MESA Poaches Montgomery & Co. Exec
Daniel Gossels, who’ll be an MD at the media-focused boutique, worked on the sales of Club Penguin, DailyCandy and IFilm.
May 27, 2009
Los Angeles- and New York-based entertainment M&A boutique MESA recruited Daniel Gossels to serve as a managing director. Gossels arrives most recently from Montgomery & Co., where he was a principal overseeing the firm’s media practice.
Gossels, at Montgomery, worked on the sales of Club Penguin, DailyCandy, UGO and IFilm. He also oversaw and completed the private placements for companies such as Realtime Worlds, WildTangent and Reactrix, among others.
Prior to joining Montgomery, he had served in an executive capacity for Hypnotic, where he was the president and COO. He also put in a stint at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities.
MESA, formed in 2003, was launched by Jerome Levy, Mark Patricof and Brian Richards to focus on the media and entertainment industry. The company advises on M&A, film finance and provides early-stage advisory services.
Alongside the Gossels hire, the firm also promoted Jonathan Levinson, Michael Josephs and Michael T.M. Jones to managing directors. Jones and Josephs joined the firm last year, from Bear Stearns and Credit Suisse, respectively, while Levinson came aboard in 2007 after served in a marketing capacity for CSTV.
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