Thu, 01/16/2014 - 00:00

CHICAGO (Jan. 16, 2014) – Jordan, Knauff & Company announced that Mr. William R. Snow has joined the firm as Managing Director. In his role with the firm, Mr. Snow will consult with business owners and executives, formulate transaction strategies for clients and supervise transaction teams. In addition, he will lead the firm’s outreach efforts by organizing events and participating in university and professional conferences where he regularly speaks on business transactions, entrepreneurship, networking and marketing. Mr. Snow has 25 years of business experience and more than 10 years of transaction experience. Prior to joining the firm, he lead the investment banking practice at Cambridge Partners & Associates and spent seven years as an investment banker at Kinsella Group Inc. He has advised sell-side and buy-side clients in a range of industries, including business services, distribution, marketing/advertising, consumer products, data marketing, software, live event services, telecommunications, security services, food and beverage equipment and commercial cleaning. His background includes management, operations, sales and finance related positions with consulting firms, venture-funded companies, publicly-traded retailers and online marketing companies. Mr. Snow is the author of Mergers & Acquisitions For Dummies (John Wiley & Sons 2011). The book was designed to be a fundamental resource for middle-market business owners and executives as they contemplate their capital transaction options. “The process of writing the book resulted in some deep introspection about my work and a renewed understanding of how a middle-market investment bank should communicate with its clients,” said Mr. Snow. “Bill is outgoing, creative and brings significant transaction experience to our firm. He’s a great networker and connector of people; he definitely thinks outside of the box,” said Mr. G. Cook Jordan, Jr., co-founder and Managing Principal of Jordan, Knauff & Company. “We’ve been looking for a different approach, and more importantly, someone with the ability to design and execute a different plan. We are delighted that Bill has joined our firm.” Mr. Snow earned a Master of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Science in Finance, both from DePaul University. He has lectured at and participated as a panelist at Northwestern University, DePaul University, IIT-Kent, Harvard Business School and numerous professional conferences, speaking on business transactions, entrepreneurship, networking and marketing. Jordan, Knauff & provides investment banking services to private companies in North America. Services include mergers and acquisitions advisory, capital formation and strategic financial services to companies in a variety of industries. Typical transaction sizes range from $10 million to $300 million in total consideration.