James A. Murphy
Partner, de Visscher & Co.

James A. Murphy, Partner at de Visscher & Co., has over seventeen years of experience in corporate finance and middle-market investment banking. For the past twelve years he has spearheaded de Visscher & Co.’s debt and equity fundraising activities and designed liquidity and capital solutions for medium-sized family owned and closely held companies averaging $10MM to $150MM in sales. In the transaction advisory area, he has been involved in sourcing and structuring mergers, acquisitions, ESOP’s, private equity transactions and recapitalizations for both family-owned and closely held businesses.

Mr. Murphy is also a General Partner of the affiliated private equity firm, Family Capital Growth Partners L.P., which invests long-term, minority investment capital in family businesses to foster growth or provide liquidity to shareholders.

Mr. Murphy, who has spoken at various conferences on the financial solutions to the capital and liquidity needs of family owned businesses, is a Certified Public Accountant and was previously affiliated with Goldman Sachs & Co. and Ernst & Whinney’s Privately-Owned Business Group. He holds an MBA in Finance from New York University and a BA from Yale University. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Family Firm Institute and Chairman of its Development Committee, he is also a Director of Blessing White, Inc. (Princeton, NJ), Shipmates/Printmates (Albany, NY) and Guida Dairy (New Britain, CT) and he is the Chairman of the Yale Hockey Association. He is also a member of the Association for Corporate Growth, the Connecticut Venture Group and TEC Associates.

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