Nathan R. Pusey
Nate Pusey advises financial services clients on mergers and acquisitions and other strategic transactions involving investment management firms and businesses. He regularly advises a variety of industry-leading financial services clients in mergers, acquisitions and sales of majority and minority investments, spin-outs, joint ventures, seed investments, fund adoptions, and other strategic partnerships involving traditional and alternative asset management and wealth management firms.
Nate’s practice is dedicated to navigating clients through the intricacies of investing, selling interests, and forging strategic transactions with leading investment management firms. He brings a unique blend of pattern recognition and market insight, enabling him to understand critical issues and devise innovative solutions. His goal is to ensure successful transaction structuring, negotiation, and execution across a diverse range of strategic transactions in the investment management industry.
- Virtus Investment Partners in several transactions, including its majority acquisition of Sustainable Growth Advisers, its acquisition of AlphaSimplex Group, and its strategic partnership with Allianz Global Investors
- 1251 Capital in several transactions, including its acquisitions of Ziegler Capital Management and F/m Acceleration and its investments in Greenbacker Group, GIA Partners, Mar Vista Investment Partners, Wavelength Capital Management, and Gitterman Wealth Management
- Vanguard in its sale of its individual 401(k), SEP, and SIMPLE IRA Plans business to Ascensus
- Corient in its acquisitions of several wealth management firms
- Lincoln Peak in its minority investments in Anchor Capital Advisors, BBR Partners, Harvest Volatility Management, The London Company, RWC Partners, Westchester Capital, and Meadow Partners
- Macquarie in its acquisition of Central Park Group and in the sale of its minority investment in Jackson Square Partners to Affiliated Managers Group
- LPL in its acquisitions of several wealth management firms
- Insigneo Financial Group in its acquisitions of Latin American wealth management business units from Citigroup and PNC
- Digital Bridge Holdings in its sale to Colony Capital and its sale of a minority stake to Wafra
- Capital Constellation (Wafra) in its minority investment in Avista Capital Partners
- Calamos Investments in its acquisition of Timpani Capital Management
- Rex Capital Advisors in its sale to Pathstone
- Bank of America in the sale of its alternative investment feeder fund business to iCapital
- Blackstone Strategic Capital in its minority investments in several leading alternative asset management firms
- SCS Financial Services in its sale to Focus Financial Partners
- Dynasty Financial Partners in several minority investments in wealth management firms
- Huntington National Bank in several transactions, including the sale of its 401(k) advisory and retirement plan servicing business to OneDigital
- Beacon Trust in its acquisition of Tirschwell & Loewy
- Galton Funding in its sale to Western Alliance Bank
- Centerbridge Partners in its minority investment in Focus Financial Partners
- Citigroup in its sale of Nikko Cordial Securities to Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and its sale of its retail banking businesses in Texas, Puerto Rico, and other markets
- General Atlantic in its minority investments in Sura Asset Management and Santander Asset Management
- IndexIQ in its sale to New York Life Insurance Company
- QS Investors in its sale to Legg Mason
- MD Sass in its sale of Waterfall Asset Management to Neuberger Berman (Dyal)
- ORIX in its majority investment in Mariner Investment Group and its minority investments in Caspian Capital and New Health Capital Partners
- Religare Enterprises in its majority investments in, and sales of, Northgate Capital and Landmark Partners
- Mitsubishi Corporation in its acquisition of MC Asset Management and its joint venture with Seamax Partners
- Ric Edelman in the sale of Edelman Financial Services to Hellman & Friedman
- Thoma Bravo in its majority investment in Segall, Bryant & Hamill
- University of Michigan Law School, 2002, J.D.
- University of Pennsylvania, 1999, B.A., magna cum laude
- New York