Colin Petersen is a Managing Director with BlackByrd Partners. Having interviewed candidates for his previous law firms and gone through a lateral move, Colin understands the client and candidate perspective. He uses this experience, along with deep market knowledge, to thoroughly understand all party’s needs in order to make lasting matches.
Prior to joining BlackByrd Partners, Colin was an associate in the banking & finance group of an international law firm, where he worked on a wide variety of structured finance and lending transactions. After spending two years in banking & finance, Colin lateralled to the corporate group of an AmLaw 200 regional firm, where he focused on a variety of general corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, corporate finance transactions and advising clients on corporate governance issues.
Colin received his Bachelor of Arts in political science, graduating summa cum laude, from the University of South Carolina and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Colin received his Juris Doctor from Emory University School of Law and graduated Order of the Coif.