
I strive to provide clients with thoughtful and honest advice to drive outlier results.
Jon is responsible for leading the execution of capital raising transactions for private equity clients and their portfolio companies, as well as privately-owned businesses. He advises clients on the structuring and arranging of financing for acquisitions of new platform businesses, add-on acquisitions for existing platforms, leveraged buyouts, dividend recapitalizations, refinancings and restructurings.
Jon provides valuable advice to management teams and private equity sponsors in the increasingly complex and dynamic mid-market for debt financing. He is involved with financings and financial advisory assignments covering a wide variety of industries and transaction types.
Prior to joining Lincoln, Jon was a Senior Investment Analyst at Prudential Capital Group where he originated, underwrote and managed debt private placements. Previously, Jon worked with Citadel Investment Group and State Street Corp.
Jon earned a Master of Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Kansas. Jon is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
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Perspectives by Jonathan Paris

State of the Financing Market: Webcast
September 2017 webcast hosted by Lincoln’s Debt Advisory professionals, Ron Kahn, Bob Horak, Natalie Marjancik, Christine Tiseo, John Laws, Tim Blonn and Jon Paris. Click here to play webcast.
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