The Defense and Security sector is currently going through its most active period of change in a generation. Change driven by rising energy demand and fuel costs, by new and exciting technologies and by the changing threat of terrorism.
Livingstone has extensive experience and understanding of this space and of delivering significant value for both corporate clients and owner-managers.
Stephen Miles
Partner
Livingstone Chicago
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Steve leads Livingstone’s Industrial and Environmental practices. He has 15 years of experience advising middle market companies on M&A transactions, financial restructurings, and debt and equity raises. Before co-founding Livingstone USA, Steve was a Managing Director at both Brown Gibbons Lang & Co. and Goldsmith Agio Helms & Co. (Lazard Middle Market). He previously worked with middle market companies in a variety of advisory capacities at Bank of America and Morgan Keegan, and via principal activities at Harbour Group and Foundation Partners.
Education:
MBA, Washington University / BS, University of Missouri
Andrew Isgrig
Managing Director
Livingstone Chicago
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Andy leads Livingstone’s Industrials practice. He has 17 years experience advising middle market companies across a broad sector spectrum on M&A transactions, capital raises, and valuation related matters. Prior to joining Livingstone, Andy was Principal & Managing Director and led the Midwest Region at Deloitte Corporate Finance, where he completed more than two dozen transactions. Andy began his career as a financial analyst with NCR, then completed GE’s FMP program.
Education:
MBA, University of Michigan / BSBA, Indiana University
Karl Freimuth
Vice President
Livingstone Chicago
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Karl, who joined the firm in 2007, brings eight years of corporate finance, distressed M&A and restructuring experience to Livingstone, including both debtor and creditor representation. Prior to joining the firm, Karl worked as a Corporate Restructuring Vice President at Mesirow Financial Consulting and Corporate Recovery Senior Associate at KPMG.
Education:
BBA, University of Michigan
Jeremy Furniss
Partner
Livingstone London
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Following graduation from Cambridge University and law school, Jeremy joined Clifford Chance, the international corporate law firm. Since qualifying as a lawyer in 1991 Jeremy has specialised in M&A in the public and private company arenas.
Jeremy joined Livingstone in 1993, he has led deals in a variety of sectors including defence and automotive engineering, printing and packaging, building products and consultancy.
Jeremy is primarily responsible for leading the firm's Business Services sector team but is also active in the Defence and Security sectors. Jeremy has played an active role in developing Livingstone's international M&A capability.
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Graham Carberry
Director
Livingstone London
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Graham joined Livingstone from KPMG in 2005. He graduated from Durham University and is a member of The Chartered Institute for Securities and Investments.
Graham principally works within the Industrial Products and Services sector, where he has specialist knowledge of several niche sectors including: Aerospace & Defence; Energy; Medical Technology and Engineered products.
University College, Durham
Marta de la Cuadra
Executive
Livingstone Madrid
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Marta has a degree in Business Studies and a Masters in Finance and Stock Exchange. Upon graduating she worked in the management department of a private bank. Since 2002 Marta has worked as an M&A analyst for Livingstone partners. Marta's work is focused on sector analysis, company valuations and project management especially in the food and drink, packaging and consumer products sectors.
Christian Grandin
Partner
Livingstone Düsseldorf
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Christian began his career in the venture capital department of a large German bank. He then took over the position as Managing Director of a mid-cap tooling company serving the steel industry to restructure the business.
After a successful turnaround, he joined the M&A consultancy firm InterFinanz in early 1997 where he was Managing Director and Partner from 2000 until the end of 2008. In this function he was in charge of the increasing internationalisation of the advisory services offered by InterFinanz and played a substantial role in founding a leading international partnership of independent M&A advisors where he was made sole Managing Director upon foundation.
Christian is co-founder and shareholder of Livingstone Germany.
He has expert knowledge in the automotive, electrical engineering, information technology, mechanical engineering and tooling, food & beverages, textiles, construction materials and sanitary industries.
Diplom-Kaufmann, Universität Köln
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Jochen Hense
Partner
Livingstone Düsseldorf
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Jochen began his career in the private equity division of a large German bank in 1992. For the first three years, he was in charge of venture capital financing of young technology companies, then for a further three years he worked as head in the equity financing division for mid-cap companies and specialised in IPOs.
From 1999 until the end of 2008 he worked for the M&A consultancy firm InterFinanz, from 2002 as a Director and from 2006 as a Partner.
Jochen is co-founder and shareholder of Livingstone Germany.
He has international transaction experience and specialist knowledge of technology industries including mechanical and plant engineering, automotive, electrical engineering, sanitary industry, technical wholesale, information technology & Internet, MedTech and travel & leisure.
Diplom-Ingenieur, RWTH Aachen
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