About Us

SarniHaan Capital Partners was established in 2011 by Eric Salzman after a 15+ year career in M&A, venture capital, private equity, special situation investing, and restructuring.

What we do:

• Provide high impact strategic advice to investment funds, middle market private companies, and small to mid cap public companies facing a range of transformational decisions.

• Partner with senior lenders, equity investors, limited partners, and management to develop and drive specific value-creation plans for all stakeholders.

How we do it:

• Appointed Executive or Non-Executive Chairman; Special Committee Member; Independent Director.

• Retained as interim Chief Executive Officer, Chief Restructuring Officer, Advisor or Consultant.

• Hands-on Strategic Involvement.

Why SarniHaan:

• Proven expertise in corporate transformations and turnarounds, board governance, bankruptcies, in and out-of-court restructurings, strategic and business plan reviews, operational realignments, CEO/CFO recruiting, recapitalizations, M&A and PE or credit fund wind-downs.

• Worked with portfolio companies of leading funds including: Athyrium Capital, Ares, Carlyle Credit, Blackstone, Francisco Partners, Hancock,  KKR Credit, Medley, and SGRF.

• Served as a director on 20 public and private company boards – Executive Chairman (1), Non-Executive Chairman (2), Special Committee Chairman (4), Audit Committee Chairman (3), Audit Committee Member (5), Compensation Committee Chairman (4), Compensation Committee Member (2).

• Advise senior lenders, management teams, and boards on how to effectively navigate complex situations and drive value maximizing strategies for stakeholders.