Matt LoCascio, a managing director of Heritage Equity Partners (HEP), a subsidiary of Heritage Global, is a 7th Annual M&A Advisor Emerging Leaders Award winner.

The M&A Advisor is the M&A, turnaround and finance professionals’ leadership organization. It created the M&A Emerging Leaders Award in 2010. The award recognizes and celebrates the achievements of young M&A, financing and turnaround professionals who have reached a significant level of success and made notable contributions to their industry and community.

An independent panel of business leaders chooses the winners from a pool of nominees.

“Matt has been a critical part of our deal team since joining HEP in 2005,” said Ken Mann, HEP senior managing director. “He’s shown a dedication to enabling our clients to achieve the best possible outcome in over 75 unique engagements.”

LoCascio is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute and has been a speaker on panels related to distressed sales.