ICA BOLSTERS LIQUIDITY AND CAPITALIZATION PRACTICE WITH THE ADDITION OF UBS WARBURG M&A VETERAN MICHAEL KIM.

Intellectual Capital Associates today announced that it has added Michael Kim as a Managing Partner in the Liquidity & Capitalization Practice. Mr. Kim and his team will be based in San Francisco and will strengthen the firms existing practice, which focuses on: Technology, Communications, Media, and Life Sciences.

In a market contraction as rapid as that of the past 9 months our clients have sought the council of experienced Mergers and Acquisitions strategist and operators," said Warren Howells, Managing Partner at Intellectual Capital Associates. Michaels addition to our existing franchise reflects our lasting commitment to providing strategic advisory and operational services to our clients in the private equity community."

Kim has more than 10 years of experience in Investment Banking and advisory transactions. Mr. Kim joins Intellectual Capital Associates from UBS Warburg where he was a director in the Technology Investment Banking Group specializing in M&A. Prior to that, he held key leadership positions with the Investment Banks, Volpe Brown Whelan, Rothschild Inc. and Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown.

Intellectual Capital Associates (ICA) is a research focused, advisory and strategy consultancy serving the private equity and debt community. The firm provides products and services in Liquidity & Capitalization, Strategy Research & Analytics, Market Entry & Local Presence, Operational Performance Enhancement as well as Syndicated Publications focused on the communications, media, and technology sectors. For more information visit www.IntellectualCapitalAssociates.com.