Justin joined Transact Capital as a Managing Director in 2024 to establish the firm’s New York office and its Consumer & Retail practice. With over 20 years of corporate finance experience, Justin has specialized in mergers and acquisitions, debt, and equity financings. His career includes a strong track record of successful buy-side, sell-side, and financing transactions for leading global consumer and retail brands, as well as founder- and sponsor-backed businesses. In addition to his transaction experience, he has served as Interim CEO of a Nasdaq-listed company and consulted for some of the most innovative consumer product companies in the industry.
Before joining Transact, Justin was an Investment Banker at East Wind Advisors in New York City. Prior to that, he was Vice President at Financo (now Raymond James), a boutique investment bank focused on M&A in the consumer and retail sectors. He has also held roles in the Consumer & Retail Investment Banking groups at UBS and Ernst & Young and began his career in the Industrials & Transportation Investment Banking group at J.P. Morgan Chase.
Justin earned his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from Baruch College’s Zicklin School of Business Honors Program. He resides in Northern New Jersey with his wife and two sons.
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