Darshan Patel Email & Phone Number

Baltimore, Maryland, Us

Baltimore, Maryland, Us

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• Coded iOS and Android apps that enable users to easily plan events with their friends and discover local events tailored to their interests• Recruited team focused on enhancing user experience and developing optimal marketing strategies• Created Amazon Alexa skill to allow users to verbally interact with Game Plan

London, Gb

o Cineworld’s $450 million Priority Rescue financingLed syndication process including answering investor questions and engineering process for distribution of attached equityServed as main point of contact between various creditor advisors and counselso McDermott’s $2.8 billion DIP financingSpearheaded creation of internal committee memos, including running multiple recovery scenarios for our capital positionsCoordinated syndication process including determining investor allocations and paying backstop feeso Frontier Communications’ $5.5 billion DIP-to-Exit financingDeveloped response to request for proposal, including exploring previously unprecedented DIP-to-Exit notes structureCrafted views around refinancing of company’s existing secured notes during Chapter 11 proceedingo Financial advisor to Roadrunner on recapitalizationDiligenced preferred securities in detail and created strategy on how to best negotiate with holder of those securitiesWorked with investors to help them understand complex rights offering processo Mattress Firm’s DIP and Exit financingsDirected distribution processes for financings including setting up a novel escrow account for Barclays to facilitate fundingExplored reasons for Chapter 11 and turnaround strategy to get credit committee comfortable with participating in transactiono Financial advisor to Stage Stores on its acquisition of Gordman’s in Chapter 11Advised Stage on appropriate bid level by evaluating 363 sale and liquidation comparablesDeveloped analysis to compare Stage bid vs those of liquidatorso Financial advisor to Tervita Corporation on restructuringCreated three statement model that was used in discussions with creditors and ultimately to determine transaction frameworkRan several transaction scenarios to assess impact on liquidity and covenants for the next 2 years

London, Gb

London, Gb

Designed news sharing and discovery website, enabling users to browse many articles and seamlessly share articles with friends or groups. Developed user and group management system, capable of handling 1,000,000s of users and groups using MySQL. Constructed Chrome Extension to let users share articles beyond the 1 million+ articles in the Drippr database. Wrote Python scripts to collect thousands of articles from over 150 news providers, ensuring that articles’ collection updated real-time.

New York, Ny, Us

Worked on 12 deals and pitches, including sell-side and buy-side M&A, restructuring advisory, leveraged buyouts, and financings.Selected Transaction Experience:• $2.64 billion acquisition by NRG Energy of Edison Mission EnergyForecasted range of 62% to 72% of par value would be needed to compensate unsecured note holders to acquire company based on 9 comparable transactionsModeled acquisition target’s transaction costs needed to paid by client based on 7 scenarios upon completion of deal• Eastman Kodak’s $895 million exit financingProduced financials for 7 years post emergence from bankruptcy under 3 scenarios to get internal credit committee comfortable with commitmentAnalyzed Kodak’s capital structure, including $830 million in debt, to determine how to best structure exit financing• $135 million acquisition by Jack Cooper Holdings of Allied SystemsHelped to create full-blown merger model to forecast financials for pro forma company used to value the pro forma companyConducted due diligence and researched 20 comps regarding termination fees to structure the asset purchase agreement

New York, Ny, Us

Selected to attend educational event to receive intensive finance training and get insight into several investment banking groups.

New York, New York, Us

Forecasted acquisition target’s financials for the following fiscal year, equipping CEO to negotiate a 10% reduction in purchase price. Designed financial model for over $600,000 in Due Diligence costs, identifying over $40,000 in cost savings. Alerted superiors to perennial misses in revenue of nearly 10% by major segment of acquisition target, reducing purchase price by 5%. Streamlined due diligence process by creating a Data Room on local servers, reducing time necessary for due diligence by 25%.

Washington, Dc, Us

Formulated marketing plan to introduce watches with school logo into the new market of Cornell.

Zurich, Ch

Presented Euro investment ideas to a foreign exchange trader, who shorted $1,000,000 worth of the Euro currency.

New York, New York, Us

Engaged in 9 informational interviews with employees from various divisions to gain an understanding of the entire bank’s operations.

New York, Ny, Us

Pitched Annaly Capital (NYSE: NLY) stock to Resident Director, who bought $10,000 worth of the stock for a client’s portfolio. Generated client portfolio reviews using correlation analyses for portfolios up to $100 million to establish proper investment strategies. Assisted Resident Director in developing investment ideas for clients based on clients’ risk tolerances and market conditions.

Us

Shadowed CFO to gain an understanding of the factors affecting ticket prices, TV contracts, and stadium financing.

London, Gb

Participated in a series of crisis management situations with senior management in preparation for such situations in the real world.

Performed research about the possibility of a Chinese housing bubble, which was published on the company’s official blog.

Bs, Applied Economics And Management

Advanced Regents Diploma