Stephen Wrobel has joined the Hilco Corporate Finance team as a managing director.

Wrobel will be responsible for business development, as the business continues to expand its advisory services and adds new investment banking clients who are seeking strategic solutions such as recapitalization, debt restructuring, business expansion, liquidity creation, sale of a business, ownership succession, and management transition.

“We’re thrilled to have Stephen join our team and continue to fuel our growth. Since launching our corporate finance practice a few years ago we have had tremendous success attracting clients that are looking for our unique combination of practical experience, strategic smarts and day to day agility,” said Jason Frank, HFC CEO.

Most recently, Wrobel had served as head of Debt Capital Markets for Balmoral Advisors where he was responsible for leading all debt capital markets and special situation transactions, including closing on sell-side M&A mandates, acquisition financing, and debt refinancing opportunities. Previously, Wrobel worked for Focal Point Partners, an investment banking firm, Z Capital Partners, a special situations private equity firm and leveraged lender, as well as several commercial lenders.

Wrobel brings to HCF his considerable experience in the commercial finance sector completing hundreds of transactions and helping to provide clients with professional, strategic, and financial advisory services associated with selling a business or exiting a portfolio company, divesting a subsidiary or division, or completing a merger or acquisition transaction.