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Guy Priem

Director

Guy is a Director at CMD Global Partners and is based in Chicago. He provides M&A advisory and capital raising services to various public, family-owned and private equity clients across various sectors including industrials, healthcare and business services.

Prior to joining CMD, Guy was an Executive Director at Wells Fargo where he advised clients on various engagements such as sale processes, acquisitions, mergers, and debt and equity financing. Over his eight plus years, he helped clients often navigate complex and/or cross-border M&A situations. Of note, Guy advised Johnstone Supply on its simultaneous conversion from an Oregon Cooperative to a Delaware LLC and majority recapitalization from Redwood Capital Investments in addition to Materion Corporation’s all-cash, cross-border acquisition of Optics Balzers AG during the height of the COVID pandemic.

Guy graduated summa cum laude from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business with a Master of Business Administration where he concentrated on finance and summa cum laude from the University of Saint Thomas with a Bachelor of Science. During his tenure at the University of Saint Thomas, he spent a year at the London School of Economics in the General Course program.

Outside of the office, Guy enjoys exploring new travel destinations both nationally and internationally in addition to cheering for the Michigan Wolverines football and basketball athletic programs. He is an avid skier during the winter months, having traveled to various mountain resorts across the Rocky Mountains.

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