Jeff founded India Brook in 2003.  He has represented leading institutional investors, middle market companies and Fortune 1000 companies in mergers and acquisitions and financing transactions in a broad range of product segments in the food and beverage industry. He provides strategic and financial advice to build value for growing companies in the industry. Since 2004 he has specialized in originating strategic food industry acquisition transactions through an extensive network of relationships with management teams and leading institutional investors specializing in the industry.  Previously he was a principal of Quadrant Management Ltd. (New York, NY), an international private equity investment fund where he managed direct investments in food service, manufacturing and energy companies, participating in more than $1 billion in transaction volume. The Quadrant team also managed the North American investments of Richemont, SA, the Swiss based financial holding company that controls luxury consumer brands such as Cartier, Baume & Mercier, Dunhill, Piaget and Yves Saint Laurent.  Prior to his work at Quadrant, Jeff practiced corporate finance law on Wall Street with Carter, Ledyard & Milburn.  During this period he handled several hundred transactions, advising leading financial institutions, private equity groups and corporations on a range of mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, venture capital and commercial financing transactions in the U.S. and international markets. Jeff received a JD from The National Law Center at George Washington University and a B.A., with honors, from Haverford College.