Expertise
I. Investment Banking

1. Underwritten public offerings: solicitation; due diligence, transparency & disclosure; commitment committee & new issue marketing/suitability committee processes; listing decision; road shows/marketing, pricing & transaction fee negotiation; deal allocation (U.S. institutions, retail, "friends & family", international); 1st-day trading & post-closing after-market trading, syndicate short positions, covered ("Green Shoe") & uncovered ("naked"); finder's fees, deal expense allocation; 2nd offering timing & makeup (primary v secondary/both); "flipping".

2. IPO process

3. Venture capital & private equity

4. Private placements

5. Securities research, interaction w/ investment banking & capital markets

6. Securities valuation

7. Going private

8. Investment banking relationship management

9. Strategic advice re M&A

II. Corporate Governance

1. Public, private, not-for-profit

2. Mutual funds

3. Securities exchanges

4. Fiduciary standard
(For search purposes, not intended to be a comprehensive list)
Bruce S. Foerster   

President, South Beach Capital Markets
1927 Freedom Drive
Viera, FL 32940-6877

Work: 321-622-5793
Cell: 305-965-6787
bsf@southbeachcapital.com
www.southbeachcapital.com
Expertise
I. Investment Banking

1. Underwritten public offerings: solicitation; due diligence, transparency & disclosure; commitment committee & new issue marketing/suitability committee processes; listing decision; road shows/marketing, pricing & transaction fee negotiation; deal allocation (U.S. institutions, retail, "friends & family", international); 1st-day trading & post-closing after-market trading, syndicate short positions, covered ("Green Shoe") & uncovered ("naked"); finder's fees, deal expense allocation; 2nd offering timing & makeup (primary v secondary/both); "flipping".

2. IPO process

3. Venture capital & private equity

4. Private placements

5. Securities research, interaction w/ investment banking & capital markets

6. Securities valuation

7. Going private

8. Investment banking relationship management

9. Strategic advice re M&A

II. Corporate Governance

1. Public, private, not-for-profit

2. Mutual funds

3. Securities exchanges

4. Fiduciary standard
(For search purposes, not intended to be a comprehensive list)

AB English, Haverford College, 1963

Marquette University, 1960-62, select studies

Commissioned officer, U.S. Navy: 7 years active duty (5 at sea, 2 as admiral's aide), 20 years reserve duty including two unit commands; graduate Naval Officer Candidate School, Naval Destroyer School, Naval War College Reserve Course; retired Captain, USNR-R

MBA Management Information & Control, University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Finance & Commerce, 1971

University of Florida, 2023, honorary alumnus

54 years in investment banking; 23 years in primary capital markets in senior positions of deal leadership (solicitation, structuring, marketing, pricing, distributing, after-market trading) & profit/loss responsibility in over 1,250 underwritten public offerings (150+ IPOs) at three global investment banks (Warburg Paribas Becker, PaineWebber, Lehman Brothers). Member new issue marketing & new issue commitment committees

Founding editor/co-author of “Capital Markets Handbook”, created in 1999 for securities industry under trade group (SIA, now SIFMA) sponsorship; now in Seventh Edition, 2025 Supplement

Expert in due diligence, IPO process, 144A transactions, corporate governance.  Deposed, testified, authored expert opinions &/or consulted in 77 cases

FINRA dispute resolution arbitrator since 1996

Conduct corporate financial advisory & wealth management advisory businesses

Faculty member, Lecturer in Finance, Eugene F. Brigham Department of Finance, Insurance & Real Estate, University of Florida, Warrington College of Business, Hough Graduate School of Business, 1996-2025

Mentored students on organization/structure/evolution of global investment bank; corporate | municipal finance; M&A; primary capital markets; securities research; asset management | wealth management | family office; merchant banking | private equity | venture capital; work-life balance | career development & navigation | honesty-ethics-integrity | personal finance & retirement | citizenship

Curriculum Vitae

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