Michael Negari

EVP at Sovereign Capital NYC

Speaker

Mr. Negari is the Co-Founder and EVP of Sovereign Capital NYC, a New York based commercial real estate focused family office. Michael’s duties include asset management, acquisitions, and capital market efforts. He also is the chief co-investment director leading all co-GP mandates involving investments with emerging market asset managers in numerous asset classes. Prior to Sovereign, Michael spent 11 years in the Mergers and Acquisitions sector. While at Oberon Securities, he assisted corporate client acquisitions, divestiture and capital raising efforts as a generalist leading deal teams. Prior to this, Michael was a Senior Associate at Duff & Phelps’ Valuation Advisory Services group focused in M&A – clients served include D.E. Shaw & Co., Fortress Investment Group LLC, Apollo Management L.P., Conversus Capital L.P., Newcastle Investment Corp., The Carlyle Group, among others. While pursuing his MBA in Corporate Finance at Fordham University, Mr. Negari spent two years as an M&A Associate at David N. Deutsch & Co. (boutique investment bank). Prior to obtaining his MBA, Michael was a Financial Analyst within AIG’s Global Investment Group managing $11.9Bn (AUM).