2021 Best Banking Firms for Firm Leadership
Centerview Partners
In 2006, UBS Vice Chairman Blair Effron had dinner with his friend Robert Pruzan, a veteran investment banker and former CEO of Wasserstein Perella. The two men decided to capitalize on the lucrative M&A boom by going in to business...
Guggenheim Securities
Guggenheim Securities is the investment banking and capital markets arm of Guggenheim Partners, which employs approximately 2,400 worldwide and is headquartered in Chicago and New York. Guggenheim Securities provides advisory, sales and trading,...
Moelis & Company
Moelis & Company provides financial advisory services to corporations, institutions, and governments worldwide. In addition to New York, Moelis has offices in Amsterdam, Beijing, Boston, Chicago, Dubai, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Houston, London,...
PJT Partners
PJT Partners is an advisory-focused investment bank headquartered in New York, with additional offices in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, London, Madrid, and Hong Kong. The firm was created in October 2015 after Blackstone’s...
Evercore
Founded in 1995 by Blackstone and U.S. Treasury veteran Roger Altman, independent investment banking advisory firm Evercore went public in August 2006 with an $83 million initial public offering. Since then, the firm has grown into an elite...
Houlihan Lokey
Founded in 1972, investment banking firm Houlihan Lokey employs more than 1,500 people worldwide. Although it’s best known as an advisor to mid-cap companies and a restructuring house, Houlihan Lokey also serves large public corporations and...
Harris Williams
Harris Williams is an M&A advisor with offices in Boston, Cleveland, Frankfurt, London, Minneapolis, Richmond, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. The firm advises clients worldwide on the sale of their companies, helps them identify growth...
Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co.
Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. (“TPH”) provides strategic and financial advice to investors, management teams, boards of directors, government bodies, and other professionals and participants in the global energy industry. TPH is led by its...
PJ SOLOMON
Founded in 1989 as one of the first independent investment banks, PJ SOLOMON offers a diverse set of financial services and serves a wide range of sectors. It offers a global reach through its partnership with Natixis, the international...
Morgan Stanley
New York-headquartered investment banking giant Morgan Stanley is divided into three main businesses: institutional securities, investment management, and wealth management. Institutional securities includes M&A advisory, restructuring, real...