Michael Harden is Vice President of BCC Capital
Partners LLC, Mr. Harden’s responsibilities include sell-side merger &
acquisition assignments, capital-raising activities, ESOP structuring &
analyses, as well as valuation and fairness opinion assignments.
Prior to joining BCC Capital Partners,
Mr. Harden was a Senior Associate with Credit Suisse First Boston’s (CSFB)
Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Group. While at CSFB he was involved in
completing numerous buy-side and sell-side advisory assignments. Mr. Harden
worked in both CSFB’s New York and San Francisco offices,
focused on clients in the energy and technology industries. Prior to joining
the M&A group, he participated in the formation of a specialty finance
company in Los Angeles that was
wholly owned by CSFB. This venture was responsible for originating and
structuring cash flow based senior debt loans that were ultimately securitized
by CSFB. This venture completed over $300 million in senior debt financing to
franchisees.
Mr. Harden also has
experience as a Business Valuation Associate with both Arthur Andersen and
Coopers & Lybrand, where he performed several valuations of business
enterprises, closely held stock, partnership interests, debt securities,
options and warrants, and intangible assets for a variety of purposes,
including acquisitions. Additionally while at Coopers & Lybrand, Mr. Harden
also performed financial audits of clients in various industries.
Mr. Harden
graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of California at Santa Barbara with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business
Economics and Accounting. Mr. Harden holds the Chartered Financial Analyst
(CFA), Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Series 7 professional
designations. Additionally, he has completed 3 of the 4 courses required for
the American Society of Appraisers professional designation.
