William V. Trefethen - Managing Director
trefethen@trefethenadvisors.com
480.443.2691
Mr. Trefethen is a partner of Trefethen Advisors, and is responsible
for the overall management of the firm as well as advising clients on
a broad range of transaction.
Prior to forming the firm, Mr. Trefethen was a founder of American Commercial
Capital, LLC ("ACC"), a commercial finance and investment banking company
focused on providing capital and advisory services to companies in the multi-unit
retail industry. ACC was acquired by Wells Fargo & Company in 2001,
and continues to operate as a Wells Fargo business unit (Wells Fargo
Commercial Capital), providing capital to middle market companies across
the United States.
Prior to forming ACC, Mr. Trefethen was a Managing Director with Koll
Investment Management (“Koll”), an investment management
concern, where he was responsible for the development, capitalization
and management of new capital market initiatives, including Koll Specialty
Finance Company LLC, a commercial finance company providing debt capital
to multi-unit retail companies, Koll ENSR Environmental Realty Advisors,
an investment fund focused on opportunistic investments in environmentally
impacted commercial real estate, and Alliance Capital Koll Real Estate
Securities, an investment fund focused on investing in publicly traded
REITs.
Prior to joining Koll, Mr. Trefethen was a Director in the Financial Advisory
Services Practice of PriceWaterhouseCoopers, where he provided a broad range
of advisory services related to mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance,
business reorganization, real estate and dispute resolution. Mr. Trefethen was
also a member of the financial advisory services group at Arthur Andersen.
Mr. Trefethen received a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Finance from Arizona State University.
