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Hire Noh-JoonNoh-Joon Choo
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Finance Expert
Location
Lincoln, United States
Toptal Member Since
June 21, 2022
Noh-Joon recently joined a startup and took the company public, employing his 15 years of experience as an investment banker and buy-side investor. As a banker, he has closed over $10 billion of financings and M&A deals, with expertise in leveraged debt financings and corporate valuation. He enjoys 3-statement financial modeling and company valuation using DCF, trading and M&A comps, and leveraged buyout analysis. Noh-Joon freelances as he loves modeling in Excel and working with diverse people.
Career Highlights
Director of Corporate Finance
Midwest Holding
Investment Banking Associate
Credit Suisse
Investment Analyst Intern
L Squared Capital
Education Highlights
Bachelor's Degree
Yale University
Case Studies
Expertise
Work Experience
Sell-side Deal Book Expert
2022 - 2022
G.C. GLOBAL (dba Wholesale Floors)
- Updated entire investor deck for sell-side M&A process by using data room and correspondence with the company.
- Helped triangulate an initial view on valuation using DCF, LBO, trading comparables, and M&A precedent transactions analyses.
- Delivered a list of potential private equity buyers based on interest in the company's profile and industry.
Focus areas: Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), M&A (Sell-side)
Financial Modeling Expert
2022 - 2022
PreVue Holdings, LLC
- Built a three-statement financial model with KPIs, assumptions, and 5-year projections.
- Assisted with valuation and strategy for seed financing.
- Educated founders regarding the dating app market and competitors.
Focus areas: Startups, SaaS, Financial Modeling, Fundraising, Early-stage Startups, Mobile User Acquisition, Revenue & Expense Projections, Early-stage Venture Capital, Early-stage Funding, Business Models
Director of Corporate Finance
2020 - 2021
Midwest Holding
- Recruited by the company's founder to help bring the company public via an initial public offering (IPO) at over 4x the valuation of the prior financing round.
- Conducted significant valuation analysis to triangulate a valuation for the IPO and created the IPO investor roadshow presentation.
- Contributed to the most strategic initiatives at the company, including the development of projections and non-GAAP financials reported to public equity investors.
- Acted as the primary point of contact for equity research analysts and institutional investors.
- Created and held pen on the operating model in Excel, which had assumptions and drivers conveyed internally and externally to public equity investors.
- Managed a team of over ten people in the accounting and finance department.
- Engaged in business development, M&A, and other strategic initiatives as a senior core member of the corporate strategy group.
Focus areas: Fundraising, Comparable Company Analysis, Accounting, Financial Modeling, Reinsurance, Captive Reinsurance, Life Insurance, Fixed Asset Management, Fixed Income, Private Credit, Strategy, Corporate Finance, Financial Reporting, SEC Filing, SEC Financial Reporting, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Joint Ventures, Equity Raises, Private Placements, Private Placement Memoranda, Business Development, New Business Development, Initial Public Offerings, Board Decks, Pitch Decks, Investor Presentations, Business Plan Consulting, Revenue & Expense Projections, Startups, Business Strategy, Market Research, Investments, Startup Funding, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Writing & Editing, DCF Valuation, Discounted Cash Flow (DCF), Transaction Comparables, Three-statement Modeling, P&C Insurance, S&P Capital IQ, CFO, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Fractional CFO, Interim CFO, Business Planning, Capital IQ, Thomson Reuters, Factset, Research, Credit Ratings, GAAP, Deal Sourcing, Financial Statements, DCF Modeling, Valuation, Financial Services, Asset Management
Investment Banking Associate
2018 - 2020
Credit Suisse
- Contributed to the Leveraged Finance and Restructuring group, the top group at the investment bank.
- Closed over $4 billion of leveraged debt financings for highly-levered companies and financial sponsors.
- Structured and priced numerous complex bond and bank loan offerings.
- Created credit memos submitted for approval by internal bank credit committees, which underwrote each client's debt transactions using base case and downside case cash flow projections to assess debt repayment capacity.
- Spearheaded the recruitment of analysts and associates, acting as the key liaison between HR and undergrad and MBA recruits.
Focus areas: Leveraged Finance, Leveraged Buyout (LBO), Leveraged Buyout Modeling, Pro Forma Financial Statements, Modeling, Financial Modeling, Debt Raises, Cost of Debt, Cash Flow Modeling, Free Cash Flow (FCF), Private Credit, Credit Analysis, Fixed Income Analysis, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Industry Analysis, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Board Decks, Pitch Decks, Investor Presentations, Credit Ratings, Debt Workouts, Debt Issuance, CIM, Bonds, Information Memoranda, Investment Memoranda, Fundraising, Business Plan Consulting, Revenue & Expense Projections, Business Strategy, Market Research, Investments, Writing & Editing, DCF Valuation, Discounted Cash Flow (DCF), Transaction Comparables, Comparable Company Analysis, Three-statement Modeling, S&P Capital IQ, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Business Planning, Factset, Capital IQ, Thomson Reuters, Research, GAAP, Equity Raises, Deal Sourcing, Financial Statements, DCF Modeling, Valuation, Financial Services
Investment Analyst Intern
2018 - 2019
L Squared Capital
- Served a $1 billion private equity fund as an MBA intern, buying $5-25 million EBITDA companies in tech-enabled industries, software, and education.
- Awarded with a significant discretionary bonus and recognized as the best-performing MBA intern in the fund's history.
- Screened confidential information memorandums and created operating and financing models of targets using base/downside cases to project internal rate of returns and multiple on invested capital.
- Built an Excel model from scratch for a $75 million term loan from a direct lender for a dividend recap of a company in the private equity portfolio.
