Our Senior Team

Osamu Watanabe

Osamu Watanabe

General Counsel New York

Biography

Osamu Watanabe is General Counsel at Moelis & Company, where he leads the Firm’s legal and compliance department.

Prior to Moelis & Company, Osamu was General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at Sagent Advisors. Prior to that, he held senior positions at UBS, Credit Suisse First Boston, and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. Osamu started his career in private practice at Sullivan & Cromwell, where he worked in New York, Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Melbourne. He also clerked for the Honorable Morey L. Sear of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Osamu holds a B.A. in History from Antioch College and a J.D. from Yale Law School.

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Our Strategic Alliances

MA Moelis Australia

Moelis & Company provides investment banking advice in Australia through our strategic alliance with MA Moelis Australia, the Corporate Advisory and Equities division of MA Financial Group, an Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) listed firm. MA Moelis Australia provides financial advice for clients across M&A and strategic advisory, equity and debt capital markets, capital structure advisory, equities research and trading.

Learn more about MA Moelis Australia here.

Learn more about MA Financial Group here.

Alfaro, Dávila y Scherer, S.C.

Moelis & Company has a strategic alliance with Alfaro, Dávila y Scherer, S.C. (“ADS”), the leading independent strategic and financial advisory firm in Mexico, to provide advisory services to our global client base with a focus on Mexican cross-border transactions. Founded in 2003, ADS advises a select number of clients on strategic mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, capital raising and financial restructurings.

Learn more about ADS team here.