Holmes Oil Company (Cruizers) has been acquired by Refuel (a portfolio company of First Reserve)

Paul has 30 years of deal-making experience as both an M&A attorney and investment banker. He has completed transactions for more than 100 privately held clients, with deep expertise in the consumer and industrial sectors.

Prior to co-founding Northborne, Paul led the Middle Market Consumer M&A team at BMO Capital Markets and was a partner at Greene Holcomb Fisher. Earlier in his career, he held senior roles at Piper Jaffray Companies and practiced M&A and securities law at Morrison & Foerster and Faegre & Benson.

Paul earned a JD from Cornell Law School and a BS from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Fun fact: Paul is a massive English football fan and proudly supports Tottenham Hotspur.  He has attended more than 75 matches across England, Wales and Scotland, making a pilgrimage to the UK every fall for the last 16 years.  COYS!