Seabury Group - Investment Banking & Advisory Services

Margaret L. Chan
Managing Director

Margaret Chan joined the Seabury Group in December 2001 as head of the Los Angeles office with more than 20 years of experience in diverse public and private transactions. As a Managing Director of Merrill Lynch, and co-founder of Cargill/O'Brien Partners, Ms. Chan structured a wide range of transactions involving innovative financing strategies.

Ms. Chan began her career at Salomon Brothers in 1979 where she commanded a unique niche in the project finance industry. She structured and closed over $10 billion in tax-exempt and taxable debt financing for the construction of: energy power projects (Palo Verde nuclear, Intermountain coal fire, Calaveras Hydro, NCPA Geothermal), airport facilities (LAX, DEN), intermodal facilities & railroads (Alameda Corridor). In 1989, she co-founded O'Brien Partners, which later merged into Cargill/O'Brien Partners. O'Brien Partners specialized in advising frequent issuers about the timing in entering the market for capital raising, and the optimum vehicle in accessing investors. Under the joint venture of Cargill/OBrien, Ms. Chan exported her skills to assisting foreign joint ventures in Asia. One of her transactions involved the issuance of $134 million 144A debt to finance for a number of infrastructure projects for the Suzhou Economic Development Zone. She securitized 27 corporate earnings and mirrored the debt service to dividend payouts. The bonds received investment grade from both Moody's and S&P. This creative structure was cited by Moody's as "the future template for infrastructure project financings in China."

Ms. Chan was engaged by multinationals (Enron, Azurix, EW Blanch) and private equity funds (AIG, Barclays Capital, Colony Capital) in sourcing investment opportunities and structuring transactions both domestically and in Asia. Her practice represents industries across a broad range, including technology, media, insurance, manufacturing, and business services. She is engaged by domestic Korean and Chinese middle market companies for M&A advisory services. She is currently active in the structuring of life settlement-backed securitization and private equity portfolio investments.

Ms. Chan received her B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from UCLA and attended Medical School, UC San Francisco. She is a NASD Registered Principal, and is Series 7, 63 and 24 qualified.

Margaret L. Chan
Roy S. Clauss
Chong Chan
Matthew T. Stone