Robert Grien
Managing Director and Head of the Finance and Restructuring Advisory Group, TM Capital
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Maureen Chakraborty, Andrew Wong
Education:
M.B.A., finance and accounting, Columbia Business School
Summary of Experience:
Mr. Grien has more than 25 years’ experience in finance, specializing in leveraged finance. He has submitted an expert report and delivered deposition and trial testimony in a major bankruptcy litigation in which he evaluated whether a proposed plan of reorganization violated provisions of a credit agreement.
Mr. Grien has extensive experience committing debt capital to leveraged transactions, and an in-depth knowledge of the leveraged finance market – having committed to and executed upon multiple billions of dollars in debt facilities spanning several hundred different transactions. His areas of expertise include due diligence, credit analysis, deal structuring and negotiation, workouts, valuation, and market pricing. As Senior Managing Director and Head of the Leveraged Finance Group at Deerfield Capital Management, Mr. Grien oversaw the firm’s direct middle market lending activities. Working with more than 60 different financial sponsors, lenders, and financial intermediaries, he was responsible for the origination and execution of more than $700 million in first lien, second lien, and mezzanine loans.
Previously, Mr. Grien held several positions at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, including Managing Director, Chief Credit Officer, and Chairman of the Credit Commitment Committee. In these positions, he oversaw the due diligence and credit approval for the firm’s Bridge Fund, senior loan underwritings, and high yield underwritings. Mr. Grien also was a founding partner of DLJ Strategic Partners (an $830 million private equity secondary fund), and a co-founder and chief operating officer of the Kelso Mezzanine Fund (a private equity fund focused on mezzanine loans).