Partner, Private Investment Banking

Justin Besikof is president of Lurie Besikof Lapidus Private Investment Banking, LLC. He has over 17 years of experience successfully executing middle market merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions, including sales to strategics and private equity groups, recapitalizations, leveraged buyouts, and management buyouts. Justin specializes in representing the sellers of closely-held, family owned and private equity sponsored companies in manufacturing, distribution and business services operating across a variety of industries including, industrial, technology, healthcare, construction, consumer and outsourced services.
Prior to forming Lurie Besikof Lapidus Private Investment Banking, Justin was an investment banker with a national investment banking firm. Before that, Justin was a tax consultant with one of the "Big Four" accounting firms.
Justin is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he earned his Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting, Master of Science in Finance, and Master of Accountancy in Taxation. He is also a licensed Certified Public Accountant. Justin holds FINRA Series 7, 24, 28, 66 and 79 licenses.
Contact Justin at jbesikof@lblco.com