) of San Francisco, which M&A advised
on its sale to Lender Processing Services (NYSE: LPS), formerly a division
of Fidelity National Information Services (NYSE: FIS).
-- Ventyx, Inc, an affiliate of Vista Equity Partners of San Francisco,
which M&A advised in its acquisition of Global Energy Decisions of Boulder,
Colorado.
-- Xcitek LLC's Market Data Division of New York, which M&A advised on
its sale to Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC).
-- Brainpower N.V. of Lugano, Switzerland (Deutsche Börse Prime Standard
-- "BPW"), which M&A advised on its sale to Bloomberg L.P.
-- Cameron Systems (Vic) of Sydney, Australia, which M&A advised on its
sale to Orc Software of Stockholm, Sweden (STKM: ORC).
-- Derivative Solutions of Chicago, which M&A advised on its sale to
FactSet Research Systems (NYSE: FDS).
-- Beauchamp Financial Technology Ltd. of London, England (backed by
Soros Funds and Goldman Sachs), which M&A advised on its sale to Linedata
Services of Paris, France (PARIS: LIN).
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