Role
Marc Cooper is a partner and Managing Director. He is Head of the Firm’s Retail and Apparel Practice.
Experience
Mr. Cooper’s broad based experience spans strategic advisory assignments as well as capital markets and merger and acquisition transactions. These include buy and sell side assignments, private financings and restructurings. In his 25 years as an investment banker, he has concentrated on the retail, apparel and consumer products sectors. Mr. Cooper joined the firm in 1999.
Recent M&A transactions include Garden Holdings’ sale to AEA Investors, J. McLaughlin’s sale of a majority interest to JH Partners and the Highland Consumer Fund, Deckers Outdoor Corporation’s acquisition of Sanuk USA, PPR SA’s purchase of Volcom, Inc. and the purchase of Betsey Johnson by Steve Madden Ltd. Additional transactions include the $150 million recapitalization of Zale Corporation, as well as the $750 million recapitalization of Quiksilver Inc., the restructuring of Wilton Industries, Inc. , Deb Shops, and Neways, Inc. Other M&A transactions include the sale of Athleta, Inc. to the Gap Inc., advising Istithmar World on its $942 million purchase of Barneys New York, the sale of Citizens of Humanity to Berkshire Partners, the sale of Barneys to Jones Apparel Group, and the acquisition of Disney Store North America by The Children’s Place.
Prior to joining PJSC, Mr. Cooper was Co-Founder and Vice Chairman of Barington Capital Group, a partner at Scharf Brothers and a Vice President at Kidder Peabody.
Professional Affiliations
- Director, Proenza Schouler, LLC
Previous Professional Affiliations
- Director, Steve Madden, Ltd.
- Director, North Atlantic Trading Company, Inc.
Not-For-Profit Affiliations
- Director, Boys Town Jerusalem Foundation of America
- Director, Jewish Home, Rockleigh, New Jersey
Academic Credentials
Mr. Cooper received a B.S. and an M.B.A. from New York University, from which he graduated magna cum laude.