JD Friedland

Senior Managing Director

Mr. Friedland is a Senior Managing Director at Epsilon Securities. He has provided strategic advice to corporate and financial clients in the healthcare sector for the last 15 years. His client list includes such prominent firms as Abbott Laboratories, Aetna, Caregiver Services, Fresenius Medical Care, Misys, Ocular Sciences, Pfizer, and Volcano.

Until 2007, Mr. Friedland was Head of U.S. Healthcare for Rothschild, Inc. Prior to joining Rothschild Inc. in 2005, Mr. Friedland was a Managing Director at Rinaldini & Co., a New York-based investment firm specializing in corporate finance and financial advisory services. Mr. Friedland has also held senior positions in the Healthcare Group at Lazard Frères, Wasserstein Perella (later Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein) and Cowen & Company.

Mr. Friedland received a Master of Business Administration degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of Southern California.

Direct: (212) 684-2578

jd@epsilonsecurities.com

Relevant Transaction Experience:

• Cenegenics debt recapitalization

• Caregiver Services Inc. acquisition financing

• Pfizer divesture of Phadia

• Volcano acquisition of Jomed in concert with Abbott