Jeffrey A Derman

Jeffrey Derman is a Managing Director of PJSC in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group. Mr. Derman joined the firm in 2009 and has 10 years experience representing clients on a variety of assignments including buy-side, sell-side, divestiture and merger transactions, as well as debt and equity financing and restructuring assignments. Mr. Derman has executed a number of transactions in several sectors, including retail, consumer products, technology and business services. Selected clients Mr. Derman has advised include Accenture, Ameritrade, Burlington Coat Factory, Genesco, Movie Gallery, Phillips-Van Heusen, Regis Corporation, Sabre Holdings and Spectrum Brands. Prior to joining PJSC, Mr. Derman was a Vice President at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in the Consumer Retail Group of the Investment Banking Division. In his earlier career, Mr. Derman spent three years in St. Petersburg, Russia directing public relations efforts for multinational clients in the consumer product, hospitality and auto industries, followed by three years in Chicago advising public relations clients in the high technology industry. Mr. Derman received an M.B.A. with honors in Finance from Columbia University and a B.A. cum laude in Economics and Russian Language and Literature, also from Columbia.