B. Riley strengthens investment banking division with four new hires

By Sarah Lizee

Olympia, Wash., July 24 – B. Riley FBR, Inc. expanded its investment banking division with the addition of Chris Allick, Todd Blankfort, Paul Clausing and David Suddendorf, according to a press release.

The new additions come from San Francisco-based Hunting Dog Capital LLC, a firm which specializes in providing flexible financing for lower middle-market U.S. companies seeking growth.

Allick co-founded Hunting Dog Capital with Blankfort in 2006 as a managing member of the firm. He joins B. Riley as managing director and brings over 35 years of investment banking industry expertise, primarily focused on special situations credit. Prior to that, Allick founded boutique investment bank Instream Partners in 2000, which then became Instream Capital LLC.

Blankfort joins B. Riley as managing director. Prior to co-founding Hunting Dog Capital, he served as a managing member of Instream Capital responsible for originating, evaluating and structuring investment opportunities. He has been in various investment banking roles, including with UBS Warburg LLC, Veronis Suhler Stevenson and Citicorp Securities.

Clausing also joins B. Riley as managing director. Prior to joining Hunting Dog Capital in 2015, he held a senior financial operating role at Velti plc and spent roughly 10 years at Jefferies & Co., Inc. assisting technology, media and telecom clients with debt and equity issuances, mergers and acquisitions, and restructurings.

Suddendorf joins B. Riley as vice president. At Hunting Dog Capital, he was involved in all aspects of the firm’s investment activities with a concentration on portfolio company management and monitoring. He also managed the firm’s origination network and was involved in marketing and business development activities. Prior to Hunting Dog Capital, Suddendorf worked for Palatine Capital Partners where he analyzed potential debt and equity transactions.

B. Riley FBR is an investment bank based in Los Angeles.

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