Bio

Chuck joined Colchester Partners in 2018. At Colchester, Chuck is responsible for a range of engagements and strategic initiatives on behalf of a variety of investment management firms. These include mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and management buy-outs. Chuck is also involved in succession planning and equitization projects for numerous firms. Prior to joining Colchester Partners, Chuck was an attorney and a partner in the mergers and acquisitions/private equity group of the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, a global law firm. His practice focused on advising the founders of alternative investment management firms in executing engagements to sell a portion of their firm to third-party investors, or in representing third-party investors in those engagements. In that role, Chuck was an M&A advisor in over 15 engagements involving a sponsor selling a stake to, or accepting an investment by, a strategic investor, including as advisor to Harvest Partners, Warburg Pincus, Golub Capital, Francisco Partners, Clearlake Capital Group and Vector Capital and to Blackstone Strategic Capital Holdings on its investment in Rockpoint Group. In addition, he has advised clients on more than 50 other private equity mergers and acquisitions and related engagements. Previously, Chuck wrote more than 130 articles related to venture capital, private equity and other financial topics as a staff or freelance writer for Venture Capital Journal. Chuck received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Oklahoma, a Juris Doctor degree from University of Virginia School of Law and a Master of Business Administration degree from The University of Virginia Darden School of Business, where he was a Shermet Award winner and inducted into the Raven Society honorary.