Livingstone Adds Seven New Principals

Livingstone has added seven new principals to the firm. They are: Andrew Bozzelli, Ryan Buckley, Karl Freimuth, Joe Greenwood, Andrew Isgrig, Jim Moskal, and Tom Lesch.

PRESS RELEASE
Livingstone, the leading independent, international investment banking firm, is pleased to announce the addition of seven new principals to the firm, together with three other professionals in the Chicago office. These personnel actions will further strengthen Livingstone’s capabilities across several key industry groups and position the firm for continued growth. Livingstone now claims 75 corporate finance professionals across five principal offices in the U.S., Europe and Asia specializing in six key global sectors.
The new principals are:
Andrew Bozzelli, Vice President, joined the firm in 2010 and specializes in M&A, capital raising, and financial restructuring across multiple sectors. Andy, a CPA, earned his MBA from the University of Chicago, and BBA and MS from the University of Notre Dame.
Ryan Buckley, Vice President, joined at the firm’s inception in 2007 and provides eight years of M&A and capital raising experience particularly in consumer and healthcare transactions. Ryan received his BBA from the University of Michigan.
Karl Freimuth, Director, also started with Livingstone in 2007 and brings ten years of cross-border M&A, capital raising and financial restructuring experience with particular sector expertise in diversified industrial manufacturing and commercial services. Karl earned his BBA from the University of Michigan.
Joe Greenwood, Managing Director, who joined in 2010, leads the firm’s Special Situations practice. He brings over 14 years of restructuring, distressed M&A and financial advisory experience to the firm. Joe is a CPA and a Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor with his MBA from Georgetown and BBA from the University of Wisconsin.
Andrew Isgrig, Managing Director, joined Livingstone in 2011 and heads the firm’s Industrial practice. He has more than 20 years’ experience advising public and private companies on middle market M&A and capital markets transactions on a global basis. Andy received his MBA from the University of Michigan and BS in business from Indiana University.
Tom Lesch, Director, has led Livingstone’s Debt Capital Markets practice for two years, bringing 12 years of his commercial finance experience to the firm. Tom earned his MBA from the University of Chicago and BA from Denison University.
Jim Moskal, Managing Director, leads Livingstone’s Healthcare practice. Jim joined the firm in 2008 with 15 years of experience advising public and private companies on all phases of mergers and acquisitions and capital market transactions. Jim received his MBA from the University of Chicago and BS from the University of Illinois.
In other personnel action:
Livingstone hired Robert Tymowski, Associate, who joined the firm from Baird after two years of advising middle market companies on M&A transactions and capital raises, primarily in the business services, logistics and industrial sectors. Rob earned his MBA, ME & BSE from the University of Michigan.
The firm also announced the hiring of analysts Andrew Rust, a 2013 graduate of the University of Notre Dame, and Matthew French, a 2013 graduate of Indiana University.