Baljit Singh Email & Phone Number

Greater New York City Area

New York, NY, US

• Evergreen is a media investment company. Clients leverage Evergreen's media “futures” to sell nonperforming assets for significant value and fund various business needs/initiatives.

New York, NY, US

• Formulated the M&A strategy for the company and executed transactions including strategic acquisitions, bolt-ons, divestitures, joint ventures, and equity investments.
• Led a team of associates for sourcing, structuring, negotiating, and executing domestic and international acquisition and investment opportunities
• Executed 20 transactions in US, Brazil, UK, France, Australia, South Africa, and China. Key deals include: - $16B LBO sale of Nielsen to Elliott Investment Management and Brookfield Partners - Carve-out of Nielsen.
• Invested in start-ups under the Nielsen Investment Fund. Nielsen Ventures portfolio has 20+ companies at various stages of maturity. Exited 3 investments for a significant ROI
• Presented to the BoD and Executive Committee updates on deals in progress, status of integration milestones, and industry trends covering peers and comps

Morristown, New Jersey, US

• Executed 10 strategic acquisitions in Unified Communications space, worth ~$400M in deal value. Conducted extensive due diligence by leading interdisciplinary deal teams that included line management, legal, finance.
• Developed business cases for investment/divestiture decisions (market analysis, valuation, modeling, and integration planning) and present value propositions to executive management and sponsors (TPG, Silver Lake)
• Spearheaded divestitures initiatives worth $200M+ through auctions and private negotiations including $100M sale of networking business through in-court Section 363 process­
• Monetized patent portfolio worth $50M through sale, licensing, and securitization
• Led the chapter 11 reorganization of Avaya followed by an IPO. Implemented restructuring initiative involving equity, $6B of LBO debt and ~$2B of pension liability. Evaluated multiple structures (incl. DIP financing).
• Negotiated term-sheets with early-stage companies for equity investment and commercial partnerships

Annapolis, MD, US

• Completed 4 acquisitions worth $250M in navigation and secure communications sector
• As a direct report to CFO, led all facets of M&A process, including target identification, valuation and synergy analysis, preparation of investment memorandum for the executive team and Fairness Opinion for Board of.
• Arranged $150M financing from capital markets and commercial lenders. Managed issuance of $103M Convertible Note with a Call-Spread in a 144A offering. Negotiated term sheets for $75M bank loan, focusing on key.
• Structured and negotiated term sheets for loans and credit facility with commercial banks. Used detailed forecasting models to set appropriate level of financial covenants and secured key carve-outs.
• Executed on Investor Relations strategy for the company by building relationships with institutional holders of company’s equity and debt, and signed-up 3 sell-side analysts

New York, New York, US

• Advised and financed telco and media companies in inorganic growth and associated financings.
• Built financial and operating models to support valuation thesis. Drafted bank books, offering memorandums, and ratings and lenders presentations.
• Key transactions included, formation of WiMAX JV by a Tier-1 service provider and a concurrent equity investment, LBO of a mass media company, and divestiture and minority stake sale by a telecom tower operator

Zurich, CH

• Covered companies in the industrial and chemical sector. Core duties included, preparing presentation materials, performing valuation analysis including transaction and trading comps, and conducting strategic due.

Basking Ridge, NJ, US

• Implemented programs that supported strategic and financial aspects of customer retention partnerships with satellite operator; launched video and wireless products to support Verizon’s Triple Play program
• Hired and directed a high-performance 42-person cross-functional team based out of US and India.

Mba, Finance

Ms, Computer Science