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Jason Auerbach
Phil Berkowitz
Alex Hart
Robert Jackman

 

Jason Auerbach
Managing Director
Co-Head of Technology M&A
Boston office
jauerbach@Jefferies.com
  Jason Auerbach is a Co-Head of Technology M&A at Jefferies and a Managing Director of the Jefferies Broadview technology investment banking group. Mr. Auerbach works in the Boston office and has more than 10 years of extensive transaction and advisory experience in technology, which includes advising on more than 50 transactions in software, services and digital media. Transactions he has advised on include Kronos in its sale to Hellman & Friedman, MapInfo in its acquisition by Pitney Bowes, Exstream Software in its recapitalization by American Capital, Zavata in its sale to Apollo Health Street, Brassring in its acquisition by Kenexa, Yantra in its sale to Sterling Commerce/AT&T and ViPS in its sale to WebMD. Prior to joining the firm, he was a Strategy Consultant in the telecommunications and media practice of Coopers & Lybrand Consulting. He was also a Project Manager for Reach Networks, an online service provider. Mr. Auerbach holds an MBA degree from Harvard Business School and a BA degree from Columbia University.
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Phil Berkowitz
Managing Director
New York office
pberkowitz@Jefferies.com
  Phil Berkowitz is a Managing Director of the Jefferies Broadview Technology investment banking group. Mr. Berkowitz works in the New York office and is the head of the Firm's Global Communications Technology practice. Previously, Mr. Berkowitz was at Credit Suisse First Boston beginning in 1997, where he was one of the original members of the Technology Group based in New York. He has advised leading companies in the Communications Sector and worked on many landmark technology transactions. Mr. Berkowitz has been advising companies in M&A, corporate finance and other strategic transactions for over 15 years and has advised on well over 100 technology public offerings and M&A transactions. Prior to CSFB, Mr. Berkowitz was an M&A attorney at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley and McCloy.
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Alexander Hart
Managing Director
Boston office
ahart@Jefferies.com
  Alexander Hart is a Managing Director of the Jefferies Broadview technology investment banking group. With 12 years of domestic and cross-border transaction experience, Mr. Hart leads the firm's Digital Media practice on the East Coast. He has led the firm's efforts on recent transactions including: Bankrate's follow on offering; Innerworkings initial public offering; E-Rewards investment from Polaris Venture Partners; mobile media space leaders Airborne in its acquisition by Cybird and Zingy in its acquisition by For-Side; online and voice-based personals provider Lavalife in its acquisition by Vertrue; and marketing services firm Vertrue in its acquisition of Bargain Network. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Hart worked in product management at AT&T. He holds an AB degree from Harvard University.
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Robert Jackman
Managing Director
Co-Head of Technology M&A
New York office
rjackman@Jefferies.com
  Robert Jackman is a Co-Head of Technology M&A at Jefferies and a Managing Director of the Jefferies Broadview technology investment banking group. Mr. Jackman works in the New York office and has advised on a broad range of M&A transactions for leading technology companies including: Endpocket in its sale to Nokia, TA Associates in its recapitalization of Intralinks, Bitfone in its sale to HP, Widerthan in its sale to RealNetworks, Motorola in its acquisition of Broadbus and Amdocs in its acquisition of Cramer. Previously, he was associated with the law firm of Sullivan Cromwell, where he worked on mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance transactions. Mr. Jackman holds a JD degree from Columbia Law School, a Master's degree from Yale Law School and a BA degree from the University of Southern California.
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