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Benjamin Gould

Benjamin Gould

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Masuda Funai

Masuda Funai

United States • Chicago Elite

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Corporate and M&A

Benjamin Gould is a managing director at Masuda Funai and part of the corporate, finance & acquisitions practice group. Gould represents international clients with matters relating to mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financing, and corporate law matters. He has extensive industry experience in energy projects, pharmaceuticals, software, aerospace, advanced manufacturing, chemicals, financial services, and technology services.
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Phone
312-245-7498
Email
[email protected]
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Accolades

Chicago Elite

Profile

Work Department
Corporate, Finance & Acquisitions ("CFA")
Position

Principal

Career

Ben Gould, principal in the firm's CFA practice group, represents global companies, financial institutions and investors in M&A, debt and equity financing transactions and corporate law matters. He offers extensive experience in complex cross-border transactions and has negotiated and closed deals ranging from hundreds of millions to billions of dollars in value over the course of his career. Ben’s experience includes advising foreign and domestic public and private companies in a broad range of industries on domestic and international acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings, joint ventures, inbound and outbound investments (including investments in private funds and LP secondaries transactions), debt and equity financing matters and governance issues. He also has extensive experience in acting as lead deal counsel in transactions occurring in other markets within the Americas.

Admissions: Illinois, New York, Kansas  

Memberships

American Bar Association, Section of Business Law

Association of Corporate Growth

Education

J.D., George Washington University Law School, with honors, 2002

B.S.,  Business Administration, University of Kansas, 1998

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Key clients

  • NPR-RIKEN Corporation
  • Echo, Incorporated

Work highlights

Advised SFH Company, LLC. in connection with the divestiture of a group of companies operating within the plastic‑injection molding sector to a private equity fund.