Bio

Prior to joining MTS in January of 2008, Mr. Epstein was a Managing Director and co-head of Banc of America Securities’ Private Equity Placements Group. Mr. Epstein has over fifteen years of direct private equity placement experience with a strong focus on transactions within the healthcare sector. Mr. Epstein has significant transaction experience across a wide range of private equity and equity-linked products, including traditional private equity financings, common stock and structured PIPEs, mezzanine financings and special purpose vehicles. The range of activities Mr. Epstein has financed include traditional growth equity, spinouts, acquisition financings, secondary sales, start-ups, sidecars and a variety of special situations. Mr. Epstein has completed approximately 100 private financings for clients, raising over $5 billion in private capital. Mr. Epstein was previously at Merrill Lynch & Co. where he was a Vice President and co-head of direct private equity placements. Mr. Epstein also helped establish the private equity placement practice at Prime Charter, where he spent four years. He began his career at Dean Witter Reynolds in 1992. Mr. Epstein earned his B.S. from The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. He graduated magna cum laude.