orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . december 2010 desilva & phillips llc type private industry investment banking financial services founded 1995 founder roland a. desilva reed phillips iii headquarters 475 park ave. south 22nd floor new york ny 10016 u.s.a. website www.desilvaphillips.com desilva & phillips llc media investment bankers aka desilva phillips d & p d p or mediabankers is a leading new york based mergers and acquisitions m & a advisory firm specializing in the media digital media ecommerce information advertising & marketing services education software and technology services and healthcare media & communications sectors . since 1995 d p has completed over 280 transactions valued at over 10 billion that have ranged from large media conglomerates to early stage entrepreneurial ventures in addition to the full spectrum of financial sponsors private equity groups venture capital firms and lender groups . contents 1 history 2 services 2.1 selling and buying 2.2 corporate finance 2.3 operational restructuring 2.4 valuations 3 partners 4 managing directors 5 white papers 6 transactions 7 external links 8 references history edit d p was founded in 1995 by roland desilva and reed phillips . both mr. desilva and mr. phillips had previously risen through the ranks of media companies as operators and executives themselves . in earlier years d p focused primarily on business to business and consumer publishing m & a transactions . however over the years d p has added new partners and managing directors to expand the depth and breadth of its investment banking practice and field of expertise particularly in digital media and technology and marketing services . d p now has 18 m & a professionals and is based in new york city on park avenue south at 32nd street with satellite offices in the washington d.c. area and denver . nearly every m & a professional at d p joined the firm after first building a career in the media . d p s team is now composed of former ceos company owners online entrepreneurs and executives magazine health care media and book publishers and trade show operators as well as financial advertising and marketing executives . 1 services edit 2 selling and buying edit the core business of d p is providing advisory work on sell side m & a transactions . this can take the form of the divestiture of a division or portfolio company as well as the sale of businesses by their owners . in addition to sell side advisory d p provides buy side counsel for a number of strategic and financial buyers . in these instances d p typically seeks out the acquisition target and brokers the transaction . corporate finance edit d p provides counsel in a range of financial transactions . these can include capital raises refinancing and debt restructuring . d p does not invest act as a lender advise on investments or publish securities research . desilva phillips corporate finance llc is a member of the financial industry regulatory authority finra and securities investor protection corporation sipc . operational restructuring edit desilva phillips formally established its operational restructuring practice in 2009 to provide counsel on a range of organizational and structural issues that assist clients in identifying and analyzing challenging corporate performance and capital structures . valuations edit clients seek valuations from desilva phillips for a variety of reasons including assessing the value of a property as part of a decision to acquire divest or refinance . these services are also requested in conjunction with legal disputes . valuation clients have included company owners and investors private equity firms lenders and legal advisors . partners edit roland a. desilva chairman reed phillips iii ceo jeffrey l. dearth jack noble managing directors edit john kaiser jr. ken sonenclar robin warner joanna stone herman kerry hatch ken karpay white papers edit d p ecommerce outlook february 2015 3 d p & mai information services whitepaper september 2013 4 d p & amr whitepaper the next big challenge in b2b information february 2011 5 getting real ad exchange rtb and the future of online advertising march 2010 6 lost in transition the revolution in celebrity media march 2009 7 the events industry the opportunity for new growth september 2008 8 online ad networks 9 monetizing the long tail march 2008 10 lead generation digital media s killer app december 2005 11 search engine marketing growth companies in play may 2005 12 transactions edit desilva phillips has focused its practice on seven different areas of expertise within the broader media and communications industry . these areas include advertising & marketing services 13 b2b 14 book publishing 15 consumer 16 digital media 17 ecommerce education 18 events 19 healthcare media & communications 20 information services 21 marketing research . 22 and software and technology services a list of recent transactions is included below 2015 july desilva phillips represented rda group on its sale to ipsos . 2015 june desilva phillips represented librify inc. on its sale to scribd . 2015 march desilva phillips represented savveo on the formation of a strategic partnership with empower . 2015 march desilva phillips represented catapultworks on its sale to r2i . 2015 january desilva phillips represented iens on its sale to tripadvisor . 2014 december desilva phillips represented network communications on its sale of by design publishing inc. to ac media llc . 2014 november desilva phillips represented network communications on its sale of new england home to new england home magazine llc . 2014 september desilva phillips represented network communications on its sale of unique homes to dupont registry . 2014 september desilva phillips represented parade media group llc a subsidiary of advance publications on its sale of parade and dash magazines with associated digital assets to athlon media group . 2014 september desilva phillips represented network communications on its sale of atlanta homes lifestlyes and two events the design bloggers conference and the garden bloggers conference to esteem media . 