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About Redwood CapitalRussell Crafton PartnerRuss Crafton is a Partner at Redwood Capital and leads the firm’s investment banking practice. For more than 15 years he has focused on mergers and acquisitions, primarily in the communications sector. Over the last decade, Russ developed significant experience across all areas of the communications industry including hardware and software infrastructure, communications components technologies, systems integration, and telecommunications and cable service providers. During this period, Russ has focused primarily on M&A and has advised on more than 40 mergers and acquisitions for clients in the communications sector. Prior to joining Redwood Capital, Russ was a Principal with JP Morgan’s Technology Investment Banking Group where he focused on communications equipment and software companies. Russ has also served as Director of Strategy and Corporate Development for Lucent Technologies. Russ began his banking career with Merrill Lynch’s Merger and Acquisitions Group in New York where he was a Vice President, involved in numerous domestic and cross-border M&A transactions. Russ holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a Bachelor of Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
Redwood Advises Cogmed Systems AB in its Sale to Pearson plc
Karolinska Development has divested Cogmed, one of Karolinska Development’s portfolio companies, to Pearson where it will become part of Pearson’s Clinical Assessment business. Karolinksa Development and other owners will receive an up front payment, as well as tiered royalties up to double digit levels until June 2012 on Cogmed sales.
Redwood Advises Birch in Debt Offering
Atlanta, GA – Birch Communications, Inc. ("Birch") announced today that it has completed a private debt offering that was previously announced in November 2009. This private debt offering is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933.
Harvard Business School Selects Gregory Bedrosian As A Judge For Its 2010 Business Plan Contest
Redwood Capital Group -- a leading investment banking firm serving the technology, communications and media & business services industries -- announced today that the firm’s Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Gregory Bedrosian, was selected to serve on the panel of judges for the 2010 Harvard Business School Business Plan Contest to be held in April on the HBS campus in Boston. |
