SAM DONNELLY

PRINCIPAL

Sam Donnelly is a Principal at Coil Partners, where he performs sellside and buyside M&A advisory, debt and equity financings, and strategic assessments for middle-market companies. Prior to joining Coil Partners, Sam was a Sr. Associate at Coral Tree Partners, where he focused on all phases of the investment process and portfolio company management for companies across the media, entertainment, communications, and related business services sectors. Previously, Sam worked in the Business Services group at Houlihan Lokey, providing sellside and buyside M&A advisory to companies in the engineering and industrial services, communications, and marketing services sectors.

Sam’s combined investment banking and private equity experience along with his data analytics expertise provides Coil clients value-added services that help them better understand how to access and convert their data into performance enhancement. Sam is currently a member of the leadership team for a lifestyle apparel brand formed by three industry leaders/founders of Travis Mathew and Cuater. 

Sam received his B.S. in Finance and M.S. in Business Analytics from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.