Allan Friedman is a Partner at Inglewood with more than four decades of high-level business development and financial services experience. He built his reputation over a 28-year career at Donnelley Financial Solutions, where he advised public and private companies on the moments that define them: shareholder communications, IPO preparation, M&A transactions, regulatory compliance, and the emerging financial technologies reshaping how deals get done.
That work gave Allan two things most advisors never fully develop. The first is range. He has sat with companies preparing to go public, structuring acquisitions, and satisfying regulators across a wide span of industries, and he understands how those threads connect. The second is a network. Over 28 years, Allan built an expansive web of relationships that he now puts to work for every client who walks through Inglewood's door.
At Inglewood, Allan does what he has always done best: he helps clients identify strategic opportunities, forge the right connections, and navigate complex business challenges with clarity. His affiliate network spans innovation solutions, new construction, computer services, law, private equity, staffing, and bankruptcy advisory, which means he can bring precisely the right resource to bear on virtually any client need. When a company needs a door opened, Allan usually already knows who is on the other side.
A graduate of Queens College and based in Cleveland, Allan reflects the Inglewood standard of being a business person first, not a lifetime consultant. He brings judgment earned in real transactions and relationships built over a career, offering clients the kind of connected, senior counsel that turns a difficult problem into a solved one.
Core experience
- Partner at Inglewood, based in Cleveland, Ohio
- 40+ years in business development and financial services
- 28-year career at Donnelley Financial Solutions
- Advised public and private companies on IPO preparation and M&A
- Deep affiliate network: private equity, law, innovation, bankruptcy advisory
- Graduate of Queens College
Core Disciplines
Where Allan goes deep
Capital Markets & IPO Advisory
Capital markets and IPO advisory is the discipline of preparing a company to raise, list, and communicate with the public markets. At Inglewood, Allan Friedman draws on 28 years advising public and private companies on IPO preparation and shareholder communications to help clients understand what markets expect long before a filing. He guides management on readiness, disclosure, and positioning, translating decades of transaction experience into a clear path from private company to market-ready enterprise, with the relationships to bring the right advisors alongside at every step.
M&A Transaction Advisory
M&A transaction advisory is the work of guiding a company through acquisitions, sales, and combinations so value survives contact with the deal. Allan Friedman brings decades of experience advising public and private companies on M&A transactions across multiple industries, and he pairs that judgment with an affiliate network spanning private equity, law, and specialized services. At Inglewood, that means clients get more than analysis; they get a connected advisor who knows the parties, anticipates the friction, and marshals the right resources to move a transaction to close.
Shareholder Communications & Investor Relations
Shareholder communications is the discipline of telling a company's story to the people who own it, accurately, credibly, and on the market's timeline. Over a long career advising public and private companies on shareholder communications, Allan Friedman learned that how a company speaks to its investors shapes how it is valued. At Inglewood, he helps clients build the clarity and consistency that earn investor confidence, connecting the operational reality of the business to the narrative that shareholders, boards, and regulators need to hear.
Regulatory Compliance Advisory
Regulatory compliance advisory is the practice of helping companies meet the disclosure, filing, and governance obligations that come with growth and public participation. Allan Friedman spent decades advising public and private companies on regulatory compliance, giving him a practical feel for what regulators require and how to satisfy it without stalling the business. At Inglewood, he helps clients navigate compliance as a discipline rather than a fire drill, drawing on legal and advisory relationships to keep companies clear of avoidable risk.
Strategic Partnerships & Network Access
Strategic partnership advisory is the art of connecting a company to the exact people, capital, and capabilities it needs at the moment it needs them. This is Allan Friedman's signature strength. His affiliate network spans innovation solutions, new construction, computer services, law, private equity, staffing, and bankruptcy advisory, built over four decades in business development and financial services. At Inglewood, Allan turns that network into a resource clients can deploy, identifying opportunities, forging the right connections, and bringing targeted expertise to virtually any challenge.
Financial Technology Advisory
Financial technology advisory is the discipline of helping companies understand and adopt the emerging tools that are changing how capital is raised, tracked, and communicated. Allan Friedman advised public and private companies on emerging financial technologies across a 28-year career, giving him a working perspective on where these tools create real advantage and where they add noise. At Inglewood, he helps clients separate the two, connecting them to innovation solutions and technology resources that fit the business rather than chase a trend.
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