Our Team

Advisors who have sat on your side of the table

A senior team combining investment-banking M&A experience with first-hand knowledge of how law firms are built, led and combined.

Mark R. Saunders

Mark R. Saunders

President
New York

As President of Achelous Partners, Mark is a leading investment banker to international public and private life science companies. He has a successful history of cross-border mergers and acquisitions and cross-border joint ventures. Mark has significant expertise in the US listing process and in all forms of financing available to domestic and international companies.

Mark was general outside legal counsel to Citibank’s ADR Division, undertaking over 300 transactions involving non-US companies listing on NASDAQ and the New York Stock Exchange. He was head of Greenberg Traurig’s International Corporate Finance Group, and was previously a Partner with the US law firms of Brown & Wood and Parker Chapin, specialising in securities and corporate finance. Mark holds a Juris Doctor from New York Law School and is a member of the New York Bar Association.

Eric L. Zitter

Eric L. Zitter

Managing Director
New York

Eric Zitter focuses on deal origination with a focus on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions. Eric has researched and travelled globally searching for M&A opportunities for Achelous Advisors’ international client base.

Eric holds a joint Bachelor of Science and Engineering in Bioengineering with a minor in Applied Economics from Cornell University.

Achelous Advisors draws on the wider senior team of its parent firm. View the full Achelous Partners team →

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