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 mergers & acquisitions

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 mergers & acquisitions

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

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

52+ years in primary capital markets/investment banking; 23 years 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, 2023 Supplement

Expert in due diligence, IPO process, 144A transactions, corporate governance.  Deposed, testified, authored expert opinions & consulted in 76 cases

FINRA dispute resolution arbitrator since 1996

Conduct corporate financial advisory and wealth management advisory businesses

Faculty member (Lecturer in Finance), Eugene F. Brigham Department of Finance, Insurance & Real Estate at University of Florida, Warrington College of Business Administration, Hough Graduate School of Business - advise/mentor MSF students on: organization/structure/evolution of global investment bank, corporate & municipal finance, mergers & acquisitions/bankruptcy & restructuring, primary/secondary capital markets - public & private, securities research, asset management/family office/wealth management, merchant banking/private equity/venture capital, work - personal life balance/career development & navigation, honesty-ethics-integrity, personal finance

Curriculum Vitae

SER Voting Member