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Chartwell’s independent capital structure advice includes the analysis, structuring, and placement of these securities with a particular focus on achieving lowest cost, highest flexibility, and maximum liquidity. Our professionals have extensive expertise in capital markets, both as placement agents and as investors in debt securities. Chartwell’s real-time knowledge of capital markets provides companies with practical understanding of what is feasible based on their particular financial characteristics. Our clients use our services for the following capital needs: New Issuance Acquisitions Growth/Expansion Capital Debt and Equity Recapitalization Refinancing and Restructuring Chartwell’s expertise may be leveraged across a multitude of capital needs and security types: Senior Secured Bank Debt (Revolvers, Term Loans) Senior Secured Institutional Cash Flow Loans (including Uni-Tranche) Second-Lien/"Last-out" Loans Senior Traditional Private Placements Junior Capital/Mezzanine Notes Convertible Preferred Securities Feature Body: Our capital markets team publishes a quarterly newsletter, CQ, that focuses on current perspectives in the senior traditional private placement market. 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Will has worked on both mergers and acquisitions as well as capital markets transactions within a variety of industries while executing high profile ESOP buyouts, terminations, and restructurings. MEMBERSHIPS & DESIGNATIONS Will is an active member of The ESOP Association, where he currently serves on the Finance Advisory Committee. In 2012, Will was recognized for his expertise and professional accomplishments when he received The M&A Advisor’s 40 Under 40 Award and has participated as a guest lecturer for MIT’s Sloan School of Management. Will is a registered representative with Chartwell affiliate, CCS Transactions, LLC and holds FINRA Series 7, 63, and 79 licenses. PRIOR EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION Prior to Chartwell, Will was an investment banker with Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s (BAML) Transaction Development group, where he focused on executing sell-side, buy-side, and ESOP transactions for middle market clients between $200 million and $1 billion in enterprise value. Prior to BAML, Will spent considerable time as a member of ABN AMRO’s Global Markets group, where he participated in originating and executing investment grade and high yield bond issuance, traditional senior private placements, securitizations, junior capital and underwriting and distributing second lien loans. Will also participated in establishing De Meer Asset Management, a division of ABN AMRO, Inc., where he acted as a principal investor in liquid and illiquid leveraged senior and junior loan assets as a part of multiple cash and synthetic collateralized loan obligation structures (CLOs). Will holds a Masters of Business Administration degree in finance and entrepreneurship from Northwestern’s J.L. Kellogg School of Business and a Bachelor of Science degree in finance from Miami University in Ohio.
Will Bloom Will Bloom Managing Director Chicago, IL 312-638-5651 will.bloom@chartwellfa.com V-card Will leads Chartwell’s Chicago office. He is an investment banker for the firm’s corporate finance practice and heads the firm’s capital markets team. Will has worked on both mergers and acquisitions as well as capital markets transactions within a variety of industries while executing high profile ESOP buyouts, terminations, and restructurings. MEMBERSHIPS & DESIGNATIONS Will is an active member of The ESOP Association, where he currently serves on the Finance Advisory Committee. In 2012, Will was recognized for his expertise and professional accomplishments when he received The M&A Advisor’s 40 Under 40 Award and has participated as a guest lecturer for MIT’s Sloan School of Management. Will is a registered representative with Chartwell affiliate, CCS Transactions, LLC and holds FINRA Series 7, 63, and 79 licenses. PRIOR EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION Prior to Chartwell, Will was an investment banker with Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s (BAML) Transaction Development group, where he focused on executing sell-side, buy-side, and ESOP transactions for middle market clients between $200 million and $1 billion in enterprise value. Prior to BAML, Will spent considerable time as a member of ABN AMRO’s Global Markets group, where he participated in originating and executing investment grade and high yield bond issuance, traditional senior private placements, securitizations, junior capital and underwriting and distributing second lien loans. Will also participated in establishing De Meer Asset Management, a division of ABN AMRO, Inc., where he acted as a principal investor in liquid and illiquid leveraged senior and junior loan assets as a part of multiple cash and synthetic collateralized loan obligation structures (CLOs). Will holds a Masters of Business Administration degree in finance and entrepreneurship from Northwestern’s J.L. Kellogg School of Business and a Bachelor of Science degree in finance from Miami University in Ohio.
