Westwood Capital, LLC is an investment bank and financial advisory firm founded in 1995. It is a registered FINRA broker-dealer and provides a unique combination of expertise and experience in the firm's four general practice areas: Restructuring Advisory Services and Litigation Support, Project Development Finance and Real Estate Advisory Services, Securitization and Corporate Finance, and Mergers, Acquisitions and Financial Advisory Services. Industry leaders and innovators in their fields, Westwood's bankers have been engaged — for an average of nearly two decades each — in the creation and popularization of many forms of financing that are today widely accepted in the financial markets, but were originally custom-designed solutions for Westwood individual clients. Westwood's principals have been an integral factor in the creation and execution of a number of signature transactions including the first commercial mortgage-backed securities offerings, the first issuance of investment-grade rated asset-backed securities as part of the reorganization of a bankrupt estate, the first investment-grade rated debt issue backed by gaming device revenues, the first major music royalty transaction, and the introduction of securities backed by Small Business Administration loans. The M&A and financial advisory practice, together with the securitization and restructuring practices, have enabled Westwood to offer an extensive and complementary package of services to non-bank lenders and their shareholders. Over the years, Westwood has been a source of market knowledge for asset-based lenders, specialty lenders, leasing companies and factors, achieving unparalleled success in establishing a market for clients desiring to recognize value through business combinations or sales. The firm is recognized for adding considerable value to situations involving complicated structures and companies with heavy dependence on repeated issuance of securitized debt.