Naeem Arastu leads M&A and is responsible for negotiating and executing acquisitions and divestitures at Skyview. Naeem is a member of Skyview’s Investment and Executive Committees.

Naeem has over 15 years of experience evaluating and executing special situations private equity and distressed for control investments spanning a variety of sectors including consumer, technology, industrials, healthcare and business services. Prior to joining Skyview, Naeem was a Managing Director at Solace Capital, a Los Angeles based special situations private equity firm where he was responsible for sourcing, executing, negotiating and overseeing investments. Before Solace, Naeem was a Vice President at Oaktree Capital Management where he evaluated and executed a variety of special situations private equity and distressed for control transactions. Earlier in his career, Naeem worked in the Investment Banking Division at Credit Suisse focusing on leveraged finance.

Naeem graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and earned his M.B.A. with Distinction from Harvard Business School.