Type	Private
Industry	Investment Banking Financial Services
Founded	1995
Founder(s)	Roland A. DeSilva Reed Phillips III
Headquarters	475 Park Ave. South, 22nd Floor New York, NY 10016, U.S.A.
Website	www.desilvaphillips.com

DeSilva & Phillips, LLC, Media Investment Bankers (aka " DeSilva+Phillips," D&P," "D+P" or "Mediabankers") is a New York-based mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory firm, specializing in the media, communications and digital media and technology industries.

Since 1995, D+P has completed over 210 transactions that have ranged from large media conglomerates to early stage entrepreneurial ventures, in addition to the full spectrum of financial sponsors (private equity groups, venture capital firms, and lender groups).

History
D+P was founded in 1995 by Roland DeSilva and Reed Phillips. Both Mr. DeSilva and Mr. Phillips had previously risen through the ranks of media companies as operators and executives. In the earlier years, D+P focused primarily on business-to-business and consumer publishing M&A transactions. Over the years, D+P has added new Partners and Managing Directors to expand the depth and breadth of its investment banking practice and field of expertise, particularly in digital media and technology as well as in marketing services.

D+P now has 15 M&A professionals with all but three working out of the New York office on Park Avenue South at 32nd Street. Nearly every M&A professional at D+P joined the firm after first building a career in media. D+P’s team is now composed of former CEOs, company owners, online entrepreneurs and executives, magazine, medical journal and book publishers, and trade show operators as well as financial, advertising and marketing executives.

Services
Selling and buying
The core business of D+P is providing advisory work on sell-side M&A transactions. This can take the form of the divestiture of a division or portfolio company, as well as the sale of businesses by their owners. In addition to sell-side advisory, D+P provides buy-side counsel for a number of strategic and financial buyers. In these instances, D+P typically seeks out the acquisition target and brokers the transaction.

Corporate finance
D+P provides counsel in a range of financial transactions. These can include capital raises, refinancing, and debt restructuring. D+P does not invest, act as a lender, advise on investments or publish securities research. DeSilva+Phillips Corporate Finance, LLC is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC).

Operational restructuring
DeSilva+Phillips formally established its operational restructuring practice in 2009 to provide counsel on a range of organizational and structural issues that assist clients in identifying and analyzing challenging corporate performance and capital structures.

Valuations
Clients seek valuations from DeSilva+Phillips for a variety of reasons, including assessing the value of a property as part of a decision to acquire, divest, or refinance. These services are also requested in conjunction with legal disputes. Valuation clients have included company owners and investors, private equity firms, lenders and legal advisors.

Partners
Roland A. DeSilva, Chairman
Reed Phillips III, CEO
Kenneth B. Collins, CFO
Jeffrey L. Dearth
Daniel R. McCarthy
Managing directors
John Kaiser, Jr.
Ken Sonenclar
Robin Walters
Jessica Luterman Naeve
Matt Burnham
Joanna Stone Herman
White papers
Getting Real: Ad exchange, RTB, and the Future of Online Advertising (March 2010)

Lost in Transition: The Revolution in Celebrity Media (March 2009)
The Events Industry – The Opportunity for New Growth (September 2008)
Online Ad Networks: Monetizing the Long Tail (March 2008)
Lead Generation: Digital Media’s Killer App? (December 2005)
Search Engine Marketing: Growth Companies in Play (May 2005)

Transactions
DeSilva+Phillips has focused its practice on seven different areas of expertise within the broader Media and Communications Industry. These areas include: Business to Business Communications, Consumer Publishing, Digital Media & Technology, Education, Healthcare Media & Communications, Marketing Services & Direct Marketing and Trade Shows & Conferences. A list of recent transactions is included below:

2010, December - DeSilva+Phillips Represented Lebhar-Friedman, Inc. in the sale of Dowden Health Media to High Road Capital Partners.

2010, December - DeSilva+Phillips Represented Lebhar-Friedman, Inc. in the sale of Nation's Restaurant News (NRN) to Penton Media.

2010, November - DeSilva+Phillips Represented Vineyard Gazette in the sale of Martha's Vineyard to Jerome and Nancy Kohlberg.

2010, August - DeSilva+Phillips Represented Harrison Group in its Sale to YouGov plc.

2010, June - DeSilva+Phillips Represented BN Media, LLC in the Acquisition of Beliefnet from Newscorp.

2010, June - DeSilva+Phillips Represented PlattForm Advertising in the Sale of Venture Direct Worldwide Magazine Publishing Division to National Ad Sales.
2010, June - DeSilva+Phillips Represented PlattForm Advertising in the Sale of Venture Direct Worldwide List Services Division to MeritDirect, LLC.

2010, April - DeSilva+Phillips Represented CurtCo Publishing in the Sale of Art & Antiques Magazine to Art & Antiques Worldwide Media, LLC.

2010, April - DeSilva+Phillips Represented CurtCo Publishing in the Sale of San Diego Magazine to San Diego Magazine, LLC.

2010, April - DeSilva+Phillips Represented CurtCo Publishing in the Sale of Gulfshore Media Group to Gulfshore Media, LLC.

2010, April - DeSilva+Phillips Represented Professional Education International in the Sale of DesignCon to United Business Media.
2010, January - DeSilva+Phillips Represented Questia Media, Inc in its Sale to Gale-Cengage.

2009, December - DeSilva+Phillips Represented Lebhar-Friedman, Inc. in the Sale of Dowden Health Media to Quadrant HealthCom, Inc.

2009, November - DeSilva+Phillips Represented Professional Education International (PEI) in the Sale of Broadband World Forum to Informa Telecoms & Media.

2009, July - DeSilva+Phillips Represented CK Media in its Sale to New Track Media.

2009, June - DeSilva+Phillips Represented Move, Inc. in the Sale of Welcome Wagon to South Florida Media Group.

2009, June - DeSilva+Phillips Represented Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. in its Sale of 5 major consumer magazine titles (Popular Photography, Flying,Boating, Sound & Vision, American Photo) to Bonnier Corporation.

2009, April - DeSilva+Phillips Represented Microsoft in the Sale of Franchise Gator (Online Lead Generation Company) to Landmark Interactive.
2008, November - DeSilva+Phillips Represented Ripple6, Inc. in its Sale to Gannett Co..

2008, October - DeSilva+Phillips Represented Pulvermedia in the Sale of its various assets to Virgo Publishing.

2008, September - DeSilva+Phillips Represented The Winner's Circle in its Sale to Barron's (Dow Jones & Company).

2008, April - DeSilva+Phillips Represented Special Ops Media in its Sale to LBi International.

2008, April - DeSilva+Phillips Represented SQAD, Inc. in the acquisition of Wrapsidy, LLC.

2008, March - DeSilva+Phillips Represented Answerology in its Sale to Hearst Corporation.

2008, March - DeSilva+Phillips Represented The TDA Group in its Sale to CyberMedia.

2008, February - DeSilva+Phillips Represented Virgo Publishing in its Sale to Arlington Capital Partners .

2008, February - DeSilva+Phillips Represented CurtCo Media in the Sale of Worth magazine to Sandow Media.

2008, February - DeSilva+Phillips Represented Ascend Media in the Sale of its healthcare media group to Intellisphere, LLC.

2008, February - DeSilva+Phillips Represented CBI Research, Inc. in its Sale to Advanstar.
2008, January - DeSilva+Phillips Arranged a Senior Credit Facility for Intellisphere, LLC. with Merrill Lynch Capital.