2019 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...
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...
Moelis & Company
Moelis & Company provides financial advisory services to corporations, institutions, and governments worldwide. In addition to New York, Moelis has offices in Beijing, Boston, Chicago, Dubai, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los...
Guggenheim Securities
Guggenheim Securities is the investment banking and capital markets arm of Guggenheim Partners, which employs more than 2,300 worldwide and is headquartered in Chicago and New York. Guggenheim Securities provides advisory, sales and trading,...
William Blair
William Blair is an investment bank headquartered in Chicago, with offices in more than 15 cities on four continents. The firm helps corporations, financial sponsors, and owner/entrepreneurs around the world achieve their growth, liquidity, and...
Houlihan Lokey
Founded in 1972, investment banking firm Houlihan Lokey employs approximately 1,170 people worldwide. Although it’s best known as an advisor to mid-cap companies and 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...
Perella Weinberg Partners
Founded in June 2006 by Joseph Perella, Peter Weinberg and Terry Meguid, Perella Weinberg Partners provides advisory, asset management, and energy securities research, underwriting, and trading services. Its advisory business includes mergers...
PJ SOLOMON
Peter J. Solomon opened his eponymous Manhattan-based firm in 1989. Before striking out on his own, the Harvard-educated Solomon had spent many years at Lehman Brothers. With his new firm, Solomon built one of the most well respected investment...
Lazard
Founded in 1848, Lazard has advised on some of the most significant mergers and acquisitions in Europe and the Americas since the beginning of the 20th century. The firm's modern history can be traced to the year 2000, when the "three houses of...