Michael Mufson has almost 30 years experience as an investment banker to middle market companies. Prior to the founding of Mufson Howe Hunter in 2004, he served as the founder and head of equity capital markets for Commerce Bancorp (now TD Bank). His prior role as managing director and head of investment banking for Janney Montgomery Scott LLC oversaw the growth and development of investment banking from a few professionals to a significant regional investment banking group. Mr. Mufson was a founding partner of the Philadelphia investment bank Foley Mufson Howe & Company, acquired by Janney Montgomery Scott in 1994. He started his investment banking career with Butcher & Singer (now Wells Fargo/Wachovia) in 1981 and became head of investment banking and under his leadership built its corporate investment banking group to be among the most active and prominent regional investment banks. Mr. Mufson started his career with Arthur Young & Company (now Ernst & Young) in their national management consulting group.
Mr. Mufson has extensive transactional experience having completed hundreds of merger & acquisition transactions, private placements, recapitalizations, IPO’s, follow-on financings, and advisory assignments. During his career, Mr. Mufson has served as a director of numerous public and private companies and has acted as general partner in venture capital and private equity funds.
He received his B.A. and M.B.A. degrees from George Washington University and is a Certified Public Accountant.
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Interview Questions:
The Firm Today | Can you provide an introduction to Mufson Howe Hunter? Number of bankers, locations, middle market M&A…
Trends | What trends are you seeing? Where are institutional funds focused? How important are recaps? Family-owned businesses?
Recent Transaction | Can you share some recent transactions for Mufson Howe Hunter? How vibrant is middle market M&A?
Retail Consumer | Retail consumer has been a critical part of Mufson Howe Hunter’s business. Please share some of the retail consumer transactions.
New Office | Mufson Howe Hunter has opened an office in Washington DC. Tell us about the leadership of the new office.
Team | Can you highlight some of the other members of your team?
Philadelphia-based Mufson Howe Hunter & Co. LLC was formed in 2004 by a group of like-minded investment bankers with the goal of providing unbiased strategic guidance to middle-market companies. The firm has focused on sell side M&A, focusing on middle market liquidity events for family held companies as well as private placements of growth capital. Led by managing partner Michael Mufson he and each of the firm’s senior investment bankers has over 25 years of professional experience. The firm’s practice, broadly, consists of four industry areas of focus: Business Services; Consumer Products Services; Industrial & Specialty Distribution; and Technology &IT Services.
Recent articles:
Mufson Howe Hunter’s Consumer Products Update – August 2024 Issue
Mufson Howe Hunter’s Manufacturing Monthly Update for August
Mufson Howe Hunter’s Business Services Update – August 2024 Issue
Mufson Howe Hunter’s Manufacturing Update Q2 2004
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