Moelis & Company Announces Managing Director Promotions

New York and London, January 06, 2011

Moelis & Company today announced that it has promoted the following four members of its global investment banking business to Managing Director as of January 1, 2011:

Zul Jamal, New York

Michael Magliana, London

Charles Noel-Johnson, London/Dubai

Peijie Shiu, New York

Ken Moelis, Chief Executive Officer of Moelis & Company, said: “These are exceptionally talented professionals who are dedicated to the highest standards of client service and independent financial advice. We are proud that they will represent Moelis & Company as the newest members of our senior leadership team. On behalf of everyone at the firm, I congratulate them.”

About Moelis & Company
Moelis & Company, recently named Best Global Independent Investment Bank by Euromoney, is a global investment bank that provides financial advisory, capital raising and asset management services to a broad client base including corporations, institutions and governments. With over 460 employees, Moelis & Company serves its clients through offices in New York, Boston, Chicago, London, Los Angeles and Sydney. For more information, please visit www.moelis.com.

Notes to Editors
Biographies:

Zul Jamal
Zul Jamal is a Managing Director at Moelis & Company.  Mr. Jamal has over ten years of investment banking experience. He focuses on in-court and out-of-court recapitalizations and restructurings for companies, creditors and acquirers in a wide range of industries.  Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Mr. Jamal was a Senior Vice President at Jefferies & Company where he advised clients on a wide variety of restructuring transactions including Chapter 11 bankruptcies, exchange offers, consent solicitations, lender negotiations and distressed financings.  Mr. Jamal also worked at Jefferies International in London where he was responsible for international financial sponsor, restructuring and leveraged finance activities.

Michael Magliana
Michael Magliana is a Managing Director at Moelis & Company.  Mr. Magliana has 12 years of investment banking experience. Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Mr. Magliana was an Executive Director in the European Financial Sponsor Group at J.P. Morgan in London.  In this role, he was responsible for the company’s Pan-European relationship with leading private equity firms, which included identifying opportunities and directing, coordinating and leading investment banking transaction teams to deliver solutions across M&A and debt and equity products.

Charles Noel-Johnson
Charles Noel-Johnson is a Managing Director at Moelis & Company.  Mr. Noel-Johnson has 12 years of investment banking experience, advising sovereign, private equity, corporate and creditor groups across Europe and the Middle East on restructuring, refinancing and M&A transactions.  Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Mr. Noel-Johnson was an Executive Director at Close Brothers Corporate Finance in London in the European Restructuring and Refinancing Group.  Mr. Noel-Johnson also worked at J.P. Morgan in both London and New York.

Peijie Shiu
Peijie Shiu is a Managing Director at Moelis & Company.  Mr. Shiu has over ten years of investment banking experience, across various platforms including risk advisory, sales & trading and proprietary trading.  Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Mr. Shiu was a Quantitative Analyst and Executive Director at UBS Investment Bank where he provided pricing, structuring and risk valuation services for fixed income products.