Ed Ludwig, Managing Director and Member
ed.ludwig@meritcapitaladvisors.com
Ed Ludwig is a Managing Director and Member of Merit Capital Advisors, LLC. Since founding the company in 2012, Mr. Ludwig has closed 10 buy side and sell side M&A and project finance advisory transactions, in addition to being engaged on various ongoing and completed project finance advisory and strategic advisory mandates for financial and strategic investors. Mr. Ludwig’s experience combines investment banking, energy consulting, and governmental service. His energy career began during college working as an intern for the Pennsylvania Governors Energy Council where he became interested in cogeneration and small power production. He returned after graduating to help implement the PURPA legislation and regulations that launched the US independent power producer (IPP) industry. During graduate school he interned on Wall Street, assisting on project financings in Drexel Burnham Lambert's municipal finance division. After graduation he returned to Drexel Burnham to join its Lease and Project Finance Group where he worked on independent power M&A in addition to project and lease financings. Mr. Ludwig then started a New York office for ICF Resources focused on due diligence and advisory services before returning to investment banking at Kidder, Peabody and PaineWebber where he continued to specialize in the power and utilities sector, which also included various corporate equity and debt capital markets transactions, in addition to international power projects. Then, at PricewaterhouseCoopers Securities and more recently Dexia Global Structured Finance, Mr. Ludwig was a managing director responsible for their domestic power practices. He has closed more than 50 financial advisory and capital markets transactions representing approximately $12 billion (including several "first of their kind" M&A and project finance advisory transactions), in addition to providing strategic advisory and due diligence services on numerous other engagements. Mr. Ludwig graduated with an AB in Economics from Harvard College and received a master's degree in public and private management (MPPM: MBA equivalent) from the Yale School of Management.
Maria Navea, Associate
maria.navea@meritcapitaladvisors.com
Maria Navea is an Investment Banking Associate with Merit Capital Advisors where she assists with all aspects of the firm's engagements, industry research, and marketing. At Merit, Ms. Navea has closed sell side M&A including a $400MM equity sale and worked on project financings, valuations, and other strategic advisory engagements consistent with the Energy Transition. Her prior work experience includes investment banking and real estate finance in which she assisted with M&A target searches, debt and equity financings, and private placements. Prior to joining Merit in 2022, Ms. Navea received her MBA at Pepperdine with a concentration in Finance. Her undergraduate degree was conferred by Mount Saint Mary's University where she majored in Business Administration. Throughout her academic studies, Ms. Navea actively participated in various Business Case Competitions where her teams were awarded several top honors, and she has held numerous extra-curricular leadership positions. She also is fluent in Spanish.
Shawn Pyatetsky, Senior Analyst
shawn.pyatetsky@meritcapitaladvisors.com
Shawn Pyatetsky joined Merit Capital Advisors as an Investment Banking Senior Analyst. At Merit, Mr. Pyatetsky supports the firm's transactional work including target searches and investment screening along with conducting industry research and market monitoring. Drawing on prior experience as an analyst in Credit Suisse's and Guardian Life's corporate development departments, Mr. Pyatetsky assists with pro forma modeling and other analytical work. As an investment banking analyst, he brings the added perspective of principal investing and corporate strategy. Mr. Pyatetsky received a bachelor of arts in economics and business from Brandeis University where he graduated with honors and where he was team leader of their Varsity Fencing Team. Mr. Pyatetsky also is fluent in Russian.
Additional financial professionals are available to work with the Merit Capital Advisors team on a consulting basis
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