Intrepid Investment Bankers LLC announced that Samir Shah has joined the firm as a Vice President. Mr. Shah has nearly a decade of experience in senior investment banking roles at Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Guggenheim Partners and in a senior corporate development role at Union Bank, N.A. Prior to joining Goldman, Sachs & Co., Mr. Shah began his career as a corporate lawyer at the Wall Street law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges in New York City. Mr. Shah joins Intrepid from Guggenheim Partners' Investment Banking Division.

Intrepid Investment Bankers LLC announced the sale of Newport Medical Instruments Inc. The transaction closed on May 1, 2012. Intrepid acted as the exclusive M&A advisor to Newport in connection with the transaction.

Intrepid Investment Bankers LLC announced that Brien Rowe, Marvin Padilla and Philippe Faraut have joined the firm's Consumer Products Group as Managing Directors. The addition of Mr. Rowe, Mr. Padilla and Mr. Faraut will complement the company's strong heritage in the consumer products industry and augment its experience in key sectors including apparel and accessories, action and board sports, restaurants and retail. The three bring great depth of expertise, having advised on lifestyle and personal care transactions such as the sale of Jimmy Choo, DC Shoes, J Brand and Too Faced Cosmetics. They will join Steve Davis, a Partner and Managing Director at the company, in the Consumer Products Group. Mr. Davis will lead the firm's personal and beauty care effort and will continue to focus on the broader consumer products industry with a particular focus on home/household products, outdoor and recreational products, and food and agribusiness where he has significant transaction experience. Mr. Davis will also continue with his firm-wide management roles. Mr. Rowe will head up the Consumer Products Group. Prior to joining Intrepid, Mr. Rowe was a co-founder and Managing Director at Sage Group LLC, as well as co-head of the firm's lifestyle brands practice. Mr. Rowe's deep client experience encompasses a range of sectors, including numerous transactions in contemporary fashion, action and board sports, outdoor, apparel and accessories, personal care, restaurants, resorts and hotels, and gaming. Prior to the formation of Sage, he was a Managing Director of ING Barings as well as an investment banker with both Schroder & Co.'s Corporate Finance Group and GE Capital's Corporate Finance Group. Mr. Padilla was also a Managing Director at Sage, and joined the firm in 2005. While at Sage, Mr. Padilla executed advisory assignments for clients in a variety of branded consumer market segments, with a particular focus on the personal care, automotive aftermarket and packaging industries. Prior to joining Sage, he worked in the Los Angeles office of UBS Investment Bank, where he focused on mergers and acquisitions and restructuring transactions for companies in diverse industries. Previously, Mr. Padilla was an investment banker in New York, where he worked for Salomon Smith Barney and, subsequently, Thomas Weisel Partners. He is a former U.S. Marine and served as an infantry sergeant in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Faraut was a Managing Director of Investment Banking with Financo Inc. and led the firm's west coast office. He generated and executed transactions in a variety of branded consumer segments, with a focus on apparel, accessories and retail. Prior to joining Financo, Mr. Faraut was a Director at Sage in Los Angeles where he also focused on the apparel and retail sectors. Previously, he was a senior Vice-President at HSBC in New York in the Consumer Retail group. Before joining HSBC, Mr. Faraut was a Vice President at Merrill Lynch & Co, where he focused on consumer and retail companies.