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Robert Contaldo Awarded CFA’s Dealmaker of the Year in 2016

Los Angeles, CA - March 1, 2017 - Robert Contaldo was named CFA's Dealmaker of the Year at the recent Winter Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona. Bob's outstanding achievements in 2016 earned him the prestigious award. Bob is a Managing Director and Principal of the CFA Chicago office, which also was a winner at the awards ceremony, taking home both Office of the Year and Deal of the Year. This is the third consecutive year that CFA Chicago has been recognized in these categories.

The conference, which took place February 15th through 17th, brought together M&A professionals from the United States, Canada, France and the South Africa. Discussions at the conference focused on developments in the Mergers and Acquisition market. Guest speakers included representatives from Pacific Advisors and Post Capital Partners. Private equity sponsors of the event included Ardenton Capital, Branford Castle, Century Park Capital Partners, Clearlight Partners, Clearview Capital, Emigrant Capital, Gryphon Investors, Levine Leichtman Capital Partners, Main Street Capital Partners, Monroe Capital, Newport Board Group and NexPhase Capital.