William Q. Derrough
Managing Director
Global Head of Capital Structure Advisory
New York

Bill Derrough is a Managing Director and Global Head of Capital Structure Advisory at Moelis & Company. As co-founder of the Group, Bill helped establish one of the world’s leading capital structure advisory and debt restructuring teams, which has completed more than 750 transactions globally, representing over $1.5 trillion in value. The team has consistently ranked among the top restructuring advisors both globally and in the U.S. and has been named Restructuring Bank of the Year by IFR Magazine.

Bill has over 35 years of investment banking experience, having advised all types of parties in major strategic transactions, including companies, boards of directors, institutional credit investors, public and private shareholders, unions, and governmental entities and has been instrumental in building out the Firm’s Capital Structure Advisory franchise. Prior to joining Moelis & Company, he co-founded and co-headed the Recapitalization & Restructuring Group at Jefferies & Company. While at Jefferies, Bill advised a wide spectrum of clients and investors on recapitalizations, restructurings, financings, mergers, and other engagements. Prior to joining Jefferies, Bill was a Principal at Doyle & Boissiere, a private investment firm. Bill began his investment banking career at Salomon Brothers Inc.

Bill holds a B.A. in Soviet Studies from the University of California, Berkeley.  He currently serves on the boards of Youth INC (New York City), Bennington College, Scouting America, Regis High School (New York City), and the Academy of St. Joseph (New York City). He is a past board member of the National Pastoral Life Center and Lambda Legal and served as Treasurer of the Democratic National Committee from 2017-2021.