Alex F. Chong

The Carlyle Group LP (Global Private Equity) is a private equity firm founded in the year 1990 by William E. Conway, Jr. and Daniel A. D'Aniello. The firm is headquartered in Washington DC.

Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Banc of America Securities (BAS) is the investment banking subsidiary of Bank of America Corp (NYSE: BAC). The firm provides both the domestic and international equity and investment banking markets, and pursues a strategy pioneered by Citigroup that combines corporate lending with investment banking advice and services. They provide high-yield debt underwriting and leveraged finance, in addition to industry coverage groups such as healthcare, media and telecom, financial institutions, real estate and gaming. BAS also does a significant amount of work for Financial Sponsors, or private equity firms, often financing leveraged transactions. Following the strategy of Goldman Sachs, the firm lacks a standalone mergers and acquisitions department, instead employing mergers and acquisitions senior bankers throughout the industry coverage groups. The firm is registered as a broker/dealer with the SEC, is a member of the NYSE, and the NASD. The use of Banc in the BAS's name is indicative of the fact that the company is not a bank, and their deposits and other holdings are not insured by the FDIC.

DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners LLC is an independent global real estate private equity firm which was founded in 1995. Formerly a subsidiary of Credit Suisse First Boston Private Equity, Inc., the firm was spun off as an independent entity in 2011. The firm is headquartered in New York City with additional offices in Los Angeles, London, Hong Kong and Tokyo.

Lovell Minnick Partners LLC (Lovell Minnick Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of Lovell Minnick Holdings LLC founded in 1999 by Jeff Dale Lovell and Jim Edward Minnick. The firm is headquartered in Radnor, Philadelphia.