Partners
David Y. Adler
David is a Partner at Paragon. Prior to co-founding the firm, David was Chief Executive Officer of Triene, an information services company targeting financial professionals which was funded by Goldman Sachs & Co. and Reuters. Before founding Triene, David was a Managing Director, Head of Telecommunications M&A and a founding member of the Media and Telecommunications group at Banc of America Securities (formerly Montgomery Securities), which he joined in 1997. From 1993 to 1997, David served as a Vice President and Associate in the Investment Banking Group of Goldman, Sachs & Co. From 1992 to 1993, David was an Associate in the Corporate Finance Department of Scotia Capital Markets in Toronto. In addition, David was a securities lawyer for 3 years with Goodmans, a Canadian law firm with 250 lawyers worldwide. David practiced in their New York and Toronto offices and was admitted to the New York and Ontario Bars.
David holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree with Distinction from the University of Toronto and a Joint Master of Business Administration, Bachelor of Laws Degree from Osgoode Hall Law School and the Schulich School of Business in Toronto, Canada.
Michael E. Levy
Michael is a Partner at Paragon. Prior to co-founding the firm, Michael was Senior Vice President in the Global Mergers & Acquisitions Group of Lehman Brothers and Head of Technology Services Mergers & Acquisitions. Before joining Lehman Brothers, Michael was a Principal in the Mergers & Acquisitions Department of Banc of America Securities LLC for eight years, including its predecessor firms. During this time, he served as an M&A specialist in the firm's Telecommunications and Media Group, Business Services Group, and Healthcare Group. Prior to joining these industry groups, Michael developed significant transactional experience as a generalist M&A banker involved in a range of industry sectors. In 1999, he also served as Chief Operating Officer of Banc of America Securities' Mergers & Acquisitions Department, as well as a member of the firm's Fairness Opinion Review Committee.
From 1993 through 2000, Michael was a founding investor in the acquisition and leveraged build-up of Grand Vehicle Works Holdings, an Indiana-based vehicle manufacturer acquired in bankruptcy. After implementing an operational turnaround bolstered by strategic acquisitions, the Company was sold to the Carlyle Group for approximately $210 million, generating a return in excess of 120 times equity capital invested.
Michael holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Business Administration with Honors from the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business.