James Freedman

Jim is the Chairman, Managing Director and Founding Principal of Intrepid Investment Bankers. Based in Los Angeles, Intrepid provides M&A, capital raising and strategic advisory services to entrepreneurs and middle-market companies in various industry sectors. Jim has more than 30 years of investment banking and corporate finance experience, and is an expert in the financial aspects of corporate strategy. He founded Barrington Associates, the predecessor firm to Intrepid, in 1982, which was subsequently sold to Wells Fargo Securities in 2006. Jim has advised numerous middle-market companies in the areas of corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, corporate valuation, and strategic decisions. In addition, he has acted as the principal financial advisor in hundreds of capital raisings and mergers and acquisitions transactions ranging in value from $20 million to $1 billion. Some of his notable transactions include the acquisition of the Los Angeles Kings Hockey Team, the sale of Applause, Inc., Encore Video, Roundhouse Products, and OnStaff, and the recapitalization of RSI Home Products, Inc., Halex Products, and L. Powell Company. Prior to founding Barrington, he was Vice President at Foothill Group Inc., where he was in charge of corporate development, as well as the commercial lending division for the California region. Jim has been listed in “Who’s Who in Banking and Finance” in the Los Angeles Business Journal’s annual poll of the 100 most influential individuals in the Los Angeles financial service community. Moreover, Jim is active in community affairs and serves on the Board of Directors of the UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center, the Board of Visitors of the UCLA Anderson School, the Board of Directors of the Yosemite Conservancy, the Board of Governors of Cedars-Sinai Hospital, and the Board of Directors of the Concern Foundation for Cancer Research.