Focus areas: Leveraged Buyout Modeling, Leveraged Buyout (LBO), Buyouts, Management Buyout Finance, Private Equity, Private Equity Valuation, Valuation, Discounted Cash Flow (DCF), Comparable Company Analysis, Transaction Comparables, Private Credit, Leveraged Finance, Operating Models, Board Decks, Investment Thesis, Investment Cases, DCF Valuation, Competitive Intelligence, Deal Analysis, Deal Sourcing, Three-statement Modeling, CIM, Financial Modeling, Fundraising, Pitch Decks, Business Plan Consulting, Revenue & Expense Projections, Business Strategy, Market Research, Investments, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Writing & Editing, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), S&P Capital IQ, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Business Planning, Capital IQ, Thomson Reuters, Factset, Research, Investor Presentations, GAAP, Financial Statements, DCF Modeling, Financial Services, Asset Management
Co-founder | Co-owner
2013 - 2018
S&C Messina Capital Management
- Founded S&C Messina Capital Investments, LP, a property and casualty (P&C) insurance sector-focused hedge fund.
- Achieved double-digit returns and raised $2 million from limited partners looking to invest in publicly-traded equities of P&C insurance carriers.
- Sourced around $50 million in private insurance company acquisitions for the Vanbridge insurance and reinsurance firm, backed by KKR and Stone Point.
Focus areas: Hedge Funds, Investing, Value Investing, Equity, Stock Market, Valuation, Stock Analysis, Financial Modeling, Fundraising, Pitch Decks, Revenue & Expense Projections, Startups, Business Strategy, Market Research, Investments, Startup Funding, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Writing & Editing, DCF Valuation, Discounted Cash Flow (DCF), Transaction Comparables, Comparable Company Analysis, Three-statement Modeling, Reinsurance, Captive Reinsurance, P&C Insurance, S&P Capital IQ, Business Planning, Factset, Capital IQ, Thomson Reuters, Research, Investor Presentations, GAAP, Deal Sourcing, Financial Statements, DCF Modeling, Financial Services, Asset Management
Investment Banking Analyst
2011 - 2012
GLC Advisors & Co.
- Worked as an analyst for an investment bank founded by former heads of restructuring and leveraged finance at UBS, CSFB, and DLJ.
- Executed $6 billion of restructuring transactions, advising debtors and creditors of distressed or bankrupt companies.
- Dealt primarily with creditors and blue-chip distressed debt hedge funds clients, seeking recoveries via in- or out-of-court debt restructuring transactions.
Focus areas: Debt Restructuring, Financial Restructuring, Restructuring, Distressed/Special Situations, Investment Banking, Credit/Debt, Leveraged Finance, Leveraged Credit, Modeling, Revenue & Expense Projections, Business Strategy, Market Research, Investments, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Writing & Editing, Financial Modeling, DCF Valuation, Discounted Cash Flow (DCF), Transaction Comparables, Comparable Company Analysis, Three-statement Modeling, Leveraged Buyout (LBO), S&P Capital IQ, Factset, Capital IQ, Thomson Reuters, Research, Pitch Decks, Investor Presentations, Debt Workouts, GAAP, Financial Statements, DCF Modeling, Valuation, Financial Services
Fundamental Analyst
2011 - 2012
3 Twelve Capital
- Analyzed and pitched catalyst-driven distressed debt and common stock trade ideas to the CIO of companies such as TXU, AMR, SVU, and HOV.
- Engaged as an original member of a 10-person founding team for a startup hedge fund, launched with $200 million in assets under management, with Goldman Sachs and UBS as anchor investors.
- Performed fundamental analysis on companies to support investment ideas.
- Managed research analyst interns attending colleges in the Chicago area.
Focus areas: Investing, Trading, Distressed/Special Situations, Hedge Funds, Modeling, Investment Thesis, Investment Ideas, Revenue & Expense Projections, Startups, Business Strategy, Market Research, Investments, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Writing & Editing, Financial Modeling, DCF Valuation, Discounted Cash Flow (DCF), Transaction Comparables, Comparable Company Analysis, Three-statement Modeling, Leveraged Finance, S&P Capital IQ, Factset, Capital IQ, Thomson Reuters, Research, Pitch Decks, Investor Presentations, GAAP, Financial Statements, DCF Modeling, Valuation, Financial Services, Asset Management
Investment Banking Analyst
2007 - 2009
Lazard
- Closed $400 million of special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) IPOs and pre-IPO equity private placements.
- Assisted Lazard with the analysis for its paper titled "SPACs: An Alternative Way to Access the Public Markets."
- Collaborated with corporate clients in the maritime shipping and healthcare sectors and numerous SPAC sponsor management teams.
- Created and managed targeted investor lists for each public or private equity capital raise.
Focus areas: Equity Raises, Private Equity, Private Placements, Private Placement Memoranda, Growth Capital Raising, Capital Raising, Investment Banking, Initial Public Offerings, Equity Capital, SPACs, Fundraising, Pitch Decks, Revenue & Expense Projections, Business Strategy, Market Research, Investments, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Writing & Editing, Financial Modeling, DCF Valuation, Discounted Cash Flow (DCF), Transaction Comparables, Comparable Company Analysis, Three-statement Modeling, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), S&P Capital IQ, Factset, Capital IQ, Thomson Reuters, Research, Investor Presentations, GAAP, Financial Statements, Valuation, Financial Services
Education
2017 - 2019
Master's Degree in Business Administration (MBA)
Chapman University - Orange, California
1999 - 2005
Bachelor's Degree in Political Science and International Relations
Yale University - New Haven, Connecticut
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