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Ernst & Young Capital Advisors, LLC (EYCA) M&A team provides sector-focused advice ranging from evaluating strategic alternatives to executing transactions and coordinating closings on acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures and other transactions.
The team
John Woodby
Ernst & Young Capital Advisors, LLC US Head of Investment Banking and US Head of Industrials & Energy Investment Banking
Slava Girzhel
US Head of Health Care Investment Banking and Senior Managing Director, Ernst & Young Capital Advisors, LLC
Hisham Barghout
Ernst & Young Capital Advisors, LLC, Head of US Aerospace & Defense Investment Banking, Managing Director
What we can do for you
Drawing on industry knowledge and leveraging an extensive global EY network, we provide independent, objective, sector-focused advice on transactions that achieve strategic growth objectives through acquisition or realize inherent value through various divestiture and liquidity strategies.
We also help C-suite executives and boards evaluate strategic alternatives in the context of transactions. We assist clients with the following transactions:
- Full enterprise sales
- Division/subsidiary spin-offs & divestitures
- Joint ventures & strategic alliances
- Going-private transactions
- Employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs)
- Leveraged buyouts (LBOs) & recapitalizations
- Cross-border deals
- Distressed M&A (363 sales)
- Acquisitions
- Management buyouts
Industry focus
Our professionals are middle-market focused and well-versed in each industry’s growth and value drivers and offer decades of combined experience across sectors, including:
Representative transactions
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The team
John Woodby
Ernst & Young Capital Advisors, LLC US Head of Investment Banking and US Head of Industrials & Energy Investment Banking
M&A and capital markets leader in industrial and energy services. Thought leader and trusted advisor. M&A professional. Finding creative solutions to complex problems.
New York, USA
Slava Girzhel
US Head of Health Care Investment Banking and Senior Managing Director, Ernst & Young Capital Advisors, LLC
Health care investment banker. M&A and capital markets transactions advisory professional. Strategic advisor. Father. Avid traveler.
Cleveland, USA
Hisham Barghout
Ernst & Young Capital Advisors, LLC, Head of US Aerospace & Defense Investment Banking, Managing Director
Mergers & Acquisitions with focus on the Aerospace & Defense sectors. Proud dad to two beautiful girls.
Sara Elinson
EY Americas FinTech M&A Leader and EY Americas Payments M&A Leader, Ernst & Young Capital Advisors, LLC US Financial Technology Investment Banking, Senior Managing Director
FinTech strategist and ecosystem builder. Helping FinTech companies and incumbents advance digital financial services through investment, M&A and partnerships.
New York, USA
Brian Kotter
Ernst & Young Capital Advisors, LLC US Head of Chemicals and Agriculture Investment Banking, Managing Director
Advisor working closely with executives and owners to help them reach their most critical M&A and financing objectives. Career focused on the chemicals and agriculture sectors of the economy.
New York, USA
Our latest thinking
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Chris Librizzi
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Ernst & Young Capital Advisors, LLC (EYCA) is a registered broker-dealer and member of FINRA providing sector-specific advice on M&A, debt capital markets, equity capital markets and capital restructuring transactions. It is an affiliate of Ernst & Young LLP serving clients in the US.
