General Investing >> Analyst Interviews >> March 4, 2004

FINANCING PUBLIC-TO-PRIVATE COMPANIES: LAWRENCE GOLUB – GOLUB ASSOCIATES INC

LAWRENCE GOLUB is president of Golub Associates Incorporated, a private investment firm that makes subordinated debt, last-out senior debt and equity investments in middle market companies. The firm maintains offices in Atlanta, Chicago and New York. Golub Associates was named 'Financing Firm of the Year" in 2003 by The Mergers & Acquisitions Advisor for its work as a flexible and reliable provider of junior capital. Before founding the firm in 1994, Mr. Golub spent 10 years as a principal investor and investment banker. As a Managing Director of the Risk Merchant Bank at Bankers Trust Company, he applied derivative products to principal investing and merger and acquisitions transactions. As a Managing Director of Wasserstein Perella & Co., Inc., he established the firm's capital markets group and debt restructuring practice. As an officer of Allen & Company Incorporated, he engaged in principal investing, mergers and acquisitions advisory engagements and corporate finance transactions. Mr. Golub's transactions include over $5 billion in debt and equity financings and more than 300 mergers, acquisitions and restructurings. Mr. Golub, a former White House Fellow, is also active in charitable and civic organizations. He is a trustee of Montefiore Medical Center, the university hospital of the Albert Einstein Medical School. He is also Treasurer of the White House Fellows Foundation, President of the Harvard JD-MBA Alumni Association and a trustee of Horace Mann School. He is the former chairman of Mosholu Preservation Corporation, a developer and manager of low income housing in the Bronx. Mr. Golub earned his AB degree in Economics from Harvard College. He received an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was selected as a Baker Scholar, and a JD from Harvard Law School, where he served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review. sector - general investing Profile
TWST: Can we start with a quick overview of Golub Associates?

Mr. Golub: Golub Associates is a 10-year-old private investment firm. We

provide last-out senior debt, traditional subordinated