Gregory P. Range is a Managing Director and head of the firm’s Los Angeles office. He has extensive experience in both valuation and investment banking with broad experience advising owners of middle market private companies, boards of directors of public companies, private equity firms, charitable foundations, ERISA-covered trusts and Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOP), among other professionals. His expertise includes mergers & acquisitions, fairness opinions, solvency opinions, divestitures, distressed transaction advisory and private market financing, estate and gift tax planning, business valuation, and obtaining liquidity for privately held business owners.
Mr. Range has advised on sell side transactions ranging from $25 million to $1 billion. He has also participated in private equity coverage efforts, primarily on the west coast, developing relationships and monitoring approximately 15 sponsors and their portfolios across industries. Additionally, he developed portfolio valuation projects with substantial US and foreign private equity groups.
Among the many industries Mr. Range has served are aerospace & defense, distribution, manufacturing, construction, agriculture, and chemicals. Mr. Range has published regular industry newsletters and is an accomplished public speaker to industry groups, attorneys, accountants on industry transaction trends, valuation, fairness opinions, and other topics.
Prior to joining SRR, Mr. Range worked at Duff & Phelps, where he led the firm’s Los Angeles office and was the global head of the Aerospace and Defense industry vertical. Previous to that, he worked for Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin.
Mr. Range has served on Boards of Directors/Trustees of private companies, foundations, and not-for-profits. He is also a member of the Association for Corporate Growth and the Los Angeles Venture Association. Mr. Range was featured in February 2010 LA Business Journal “Who’s Who in Banking.”
Education
M.B.A., University of California at Los AngelesB.A., Stanford University