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First Capital Partners Adds Wesley Hampp as Managing Director
Omaha, NE (Nov. 30, 2007) – First Capital Partners, LLC has expanded its management team with the addition of Wesley Hampp as a managing director in its Omaha office, announced David McLeese, managing partner. The firm is a direct investor of...more
First Capital Partners Completes Acquisitions in Washington and Wisconsin
Omaha, NE (Nov. 29, 2007) – First Capital Partners, LLC announced that it recently completed the acquisitions of UPF Services, LLC, and Wisconsin Film and Bag, Inc., said David McLeese, the firm's managing partner.
"We are very pleased to announce these acquisitions, both of which represent leading companies within their industries," said McLeese. "We look forward...more
FIRST NATIONAL LAUNCHES NEBRASKA'S ONLY FULL-SERVICE INVESTMENT BANK
Clark Lauritzen to lead new unit in plans for regional expansion
Omaha, NE (April 2, 2007) - First National of Nebraska, one of the nation's largest banking holding companies headquartered west of the Mississippi River, announced the launch of First National Investment Banking (FNIB), the only full-service investment bank in Nebraska, according to Clark D. Lauritzen, who will serve as senior vice president and general manager of this new business unit.
"First National Investment Banking pairs Wall Street-caliber corporate finance and capital markets expertise with the Midwestern values people expect from First National," Lauritzen said. "We are very pleased to be able to respond to a need expressed to us by corporations, institutions and high-net-worth individuals. First National Investment Banking...more
Control Installations of Iowa, Inc. Attracts Mezzanine Financing
Des Moines, Iowa (November 15, 2006) -- Control Installations of Iowa, Inc. (CI3), a leading technology-based systems integrator for the security and HVAC control system industries, announced that it has obtained mezzanine capital financing from Omaha-based First Capital Partners LLC (FCP).
The purpose of the financing was to assist the management team in completing a management buy-out of the firm. The management of CI3, led by Wayne Hansen, CEO, has been leading the firm for the past 20 years but up until the most recent transaction it owned a minority stake in the firm...more
From the Midlands Business Journal -- June 30, 2006
First National Mezzanine Capital is a new unit headed by McLeese
First National Nebraska, the parent of First National Bank of Omaha, has formed a new company, First National Mezzanine Capital. Its president is David McLeese, formerly with Odin Capital Group, a venture capital firm based in Omaha.
Mezzanine Capital is a financial tool typically used for growth capital beyond a company's senior bank debt or to finance mergers and acquisitions, the bank said.
"First National is growing its capacity to offer innovative financial tools for privately held companies," said Clark Lauritzen, managing director of First National Mergers and Acquisitions. "We are pleased to have the expertise and experience of David McLeese to lead this new company."
Before co-founding Odin in 1999, McLeese was a managing director in the leveraged finance division at Bank of America in Chicago where he financed mergers and acquisitions and corporate recapitalizations.
He began his career at the National Bank of Commerce in Lincoln. A graduate of Nebraska Wesleyan University, he received an MBA from the University of Chicago.