Christopher Yike

Director

Investment Banking

Christopher Yike is a Director in Mesirow Investment Banking. He is responsible for business development and managing the transaction execution process across the industrial and specialty distribution sectors. His transaction experience spans a range of industries including aerospace and defense, business services, consumer and eCommerce, distribution and supply chain, food, beverage and agribusiness, healthcare, diversified industrials, packaging and technology, among others.

Prior to joining Mesirow as an Investment Banking Associate in 2017, Chris served as an Associate and Analyst at BellMark Partners, LLC, where he was responsible for executing a wide variety of advisory and capital raising assignments.

Chris serves family businesses, publicly traded corporations, and private equity firms alike on a variety of transactions.

Chris earned a Bachelor of Science from Case Western Reserve University. He holds FINRA Series 63 and 79 licenses.

Recent transactions

Sale of
BOX Partners
to
Charlesbank Capital Partners
Sale of
Silver Spur Corporation (Meridian General portfolio)
to
Kelso Private Equity (existing investments in C.L. Smith & Inmark)
Sale of
Mac Papers
to
Monomoy Capital Partners
Sale of
Avalon Precision Castings (Keystone Capital portfolio)
to
SIGMA (Argand Partners portfolio)
Sale of
Advanced Roofing & Sheet Metal
to
Reconstruction Experts Inc. (L Partners portfolio)inx