Mentorship Session with Marc Leder, Sun Capital

Marc J. Leder, Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Sun Capital Advisors, Inc., has been engaged in leveraged buyouts, investment banking, and business operations for more than 30 years. In addition, Mr. Leder is a member of the Sun Capital Executive Committee which oversees and manages the overall strategy of the firm. Mr. Leder received a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Leder is a Member of the International Counsel for the Museum Berggruen in Berlin, a Board Member of the Federal Enforcement Homeland Security Foundation. He also sits on the Board of the Institute of Contemporary Arts at the University of Pennsylvania.

Kenneth E. Young, co-head of Dechert's private equity group, focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, with a particular emphasis on private equity and public company M&A, securities offerings of equity and debt, and general corporate matters. Mr. Young’s clients include private equity sponsors, strategic buyers and sellers in industry sectors such as technology, financial services, energy, and healthcare; investment banks; and commercial banks.

In particular, Mr. Young has decades of experience advising on domestic and cross-border transactions for private equity firms, such as Court Square Capital Partners, Blackstone, OEP, KKR and others, as well as their portfolio companies. His recent representation of Court Square Capital Partners in the US$2 billion sale of Rocket Software to Bain Capital Private Equity, following Court Square’s 2009 acquisition of a majority interest in Rocket and 15 add-on acquisitions, is a prime example of Dechert’s investment life cycle approach to private equity.