James Grien

Managing Director

Jim is a managing director at TM Capital, one of Oaklins’ US member firms. He joined the firm in 2001 and has served as its president and CEO since 2008. In addition to overseeing TM Capital’s management and strategic direction, Jim leads many of the firm’s most noteworthy relationships and transactions. Over the last decade, he has personally led teams that have completed over 50 engagements, including complex merger transactions, multifaceted financings and high-level board advisory engagements. Jim’s practice is focused within the firm’s industrials, business services and consumer & retail industry verticals.

Previously, Jim was managing director and head of corporate finance for Prudential Securities Investment Banking. He has a BA from The University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated summa cum laude, and a JD from The Columbia University School of Law, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.