Nick Gialessas

Nick Gialessas is a Managing Director in Kaufman Hall’s Mergers & Acquisitions practice. Focused on providing strategic advisory services to healthcare organizations, including health systems, physician practices, managed care companies and healthcare services businesses, his responsibilities include transaction development, structuring and negotiation, valuation and ongoing strategic advice regarding transaction execution across mergers, acquisitions, partnerships, divestitures, joint ventures, strategic investments and other affiliation alternatives.

Prior to joining Kaufman Hall, Mr. Gialessas provided investment banking services to healthcare organizations nationwide, including acute care hospitals, multi-state health systems, academic medical centers, children’s hospitals and non-acute healthcare organizations. Most recently, he served as a Vice President at U.S. Bancorp, where he focused on capital market solutions, including fixed and variable rate debt, tax-exempt and taxable debt, public offerings, private placements, and interest rate hedging alternatives. Prior to U.S. Bancorp, Mr. Gialessas worked in the investment banking division of Raymond James, serving healthcare clients in a M&A and capital markets advisory capacity.

Mr. Gialessas has an MBA with concentrations in strategy and managing organizations from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and BA degrees in economics and political science from Washington University in St. Louis.

Mr. Gialessas is currently serving on the Board of the Alzheimer’s Association, Illinois Chapter.