William Jefferson Black is a Managing Director at Finance Information Group, which provides perspective and information on M&A, financing, and corporate strategy through educational conferences, transaction databases, books, industry research, and unique financial publications including Transaction Advisors, SatelliteFinance and Connectivity Business (formerly TelecomFinance).

The firm serves senior corporate executives, business owners, institutional investors, debt capital providers, and M&A professionals in more than 35 countries.

Mr. Black was previously with Stout Risius Ross (SRR), a fast-growing transaction advisory firm, where he served as both a Director in the Valuation & Financial Opinions group and as the firm’s head of Marketing and Business Development. In that roll he oversaw a significant expansion of the SRR Journal, a print and online publication that was recognized for enhancing the technical reputation of the firm. He also managed the development of a new content marketing optimized web site that received the 2011 WebAward for Financial Services. 

In his client facing role Mr. Black worked with public companies, accounting firms, and private equity firms on a variety of corporate transactions and related accounting, tax, legal, and financial reporting issues.  Specifically, he worked with clients on Fair Value analysis associated with mergers & acquisitions, investments & liabilities, restricted stock & options, tangible & intangible assets, impairment testing, and other tax and legal matters. He also worked with boards of directors, special transaction committees, lenders, and other fiduciaries with regard to fairness and solvency opinions, divestitures, recapitalizations, restructurings, accretion/dilution modeling, and target company valuations.