2014 august desilva phillips represented network communications on its sale of colorado homes & lifestyles and mountain living to wiesner media . 2014 july desilva phillips represented endurance business media inc. on its sale to lion equity portfolio company newpoint media group llc . 2014 july desilva phillips represented admeta on its sale to wideorbit . 2014 july desilva phillips represented the law report group on its sale to mergermarket group a bc partners portfolio company . 2014 june desilva phillips represented alenty on its sale to appnexus . 2014 january desilva phillips represented librify inc. on a capital raise from icg ventures inc. an ingram content group company . 2013 december desilva phillips represented nucleus imaging on its sale to sleeping dog ltd. 2013 october desilva phillips represented armstrong branch on its sale to sgs international inc. a portfolio company of onex corporation . 2013 october desilva phillips represented banyan branch on its sale to deloitte digital a part of deloitte consulting llp . 23 2013 august desilva phillips represented topspin partners lbo on the sale of to moose river media to grand view media group inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of ebsco industries inc. 24 2013 july desilva phillips represented wireless developer agency wda on its sale to x 1 . 25 2013 june desilva phillips client the foreign policy association has entered an exclusive agreement for the production and promotion of its television program great decisions with thomson reuters . 26 2013 january desilva phillips represented martha stewart living omnimedia in the sale of whole living certain assets to meredith . 27 2012 december desilva phillips represented broadwaybox.com in its sale to key brand entertainment . 28 2012 december desilva phillips represented rokkan in its sale to publicis groupe the third largest communications group in the world . 29 2012 november desilva phillips represented qd healthcare group in its sale to dowden health media a high road capital partners portfolio company . 30 2012 october desilva phillips advised matterhorn transactions inc. on the partnership with lexisnexis legal & professional to offer its web based transaction analysis tool matterhorn to legal professionals . 31 2012 october desilva phillips represented annie s in the acquisition of country sampler and smart retailer magazines from emmis communications . 32 2012 september desilva phillips represented geeknet inc. in the sale of its online media business including slashdot and sourceforge to dice holdings inc. 33 2012 september desilva phillips represented the deal llc in its sale to thestreet inc. 34 2012 september desilva phillips represented elsevier inc. in the sale of international medical news group imng to quadrant healthcom inc. forming frontline medical communications . 35 2012 august desilva phillips represented annie s in the acquisition of the popular pbs show knit and crochet now from candice jensen productions . 36 2012 august desilva phillips represented gulfshore media llc in the sale of gulfshore life and gulfshore business magazines to open sky media inc. 37 2012 july desilva phillips represented tpg growth in the sale of markettools research solutions inc. to metrixlab . 38 2012 june desilva phillips represented affinitive in its sale to project worldwide . 39 2012 may desilva phillips advised veomed llc on the reorganization of its operating structure in preparation for a series a financing . 40 2012 april desilva phillips represented fairchild fashion media a unit of conde nast in the sale of fairchild books to bloomsbury publishing plc. 41 2012 march desilva phillips represented publigroupe in the formation of a joint venture with mediamath called spree7 . 42 2012 march desilva phillips represented performance racing industry pri in its sale to specialty equipment market association sema . 43 2012 march desilva phillips represented preston publications in the sale of marina dock age to the waterways journal inc. 44 2012 february desilva phillips represented sittercity in the acquisition of assisted living source and home care profile to form yearsahead.com . 45 2012 february desilva phillips represented yankee group in the sale of 4g world to ubm techweb . 46 2011 december desilva phillips represented corporate executive board in the sale of toolbox.com to ziff davis . 47 2011 september desilva phillips represented summit business mediain the sale of its insurance information services unit highline data to snl financial lc . 48 2011 september desilva phillips represented preston publications in the sale of journal of analytical toxicology and journal of chromatographic science to oxford university press . 49 2011 july desilva phillips client greenleaf book group received an investment from noson lawen partners . 50 2011 july desilva phillips represented f w media inc. in the acquisition of the writers store . 51 2011 july desilva phillips represented lake capital management in the acquisition of orc international from infogroup a ccmp capital advisors portfolio company . 52 2011 june desilva phillips represented phocuswright inc in its sale to northstar travel media . 53 2011 february desilva phillips represented the new york times company in the sale of ucomparhealthcare.com to mdxmedical inc. parent company of vitals.com . 54 2010 december desilva phillips represented lebhar friedman inc. in the sale of dowden health media to high road capital partners . 55 2010 december desilva phillips represented lebhar friedman inc. in the sale of nation s restaurant news nrn to penton media . 56 2010 november desilva phillips represented vineyard gazette in the sale of martha s vineyard to jerome and nancy kohlberg . 57 2010 august desilva phillips represented harrison group in its sale to yougov plc. 58 2010 june desilva phillips represented bn media llc in the acquisition of beliefnet from newscorp . 59 2010 june desilva phillips represented plattform advertising in the sale of venture direct worldwide magazine publishing division to national ad sales . 60 2010 june desilva phillips represented plattform advertising in the sale of venture direct worldwide list services division to meritdirect llc . 61 2010 april desilva phillips represented curtco