About Lakeview Partners
Environmental & Waste Industry Investment Banking & Management Consulting Services
Our Mission
Lakeview Partners creates value for companies primarily in the solid waste, recycling, disposal, and environmental services marketplace, by assisting these companies with access to capital, balance sheet recapitalization, sourcing and completing acquisitions.
Lakeview also has a history of acquiring and developing strategic assets.
Our Story
James Gleeson
President and Managing Director of Investment Banking
Jim Gleeson founded Lakeview Partners in 2016 after a 33 year career as a senior executive for several progressive businesses in the waste recycling, disposal, and environmental services industry. These companies include his industry start at Waste Management in Florida in 1987, United Waste Systems, Liberty Waste Services, Waste Industries, Star Environmental Services, and Santek Environmental. Jim played pivotal roles in over 100 successful mergers and acquisitions, and was instrumental in raising over $500 million of growth capital.
Most recently, Jim founded Lewis Clark Recycling and Disposal with Laurel Mountain Partners in December of 2016. The company was the result of 6 primary acquisitions, and 5 tuck-in deals that consisted of 2 MSW landfills, 3 Transfer stations, and 3 waste hauling divisions in NE, IA, MO, and IL. The Revenue Growth was 0-30M and the EBITDA Growth was 0-10M. The stock of the company was sold to Waste Connections in April of 2019.