Gaming & Leisure
Our Gaming and Leisure team has experience in virtually all aspects of the gaming and leisure sector, including commercial casinos, Native American casinos, race track operators/racinos, route operators, online casino gaming, sports betting, gaming equipment suppliers, hotel and resort companies, leisure park operators and sports and sporting event companies. Our professionals understand the current trends and regulatory environment in both existing and new jurisdictions that have driven the proliferation of gaming options and the impact these trends have on companies’ strategic plans. Our deep sector expertise is complemented by our ability to provide comprehensive solutions to our clients, including capital raising (debt and equity), merger and acquisition advisory and restructuring and recapitalization services. The sectors we cover include:
- Commercial Casinos
- Native American Casinos
- Online Casino Gaming
- Race Tracks/Racinos
- Route Operators
- Sports Betting
- Gaming Equipment Suppliers
- Hotels and Resorts
- Leisure Parks
- Sports and Sporting Events
For further information on our services, please contact:
Steven Cramer
Managing Director
Investment Banking Group
(310) 246-3617
scramer@imperialcapital.com
Steven Cramer is Managing Director, Investment Banking Group in the Los
Angeles office of Imperial Capital. Mr. Cramer has more than seventeen years
of investment banking and senior level operating experience, most recently
as Chief Financial Officer of LBI Media, a leading owner and operator of
Spanish-language radio and television stations. Previously, Mr. Cramer was
a senior banker in the Los Angeles office of Credit Suisse First Boston
(CSFB) and its predecessor, Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ), where he
originated and executed a broad range of leveraged finance, mergers and
acquisitions and restructuring transactions in the media, gaming and leisure,
hospitality, and consumer sectors. Prior to CSFB/DLJ, Mr. Cramer was an
Associate in the Los Angeles office of Morgan Stanley. Mr. Cramer began
his investment banking career in Smith Barney’s Specialized Restructuring
Group, where he executed financial restructuring transactions including
both debtor and creditor advisory assignments for both in- and out-of-court
restructurings. Mr. Cramer received a B.A. with distinction from Stanford
University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
Monte Green
Senior Vice President
Investment Banking Group
(310) 246-3699
mgreen@imperialcapital.com
Monte Green is Vice President, Investment Banking Group in the Los Angeles
office of Imperial Capital. Prior to joining Imperial Capital, Mr. Green
was an Associate in Lehman Brothers’ Global Mergers and Acquisitions Group,
where he focused on transactions in the Technology space. Mr. Green’s prior
experience also includes commercial banking at Bank of America. Mr. Green
received his B.B.A. in Finance and Marketing from Texas Christian University
and his M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business
with concentrations in Accounting, Analytic Finance and Entrepreneurship.
Mr. Green is a CFA Charterholder.