OUR TEAM
Park Lane is comprised of finance experts who also happen to be former athletes and military personnel. We’ve found that this mix of skill sets and experience breeds a team who are as passionate and dedicated to our clients, partners, and craft as we were when we were competing on the field/court or down range. We are grateful to have a platform where we can work as a team, play to win, and engage in projects that excite us - with people for whom we deeply respect and care about.
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Andrew W. Kline
Founder & Managing Director
Kline focuses on professional sports M&A and capital raising, real estate finance, and venture finance and investing for Park Lane. Kline has worked on transactions in Major League Soccer, the National Hockey League, the National Basketball Association, the National Football League, and has raised capital for and invested in over 80 early-stage sports-based businesses in the consumer, media & entertainment, and technology spaces. Kline also represents some of the most prominent real estate asset managers as a third-party capital raiser for their real estate investment funds and one-off projects.
Kline is currently a member of the Stanford Executive Circle, Young Presidents Organization (YPO), the Association of Corporate Growth (ACG), the NFLPA, and the NFL Retired Players Association. Kline is also very involved with several Navy SEAL and Special Forces benevolent organizations.
Prior to founding Park Lane, Kline was drafted by the NFL World Champion St. Louis Rams, for whom he played center and quick guard. After retiring from the NFL, Kline became an active investor in the San Diego and Arizona real estate markets and from 2001 to 2005 Kline’s fund returned over 600% to investors. Kline also founded The Australian Surf Academy (sold to Surf Diva in 2004) and The Athletes Agency (sold to Encore Sports & Entertainment in 2005).
Kline regularly speaks at corporations and Universities, and has been a guest lecturer at Stanford Graduate School of Business, Harvard Law School, Harvard Business School, Princeton University, UCLA Anderson School of Business, San Diego State University, UC Santa Barbara, and USC Marshall School of Business, as well as appeared on Bloomberg, Fox Business, Yahoo Sports as an on-air expert
In his spare time, Kline enjoys spending time with his family, collecting art, surfing, playing guitar and singing with his blues band, OWL, meditating, and cross-training.
Kline attended San Diego State University, where he majored in Psychology, and the Stanford Graduate School of Business & Entrepreneurial Studies Business Management & Entrepreneurship Program. Kline has FINRA Series 7 and 63 registrations.
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Bianca Medici
Controller & Principal
Bianca serves as Park Lane’s Controller and is responsible for supporting the accounting and cash management activities of Park Lane and the portfolio companies. She has over 20 years of experience in accounting and finance.
Bianca has a BA in mathematics from Wellesley College where she graduated with distinction. She also attended Harvard University and UCLA where she completed her accounting program.
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Sean Clemens
Director & Principal, Sports Investment Banking
Sean joined Park Lane in 2009 and plays a principal role in the firm’s financial analysis, due diligence, document preparation, and research. He is an active participant on the firm’s deal review team, evaluating potential engagements including capital raising transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and restructurings.
Sean has worked on transactions across all major American sports leagues, minor leagues, European soccer, and spanning a wide range of sports-based businesses. He is a key contributor to Park Lane’s valuation practice and liaises with the firm’s broker dealer to manage compliance efforts. Sean has authored several SportsBusiness Journal articles and sports industry white papers on behalf of Park Lane.
He is a graduate of Cornell University, where he earned a B.A. in Economics and Spanish and also studied in Spain at the University of Seville.
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Edwin E. Draughan
Director & Partner
Edwin has been a member of Park Lane since 2017 and is actively involved across all of the firm’s services. Edwin’s primary responsibility is to lead the firm’s efforts with sports franchise valuations and due diligence, which include client relations, market awareness, and deal sourcing & execution. He also plays an integral role in the firm’s Sports Team M&A, Capital Group and Traditional Real Estate strategies.
Before his time at Park Lane, Edwin was a professional basketball player in Europe. During his 10-year career, Edwin competed and won championships in countries such as Switzerland, France, and Hungary. Toward the end of his professional basketball career, he founded the private wealth management/financial planning firm Diesel Financial where he helped professional athletes build a strong financial future. During that time, he earned his C.F.P. (Certificate of Financial Planning) and E.A. (Enrolled Agent) distinction.
Edwin earned his undergraduate degree at Yale University and M.B.A. at the U.S.C. Marshall School of Business. He holds Series 63, 79 and 82 securities licenses.
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David Hartzell
Senior Analyst
David is a Senior Analyst for Park Lane Investment Bank. His primary role is to effect securities transactions, namely in the primary and secondary markets. David works for Park Lane Secondaries Group, trading later-stage, illiquid stock in private companies. He holds both Series 7 and 63 securities licenses.
Prior to Park Lane, David served as a U.S. Navy SEAL from 2007 to 2015 and remains very active in military charities. Hartzell earned his BS in International Business at SUNY Buffalo. He currently resides in Southern California.
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Carlos Silva
Board Advisor
A veteran Sport and media and digital executive, Silva has built and sold companies in the TV, digital and media convergence space over the last 25 years. He has also raised more than $250M for the startups that he has operated.
Carlos Silva is currently the CEO of C360 an innovative 360 immersive video software company that delivers best in class broadcast level 360 degree video for TV and digital consumption. The software also has many government related surveillance applications.
Prior to C360, he was President of MDE Sports and Entertainment which owns and operates the Citi Open Tennis Tournament, The Washington Justice esports team, the City Paper, and the Washington Kastles in WTT.
Prior to MDE, Carlos was CEO of World TeamTennis (WTT). He led the effort to bring Pro Tennis back during the COVID pandemic and executed the 2020 season by creating a safe bubble at the Greenbrier in WV. He created expansion teams in Chicago, Las Vegas and Orlando. He also partnered with CBS Sports, ESPN, and Tennis Channel to broadcast WTT to the largest audience in 45 years.
Prior to WTT, Silva served as CEO for the World Series of Fighting for three years. He led the sale of the WSOF to new investors, staying on as President of the newly named Professional Fighters League (PFL) until Jan. 2019.
Silva was also Senior Advisor to leagues and media startups while serving as an Executive in Residence at Park Lane Investment Bank and remains a board advisor to Park Lane.
Prior to that, Silva led the programming and operations of Universal Sports Network, sold to NBC and now the Olympic Channel. He was the President & COO and joined in April 2006. He was also the co-Executive Producer of the Vancouver Olympic Games.
Prior to Universal Sports, Silva ran some of the largest Web destinations in the World: AOL Sports, News and Money. Silva joined AOL after selling NetChannel to AOL.
Silva holds a B.S. from Boston College and M.S. degree from George Washington University. He played Tennis at Boston College as well as the pro satellite tour and has finished 11 Ironman races including 2 in Kona at the World Championships.