Bio

Lawrence has over 38 years of experience in both equity and high yield research and in investment banking in the gaming and leisure industries. During his career, he has been involved in 184 financing and advisory transactions totaling over $30 billion for a variety of public and private corporations and well as number of mandates which include many of the gaming sector’s major restructurings. He currently serves as Managing Director with Rice, Voelker, LLC. Prior to that, he served as President of Klatzkin Advisors, LLC. He previously spent 11 years as a high yield analyst/equity analyst in the gaming and leisure sector at Jefferies & Company, 5 years at Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette and 6 years at Salomon Brothers. He has also worked for Lehman Brothers, Smith Barney, Chapdelaine Credit Partners and Prudential Securities. He was voted #1 Gaming analyst by Institutional Investor for two years, as one of the top three U.S. equity analysts’ by Forbes magazine for Earnings Estimation and in Stock Picking in the Hotel, Restaurants & Leisure sector, and was the recipient of Michael Pollock’s Gaming Industry Observer award for Gaming Excellence and Research. Lawrence received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and a MBA in finance from the NYU Stern School of Business. He holds FINRA Series 7, 16, 63, 86 and 87 licenses.