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Role
Marc Cooper is a Managing Director and has senior management responsibility for the Firm’s Retail and Apparel Practice as well as its Restructuring Practice.
Experience
Mr. Cooper’s broad based experience spans strategic advisory assignments as well as capital markets and merger and acquisition transactions. These include buy and sell side assignments, private financings and restructurings. In his 25 years as an investment banker, he has concentrated on the retail, apparel and consumer products sectors. Mr. Cooper joined the firm in 1999.
Most recently, Mr. Cooper advised on the $750 million recapitalization of Quicksilver Inc., the pending restructuring of Wilton Industries (GTCR) and the restructurings of both Deb Shops (Lee Equities) and Neways, Inc. (Golden Gate Capital). Other transactions include the sale of Athleta, Inc. to the Gap, advising Istithmar on its $942 million purchase of Barneys New York, the sale of Citizens of Humanity to Berkshire Partners, the purchase of Loehmann’s by Istithmar, the sale of Barneys to Jones Apparel Group and the acquisition of Disney Store North America by The Children’s Place.
Prior to joining PJSC, Mr. Cooper was a founding member and Vice Chairman of Barington Capital Group where he oversaw its investment banking operations. He executed over 75 advisory and financing assignments during his tenure. Mr. Cooper began his career at Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc. He was also a partner of Scharf Brothers, a private merchant-banking firm.
Professional Affiliations
Director, Proenza Schouler, LLC
Previous Professional Affiliations
Director, North Atlantic Trading Company, Inc.
Director, Steve Madden, Ltd.
Not-For-Profit Affiliations
Director, Boys Town Jerusalem Foundation of America
Academic Credentials
Mr. Cooper received a B.S. and an M.B.A. from New York University, from which he graduated magna cum laude.
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