Mr. Wu is a Senior Managing Director of Cora Capital Advisors, with over 13 years of finance and investment expertise, having garnered significant experience in leadership roles from a range of top investment banking and hedge fund firms.
Prior to co-founding Cora Capital, Mr. Wu served as Managing Director of the Capital Structure and Convertible Arbitrage Fund at Harbert Management Corp., a $20 billion alternative asset management firm consisting of private equity, real estate and hedge fund strategies. He had previously managed risk arbitrage and distressed credit hedge fund portfolios at Reservoir Capital Group LLC (a $4 billion private equity, hedge fund seeder and special situation strategies hedge fund) and Couchman Capital LLC. At Couchman, he also served on numerous Ad Hoc and Official Creditor/Bondholder and Equityholder Committees for Chapter 11 reorganizations.
Prior to hedge fund portfolio management, Mr. Wu served as an M&A investment banker and restructuring advisor for a total of approximately seven years at Salomon Smith Barney Inc., CRT Capital Group and Merrill Lynch & Co. During his tenure, he advised on over 20 completed transactions for companies with a total enterprise value of greater than $15 billion in aggregate. He completed transactions as a generalist investment banker in a range of industries and transaction types, including cash and stock mergers, divestitures, LBO's for private equity sponsors, distressed restructurings, Section 363 asset sales, Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganizations, IPO's and follow-on offerings.
Mr. Wu graduated magna cum laude from Duke University with an A.B. in English Literature and received a J.D. from Harvard Law School. Despite having lived in New York City for approximately the past 12 years, he enjoys all outdoor activities and sports, including snowboarding/skiing, hiking, swimming and running. He is also an active supporter of the performing and fine arts in NY, as a sponsor of The Juilliard Club and the Museum of Modern Art.
About Cora Capital Advisors
We are a New York-based investment bank and financial advisory firm focused exclusively on the renewable energy and clean technology sectors.
Drawing on Cora Capital professionals' deep knowledge of the renewable energy sector and unique combination of expertise in financial, legal/policy, and tax, our investment banking teams provide comprehensive high quality financial advisory and capital raising services for transactions, including:
Capital Raising Advisory *Acquisition and LBO Financing *Recapitalizations *Growth Equity and Mezzanine Debt *Convertible Debt *Venture Capital Raising *Private Investment Fund Capital Formation *Project Finance and Tax Equity Transactions *Equipment Leasing
M&A Advisory *Sell-side M&A and Asset Divestitures *Buy-side M&A and Asset Acquisitions *Leveraged Buyouts
Restructuring Advisory *Distressed M&A, Bankruptcy Section 363 Sales *Bankruptcy Reorganizations, including Pre-Packaged Reorganizations *Exchange Offers and Rights Offers
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