Bio

Cathy Leonhardt is a Managing Director in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group. She is also co-Head of PJSC's Global Retail Group. She joined the Firm in 2003. With over 18 years experience providing strategic and financial advisory services to clients, most recently Ms. Leonhardt advised the Board of Directors of The Jones Group, Inc. on its sale to Sycamore Partners, PVH Corp. on its acquisition of the Warnaco Group and its sale of G.H. Bass & Co., TA Associates on its investment in Dutch LLC, PPR on its sale of The Sportsman’s Guide and OneStopPlus, and Ariat International on its expanded partnership with the Fisher family. Ms. Leonhardt advised Deckers on its acquisition of Sanuk, PPR on its acquisition of Volcom, PVH Corp. on its acquisition of Tommy Hilfiger, Quiksilver on its recapitalization and Athleta on its sale to The Gap. Ms. Leonhardt also represented PVH Corp. in its acquisition of Superba Inc., Kate Spade LLC in its sale to Liz Claiborne, J. Jill in its sale to Talbots, May in its merger with Federated, Loehmann’s in its sale to Crescent Capital Investments, and Barneys in its sale to Jones Apparel Group. Prior to joining PJSC, Ms. Leonhardt spent seven years at Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc., most recently as a Vice President in the mergers and acquisitions group where she was involved in domestic and cross-border acquisitions. At Morgan Stanley, Ms. Leonhardt’s selected transactions included: Sears’ acquisition of Land’s End, Tommy Hilfiger Corporation’s acquisition of Tommy Europe, Jones Apparel’s acquisition of McNaughton, merger of Monsanto and Pharmacia, Georgia-Pacific’s spin-off of The Timber Company to Plum Creek, and the sale of Donna Karan’s beauty business to Estée Lauder. Ms. Leonhardt began her career at Wachovia as an officer in the US Corporate Banking Group.