Ashton Group names Snyder president

Ashton Group, a Milwaukee-based corporate financial advisory firm with additional offices in Chicago and Los Angeles, has hired Paul Snyder as president.  
Snyder brings more than a decade of experience in serving businesses’ and owners’ legal needs. His experience includes business litigation and contract negotiations representing Fortune 500 companies, most recently at Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C.
“We are pleased to welcome Paul to our growing team of corporate financial advisors.  With his combination of business and legal experience, he has a remarkable record of helping businesses and owners with strategy and legal needs.  He brings unique leadership qualities that will improve the services that we can offer our privately- and publicly-held corporate clients,” said Ashton Group chief executive officer Kevin Hanson. “Ashton Group takes advisory and execution perspective to help boards of directors, management teams and investors improve their focus on shareholder value.  I look forward to helping our corporate advisory and capital markets clients maximize their financial value and execute their business strategies.”
 Snyder serves as board director for CHS Enterprises of Asheville and a section of the State Bar of Wisconsin, and he sits on several community boards as an officer, including Lighthouse Academies of Wisconsin, Present Music and NextGeneration UPAF.
 Ashton Group assists national and multinational clients with mergers, acquisitions, corporate divestitures, succession planning, fairness opinions, valuations, ESOPs and recapitalizations.