ACG 101 2024 June 5th Aerospace & Defense Technology Leaders Panel

Zachary Turke is a corporate partner in Sheppard Mullin’s Los Angeles office.  He is head of the Mergers & Acquisition team and its Government Business Group, which encompasses Sheppard’s aerospace & defense practice.

Zac’s practice focuses on mergers & acquisition transactions across a wide variety of industries.  He works with private equity firms, public companies, family-owned business, strategics and entrepreneurs in industries such as aerospace & defense, consumer products, business services, software & technology, video games & esports, cannabis, healthcare, apparel & beauty, manufacturing, retail and food & beverage.  Over his career with Sheppard Mullin, Zac has successfully closed over 200 M&A transactions.

He also helps clients with debt and equity financings, venture capital investments, corporate governance and joint ventures and strategic alliances.

Zac specializes in getting deals done.  He is adept at making complex issues comprehensible and finding practical solutions to legal problems.  He is an avid writer and speaker with respect to areas of corporate law.  He holds a law degree from Harvard Law School and B.A. from Duke University.  He has been recognized as a leader by Super Lawyers, the Legal 500 and the M&A Advisors.

Andrew has more than 17 years’ experience in investment banking and corporate development in addition to CFO and operating management roles in private equity and venture capital backed companies.  He brings more than 25 years focused on growth stage companies to advising entrepreneurs and investors in aerospace and defense, software and technology.

Andrew was CFO of the Merex Group and Kellstrom Defense, a private equity backed aerospace and defense company where he completed multiple acquisitions to grow the business more than five-fold over 2 years.  He was interim-CFO and GM of a private equity backed CPG business that was sold to Bradford.  He was a Senior Manager at Oracle Corporation after being actively involved in the growth and development of Treasury Services Corporation, an enterprise software company backed by General Atlantic, that was acquired by Oracle Corporation.

Previously, Andrew was Managing Director of Angeles Capital Group, Director of Alexander Dunham, Associate of Gerard Klauer Mattison (now BMO Capital Markets) and GKM Ventures, and Associate of Chanin Capital Partners (now Duff & Phelps). Prior to that, he spent four years at Price Waterhouse where he was qualified as a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (CA ANZ).  Andrew received his MBA from the John E. Anderson Graduate School of Business at UCLA where he was selected as a Venture Fellow and received his Bachelor of Commerce degree at the University of Western Australia.  He holds Series 7, 63 and 79 licenses with Fallbrook Capital Securities Corporation.

Andrew currently resides with his wife Judy and children in Encino where he has lived for more than 20 years.