PETER J. LIEBERMAN

As Managing Partner of Schneider Downs Capital, LLC (SD Capital) and CEO of Schneider Downs Corporate Finance, LP (SDCF), Pete is responsible for managing transaction and business development activities for SD Capital’s middle-market mergers and acquisitions and SDCF’s real estate investment banking practice. Since Pete joined in 2006, he has completed more than 50 mergers and acquisitions and capital raising transactions, establishing its growing real estate equity practice and cementing its position as a leading regional middle-market investment banking practice.

Over the course of Pete’s 28-year investment banking career, he has advised clients ranging from multinational public companies to individuals seeking to acquire their first business. This work has spanned numerous industries, with particular emphasis on engineered industrial products manufacturing, real estate, energy services, building products, metals, business services, consumer products and food processing.

Prior to joining Schneider Downs, Pete was a director in the Mergers and Acquisitions Advisory Group of PNC Capital Markets. Before joining PNC, he was a business reporter for two Pittsburgh daily newspapers.

Professional and Community Involvement

Professional Licenses – FINRA Series 7, Series 24 and Series 63 Securities Licenses

Board member—Jewish Family and Community Services of Pittsburgh

Past Treasurer and Board Member—Gateway to the Arts

Past Board Member—Association for Corporate Growth, Pittsburgh Chapter

Education

M.B.A. – Finance and Strategy, Indiana University School of Business

B.A. – Political Science, Duke University

Schneider Downs Corporate Finance, LP is a registered broker/dealer.

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A tax shareholder with more than 25 years of private and public accounting experience, CHRIS MCELROY joined Schneider Downs in 2017 and advises clients in diverse sectors, including consumer products and retail, healthcare, and manufacturing and distribution. Chris' team went to the aid of a family-owned retailer/franchisor that needed to reduce its tax burden to better align with the long-term vision for the business. Schneider Downs' shareholder-led service model positioned the team to have a sophisticated understanding of the client's objectives and leverage opportunities afforded by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. "We helped the client implement a structure to get requisite cash flows to the owners while taking advantage of favorable corporate tax rates, non-U.S. tax planning, and other tax provisions such as QBI and FDII,” said McElroy. “We were able to reduce their overall annual global tax burden by nearly 15% as a result." Schneider Downs provides Big Thinking and Personal Focus in delivering a variety of services for large and small businesses, both publicly and privately held, as well as nonprofit organizations, government entities and more. Through our commitment to thought leadership and knowledge management, we deliver the solutions our clients need with a personal commitment to service.

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