Chris Festa

Senior Associate

Prior to joining AEC Advisors in 2021, Chris held internship positions at BGC Partners and Makrod Investment Associates.

Chris graduated with a BA in Economics and Applied Mathematics/Statistics from Johns Hopkins University, and subsequently received an MS in Global Finance & Corporate Finance from the Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University. Chris was also the captain of the varsity baseball team at Johns Hopkins.

Chris holds FINRA Series 79 and Series 63 licenses and is a Registered Representative of AEC Transaction Services LLC, Member FINRA.

Education
BA Johns Hopkins
MS Global Finance, Fordham

Years in AEC Industry
4

Years of Investment Banking Experience
4

Interests
New York Mets
Surfing
Cold brew coffee

 

Recently Completed M&A Transactions

Transaction Thumbnail image for Quanta Services / Percheron (August 2026)
Transaction Thumbnail image for Hennick & Co / PAE (July 2026)
Transaction Thumbnail image for Clearlake Capital / Qualus (March 2026)
Transaction Thumbnail image for Gulf Companies / WSP USA (February 2026)
Transaction Thumbnail image for Morgan Stanley Capital Partners / Olsson (January 2026)
Transaction Thumbnail image for WSP / TRC (December 2025)
Transaction Thumbnail image for Signal Hill Equity Partners / Kluber Architects + Engineers (September 2025)
Transaction Thumbnail image for HR Green / Gauge Engineering (August 2025)
Transaction Thumbnail image for Berkshire Partners / EPE (Electric Power Engineers) (December 2024)
Transaction Thumbnail image for Legence / AMA Group (August 2024)
Transaction Thumbnail image for LJB / Gorrill Palmer (April 2024)
Transaction Thumbnail image for Godspeed Capital / Infrastructure Consulting & Engineering (April 2024)
Transaction Thumbnail image for CIVC Partners / HR Green (January 2024)
Transaction Thumbnail image for Wind Point Partners / MOREgroup (January 2024)
Transaction Thumbnail image for Trinity Consultants / Waid Environmental (October 2023)
Transaction Thumbnail image for Egis / McIntosh Perry (June 2023)
Transaction Thumbnail image for Atwell / Blueline (March 2023)
Transaction Thumbnail image for Salute Mission Critical / Iconicx Critical Solutions (December 2022)
Transaction Thumbnail image for Trilon / CME Associates (October 2022)
Transaction Thumbnail image for Colliers Engineering & Design / PeakUrban (August 2022)
Transaction Thumbnail image for International Cybernetics / IMS (June 2022)
Transaction Thumbnail image for Blackstone / Geosyntec (May 2022)
Transaction Thumbnail image for Godspeed Capital / Huckabee (April 2022)
Transaction Thumbnail image for Colliers Engineering & Design / KFW Engineering  (March 2022)
Transaction Thumbnail image for TranSystems / Omega (January 2022)
Transaction Thumbnail image for TRC / ESS Group (December 2021)