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Marlin & Associates Adds Healthcare Industry Veteran as a Senior Advisor
Dr. Michael Sinclair, Former President of the International Division of INA Health and Former Chairman of Lifetime Corporation, an NYSE-Listed Healthcare Company, Will Be Based in London
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NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - January 19, 2010) - Marlin & Associates Holding LLC ("M&A"), the
boutique investment banking firm specializing in acquisitions and
divestitures of U.S. and international information, technology and
healthcare firms, today announced that Dr. Michael Sinclair has joined the
firm's investment banking advisory team as a Senior Advisor. He will be
based in London, England.
"We're very pleased that Dr. Sinclair has joined our team," said Kenneth
Marlin, Founder and Managing Partner of Marlin & Associates. "His three
decades of experience leading healthcare related companies significantly
strengthens our ability to advise firms in this sector."
Afsaneh Naimollah, Partner at M&A added: "Dr. Sinclair is a highly
respected global industry leader. He reinforces our philosophy of offering
our clients access to world class advisors that have in-depth domain
expertise in both transaction management and real world operating
experience."
In addition to his advisory role with M&A, Dr. Sinclair also is Chairman of
Geneform, a UK-based gene sequencing company; Symthera, an Israeli
biotechnology company; and Care Capital Group, which develops
healthcare-related commercial offices in the UK and Germany. He is an
Emeritus Member of the Board of Overseers at Tufts University School of
Medicine.
About Marlin & Associates
Founded in 2002, Marlin & Associates Holding LLC ("M&A") is a boutique
investment banking and strategic consulting firm focused on providing
transaction-related services to U.S. and international firms engaged in
information technology and healthcare 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, information, and
healthcare sectors, including:
-- Logical Information Machines of Chicago, Illinois, which Marlin &
Associates advised on its sale to Morningstar (NASDAQ : MORN ).
-- 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
(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.
-- 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.
-- Derivative Solutions of Chicago, which M&A advised on its sale to
FactSet Research Systems (NYSE : FDS ).
For more information, go to www.MarlinLLC.com.