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William Jefferson Black

William Jefferson Black is a Managing Director at Finance Information Group, which provides perspective and information on M&A, financing, and corporate strategy through a series of M&A and Investment Conferences and a suite of Financial Information Services that are relied upon by corporate executives, capital providers, and advisors in more than 35 countries.

The firm operates Transaction Advisors, which was formed in 2013, and Connectivity Business, which was acquired in 2015. 

Mr. Black was previously with Stout Risius Ross (Stout), a fast-growing transaction advisory and investment banking 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 firm's technical reputation. 

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 to engage the firm 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 engagements invovling fairness and solvency opinions, divestitures, recapitalizations, restructurings, accretion/dilution modeling, and target company valuations.

About Finance Information Group

Finance Information Group provides perspective and information on M&A, financing, and corporate strategy through a series of M&A and Investment Conferences, a suite of Financial Information Services including Transaction Advisors and Connectivity Business, and the M&A Academy, an elite training program that provides guidance on material negotiation issues and managing the strategic and practical considerations associated with acquisitions and includes a series of M&A Master Classes.  

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

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