no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . december 2012 marathon capital type private company industry investment banking financial services founded 1999 headquarters chicago bannockburn key people ted brandt principal chief executive officer gregg elesh principal chief investment officer bob braasch principal chief financial officer services investment banking website www.marathon cap.com marathon capital is an independent investment bank delivering financial advice to the global energy and infrastructure markets . marathon capital specializes in the sale and financing of companies portfolios and assets within these markets . marathon capital founded in 1999 is privately held . investment banking is conducted through wholly owned subsidiary marathon capital markets llc and regulated by the financial industry regulatory authority finra in the united states and by the ontario securities commission osc in canada where the firm operates as an exempt market dealer . marathon capital employs 27 investment bankers in the areas of renewable energy mergers acquisitions restructuring project finance and capital raisings . the firm has offices in chicago bannockburn new york city and san francisco . history edit in 1999 richard t. brandt ii and gregg elesh co founded marathon capital . both have backgrounds in commercial finance leasing and structured finance . during 2001 marathon capital began its focus on alternative energy . the firm competes with bulge bracket firms for its engagements . marathon capital periodically acts as a co manager with other investment banks to facilitate client transactions . marathon capital has been involved in several high profile wind power mandates from american wind capital corporation usa suzlon wind energy corporation usa echofirst usa skypower corp. canada allco finance group australia and greenlight energy usa . clients edit marathon capital s clients include developers independent power producers utilities government entities oil and gas companies and energy service providers focused on buying selling capitalizing leveraging and or restructuring a specific situation company project or asset . marathon capital has completed transactions involving district energy cogeneration geothermal power wind power solar power landfill gas demand side energy conservation and has interest in additional transactions focusing on alternative fuel and chemicals biomass power energy management system fuel cell hydro and energy efficiency . the firm handled the transactions for the following clients american wind capital company s sale of company and portfolio to hannon armstrong ; 1 suzlon s sale of 240mw big sky wind farm to everpower 2 the restructuring and sale of middlesex generation to general electric landfill gas to electric ; steamboat ii iii to ormat technologies geothermal ; the sale of greenlight energy to bp plc wind 3 amp resources to enel geothermal 4 5 6 7 cpv wind to iberdrola wind 8 skypower corp. to lehman brothers wind and solar 9 10 and ridgeline energy to veolia environment wind . the sale of the project by allco finance group generated cash proceeds of a 346 million . 11 references edit marathon capital advises american wind capital company on sale of portfolio and company . http www.prnewswire.com . pr newswire . retrieved 29 may 2014 . external link in website help suzlon announces sale of 240 mw big sky wind farm to everpower pdf . http www.suzlon.com . suzlon . retrieved 8 april 2014 . external link in website help 1 ; snl financial 2 ; prweb 3 ; biz toolbelt 4 ; milbank 5 ; hcp 6 ; power finance & risk 7 ; power finance & risk 8 ; quantum leap allco finance retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title marathon capital & oldid 738241058 categories investment bankshidden categories cs1 errors external linksorphaned articles from december 2012all orphaned articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 7 september 2016 at 19 34 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view