Louis Samson leads Platinum’s New York-based investment team and also heads the operations of the New York Office. In his role, Mr. Samson oversees all financial, operating, tax, and legal aspects of M&A transactions executed by his team and provides active oversight of the portfolio companies for which he led the acquisition. Mr. Samson's responsibilities include deal generation and screening, valuation, due diligence, transaction structuring, contract negotiations and financing activities as well as a number of operational matters related to the portfolio companies he oversees.

Mr. Samson is a member of the Operating Committee of the San Diego Union-Tribune, Project Boat Holdings (the successor company to Genmar) and Maxim Crane Works. In 2008, Platinum Equity won the "Deal of the Year" award from THE M&A ADVISOR Magazine for its acquisition of Maxim Crane Works a deal led by Mr. Samson and his team.
 
Mr. Samson has approximately 14 years of Mergers and Acquisitions experience and has completed over 50 transactions in a broad variety of industry sectors. Prior to Platinum, he was a Managing Director in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group at CIBC World Markets in New York and was an M&A lawyer with Stikeman Elliot. Mr. Samson is a graduate of Ottawa University Law School and Le Petit Seminaire de Quebec College.