Jim Freedman — Intrepid Investment Bankers

Chairman and Managing Director

THE LATEST: Intrepid worked on a number of major deals over the last year under Freedman’s leadership. The firm advised on Endeavour Capital’s investment in leading entertainment services company Visual Data Media Services; the cross-border sale of pro-audio distributor The Music People to JAM Industries (a subsidiary of Ireland-based DDC); and the sale of leading tire removal and recycling company Lakin Tire to Liberty Tire Recycling. Intrepid continues to operate as a stand-alone subsidiary under MUFG Union Bank after being acquired in 2019.
BACKGROUND: Freedman is founding principal of Intrepid Investment Bankers, a specialty investment bank that provides mergers and acquisitions, capital-raising and strategic advisory services. He has more than 38 years of investment banking and corporate finance experience and has served as the principal financial adviser in hundreds of capital raisings and M&A deals ranging in value from $20 million to more than $1 billion. In 1982, Freedman founded Barrington Associates, which was acquired by Wells Fargo in 2006. Prior to Barrington, Freedman was vice president at Foothill Group Inc., where he oversaw corporate development and commercial lending for California. Freedman serves on various boards including the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Yosemite Conservancy, Cedars-Sinai Hospital and the Concern Foundation for Cancer Research.
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