Lincoln International adds Rob Maxim and Charles Blank as Managing Directors

Lincoln International, a global investment banking advisory firm, is pleased to announce that Rob Maxim and Charles Blank have joined the Global Valuations & Opinions Group as Managing Directors based in New York. Each brings a specialized focus, with Rob focusing on asset-backed finance (ABF) valuations and Charles leading a newly formed disputes offering.

Rob has more than 20 years of experience in valuing complex securities and delivering tailored financial solutions to clients. He advises a broad range of institutional investors, including private equity, private credit, banks, insurance companies and real estate investment trusts. Before joining Lincoln, Rob served as Managing Director at Kroll within the financial instruments and technology group and began his career building his expertise in risk management portfolio construction.

“Rob’s leadership will be vital as we grow our ABF expertise and strengthen our portfolio valuation capabilities,” said Ron Kahn, Managing Director and global co-head of Valuations & Opinions for Lincoln. “With private credit lenders increasing their market share in ABF, Rob is well-positioned to help our clients navigate this expanding market.”

Charles has over 25 years of experience providing accounting and litigation and dispute consulting services to clients. He will lead a new accounting-related disputes offering for Lincoln, advising clients on issues that arise during mergers and acquisitions (M&A) including purchase price adjustments, working capital and earnout provisions and breaches of representations and warranties. Charles also will serve as an expert witness in arbitration and litigation resulting from M&A. Prior to joining Lincoln, Charles led M&A dispute solutions in Grant Thornton’s forensics practice.

“Charles’ proven track record in complex disputes and litigation will enhance our presence in this important area,” continued Kahn. “The M&A market is experiencing some headwinds that are leading to a rise in disputes between buyers and sellers.  We look forward to leveraging Charles’ expertise across Lincoln’s client base to help mitigate issues that might impact transactions.”

With the hiring of Rob and Charles, Lincoln has added 23 Managing Directors during the last 18 months to strengthen or introduce product and industry expertise. The bolstering of the firm’s ABF offering via Rob and the introduction of Charles’ M&A disputes expertise, as well as investing increasing resources toward insurance valuation solutions, fits squarely into the firm’s strategic objective of providing trusted partnership across asset classes and strategic investment and valuation priorities.