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HighBank’s Stephen Gaines Presents at Second Annual Saul Ewing Real Estate Conference
December 21, 2010
Stephen Gaines, Founder and Managing Director of HighBank Advisors LLC, a Baltimore-based investment bank, delivered his presentation entitled: 2010 Capital Trends: How Companies are Capitalizing at Saul Ewing LLP’s second annual Real Estate Conference on Thursday, November 11, 2010. HighBank specializes in advising mid-market companies on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and raising capital in the private market. The firm’s services are provided in both healthy and distressed situations.
Mr. Gaines, the former Head of KPMG Corporate Finance LLC, spoke on recent developments in the equity and debt markets for commercial real estate and presented HighBank’s perspective on future trends. Joining him on the panel entitled Where and How to Find Capital, were Martin Kamm, Managing Director at Spaulding & Slye Investments (a subsidiary of Jones Lang LaSalle) and Owen Rouse, Managing Director in Manekin’s Real Estate Investment Banking Group.
Mr. Gaines discussed commercial property valuations, the deleveraging process for commercial properties, the corresponding equity shortfall for these properties and the general condition of the debt markets following the recent commercial mortgage backed securities (CMBS) fall out. In addition, Mr. Gaines presented points from HighBank’s Long-Term Economic Thesis and discussed how it’s themes are playing out in the current commercial real estate market.
Copies of Mr. Gaines’ presentation and HighBank’s Long-Term Economic Thesis are available. Click Here.
Contact:
Stephen Gaines, Managing Director
HighBank Advisors LLC
443.478.1980
sgaines@highbank.com
www.highbank.com
About HighBank Advisors LLC
HighBank is a Baltimore-based full services mid-market investment bank and financial advisory firm. The firm provides advice on mergers and acquisitions, raising capital, exit and transaction planning, business valuations, fairness and solvency opinions, loan workouts and debt restructurings, and distressed asset sales. HighBank was formed on a mission that our clients and our people deserve to have their highest expectations met and to receive higher value for their investments of money and time.
All investment banking services are provided by HighBank Securities LLC (“HBS”), a registered broker-dealer and member of FINRA www.finra.org and SIPC www.sipc.org . HBS is a wholly-owned subsidiary of HighBank Advisors.
