Thomas Kesoglou of McCarter & English Appointed Chairman of the Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors Summer Conference

NEW YORK --(Business Wire)--

McCarter & English, LLP is pleased to announce that Thomas Kesoglou, a partner in the firm's Corporate, Securities and Financial Institutions Practice Group and a member of the firm's Private Equity Group in New York, has been appointed by the Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors (AM&AA) as chairman of its Summer Conference, which takes place in Chicago, July 9-11, 2013. He was also named "Chapter Leader of the Year" by the AM&AA, for his extraordinary contributions to the success of the AM&AA New York Chapter.

"Tom is a prominent member of the middle market business community and has been a long-time leader at AM&AA," said AM&AA spokesperson Michael Nall, AM&AA Founder and CEO. "We are most fortunate to have someone of his experience and caliber in this leadership post. We welcome him and look forward to a successful Summer Conference."

Conference chairs provide vision, direction and support to exponentially increase the effectiveness for live and virtul knowledge-sharing at the Conference and drive qualified connections and opportunities to the middle market business owners, C-suite executives, private equity and strategic investors, intermediaries and advisors who are being brought together.

"One of our primary goals at this conference is to drive immediate and ongoing deal flow by bringing together deal makers in this fragmented segment of the M&A marketplace," said Kesoglou.

Mr. Kesoglou represents private equity funds, mezzanine funds, venture capital funds, SBICs and BDCs providing strategic and legal advice in connection with a variety of corporate transactions, including leveraged buyouts, mezzanine financings, early and late stage private equity and venture capital investments, secondary transactions and fund formations. He also advises investors in connection with the management of their portfolio companies, including follow-on acquisitions, follow-on debt or equity investments, bridge loans, restructurings, recapitalizations (including dividend recapitalizations), employment matters, stock plans and other general corporate matters.

About AM&AA

The AM&AA is the acknowledged leading association and credentialing body for Middle Market M&A professionals. Their leadership and people have unrivalled multidisciplinary expertise in the financial services industry. AM&AA members represent sellers and buyers of businesses ranging from $5 to $500 million in transaction value. Their services are due diligence, accounting financing, business valuation, tax planning legal, strategic, other advisory and transaction support services. Their professional network of 900+ members work to provide the entire spectrum of consulting and corporate financial advisory services to measure, build, finance, and convert business value into personal wealth. For more information, visit http://www.amaaonline.com/.

About McCarter & English, LLP

McCarter & English, LLP is a full-service law firm with more than 400 attorneys in Boston, Hartford, New York, Newark, Philadelphia, Stamford and Wilmington. In continuous business for more than 160 years, we are the law firm of choice for clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to mid-market and emerging growth companies across a broad range of industries. For more information, visit www.mccarter.com.