PAUL D. BUIE
Managing Director
History
Gordon Brothers – Director (Mar. 2013 – Sep. 2017)
Responsible for originating and evaluating opportunities for Gordon Brothers’ Valuation, Commercial & Industrial, Retail, and Real Estate practice groups, as well as originating opportunities for their joint-venture 2nd lien debt fund.
GE Capital – Senior Vice President (Sep. 2011 – Feb. 2013)
Led the renewed origination effort in the retail industry in the West Region. Identified new relationships, structured financing proposals in ABL, Asset-Backed loans and equipment finance leases to enhance liquidity and foster growth.
Quiksilver, Inc. – Vice President, Corporate Finance & Treasury (Jun. 2006 – Jan. 2010)
Led capital raising and debt restructuring throughout the financial crisis during which he helped to bring in a private equity sponsor and restructure over $1 billion of ABL financings in the US, Europe and AsiaPac. Globally managed treasury function, banking & rating agency relationships.
Société Générale – Vice President, Corporate & Investment Banking (Feb. 1998 – May 2006)
Originated capital markets/structured transaction business with product lines, including asset finance, securitization, tax and debt advisory, equity derivatives, and syndications.
Chase Securities (now J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.) – Analyst, Global Investment Bank (Feb. 1997 – Jan. 1998)
Worked in Global Commodity Finance following the completion of the Investment Banking Analyst Program.
Education
University of California, Irvine, Bachelor of Arts
Major: Honors in Political Science. Minors: English, French, Global Peace & Conflict Studies. Harry Eckstein Prize for Outstanding Senior Honors Thesis in Political Science “Nationalism in Algeria and New Caledonia”
Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (“Sciences-Po Paris”), Graduate Diploma.
Research project: The Aerospace Industry: EU policy and US military subsidies
Intern in political and marketing sections of Louis Harris, a member of the Sofres Group
Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Grenoble, Year Abroad through UC Irvine.
Curriculum included international relations, the European community, French politics, and French literature (all courses were taught in French)