New York, July 13, 2015

Moelis & Company (NYSE: MC), a leading global independent investment bank, today announced the appointment of Zach Righellis as a Managing Director providing financial and strategic advice to corporate clients, with a focus on the semiconductor and electronics industries. Mr. Righellis will join the Firm in mid-July and will be based in Palo Alto.

Mr. Righellis will join Moelis & Company with more than 15 years of investment banking and management consulting experience during which time he has provided strategic advice to corporate clients on M&A, IPOs, capital markets and restructuring transactions. Most recently, Mr. Righellis served as a Managing Director at Barclays, formerly Lehman Brothers, in Menlo Park advising on both M&A and capital markets transactions for semiconductor and electronics companies in the U.S., Asia, Europe and Israel. Mr. Righellis joined Lehman Brothers in 2005, working across several technology sectors including software, communications technology and cleantech, and began focusing on semiconductors and electronics in 2006. Previously, Mr. Righellis was a consultant in technology and operations at Sapient Corporation.

Rick Leaman, Managing Partner of Moelis & Company, said, “The semiconductor industry is in the midst of a consolidation period that is reshaping the sector. Larger players are looking at strategic growth opportunities while smaller companies are more actively considering acquisitions, sales, or mergers as growth slows and research and development spending increases. Zach’s experience in this sector will provide unique benefits to our clients in the semiconductor space.”

About Moelis & Company
Moelis & Company is a leading global independent investment bank that provides innovative strategic advice and solutions to a diverse client base, including corporations, governments and financial sponsors.  The Firm assists its clients in achieving their strategic goals by offering comprehensive integrated financial advisory services across all major industry sectors.  Moelis & Company’s experienced professionals advise clients on their most critical decisions, including mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations and restructurings and other corporate finance matters.  The Firm serves its clients with over 550 employees based in 17 offices in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia. For further information, please visit: www.moelis.com.

New York, June 02, 2014

Moelis & Company (NYSE: MC), a leading global independent investment bank, today announced the appointment of John Colella as a Managing Director providing financial and strategic advice to power and utility clients in the U.S. and internationally. Mr. Colella will join the Firm in September and will be based in New York.

Mr. Colella brings nearly 15 years of investment banking experience to Moelis & Company. He joins from JP Morgan where he was a Managing Director covering power and utility clients and he started his investment banking career at UBS Investment Bank.

Rick Leaman, Managing Partner at Moelis & Company, said, “Having worked previously with John, I know he brings his impressive industry expertise to the Firm as well as a number of strong senior-level client relationships. He joins us at a time when the power and utility sector is seeing increasing activity levels, and we look forward to having him add to our strong recent momentum in the sector.”

About Moelis & Company
Moelis & Company is a leading global independent investment bank that provides innovative strategic advice and solutions to a diverse client base, including corporations, governments and financial sponsors.  The Firm assists its clients in achieving their strategic goals by offering comprehensive integrated financial advisory services across all major industry sectors.  Moelis & Company’s experienced professionals advise clients on their most critical decisions, including mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations and restructurings and other corporate finance matters.  The Firm serves its clients with nearly 500 employees based in 15 offices in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia. For further information, please visit: www.moelis.com.

London, May 23, 2014

Moelis & Company (NYSE: MC), a leading global independent investment bank, today announced the appointment of Robert Sorrell as a Managing Director providing strategic and financial advice to Financial Sponsor clients across Europe. He will be based at Moelis & Company’s European headquarters at St Paul’s in the City of London.

Mr. Sorrell joins from Sorrell Capital LLP, a partnership that focused on investment management and advisory services. Prior to this Mr. Sorrell had a 14 year career at Goldman Sachs where he held a number of roles including Managing Director and Co-Head of the Private Finance Group for Europe, Middle East, Africa.

Commenting on the appointment, Kasim Kutay, Co-Head of Europe at Moelis & Company, said: “Improvement in the macroeconomic environment, monetisation of existing sponsor portfolio assets, and new money raised by funds are all expected to drive higher volumes of financial sponsor activity in Europe in the coming years. With this increase in activity, we are delighted that Robert is joining the Firm.”

About Moelis & Company
Moelis & Company is a leading global independent investment bank that provides innovative strategic advice and solutions to a diverse client base, including corporations, governments and financial sponsors.  The Firm assists its clients in achieving their strategic goals by offering comprehensive integrated financial advisory services across all major industry sectors.  Moelis & Company’s experienced professionals advise clients on their most critical decisions, including mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations and restructurings and other corporate finance matters.  The Firm serves its clients with nearly 500 employees based in 15 offices in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia. For further information, please visit: www.moelis.com.

New York, May 20, 2014

Moelis & Company (NYSE: MC), a leading global independent investment bank, today announced the appointment of Maarten de Jong as a Managing Director providing financial and strategic advice to healthcare clients in the U.S. and internationally. Mr. de Jong will join the Firm in August and will be based in New York.

Mr. de Jong brings nearly 20 years of experience to Moelis & Company having previously worked at Barclays Capital, and formerly Lehman Brothers, where he was most recently Global Head of Life Sciences. At Barclays, he focused on pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and diagnostics, and developed a portfolio of relationships across the U.S. and Europe.

Rick Leaman, Managing Partner of Moelis & Company, said, “With the continued high level of activity in the healthcare sector, Maarten’s appointment, which enhances our existing global healthcare franchise, makes us well positioned to advise clients on their strategic and financial initiatives.”

Mr. Leaman added, “We will continue to see pharmaceutical companies re-aligning their asset portfolios by separating their non-core businesses while also investing further in the growth of their core businesses. This, together with the maturation of the large biotechnology companies, will continue to drive strategic momentum in the broader Life Sciences arena.”

About Moelis & Company
Moelis & Company is a leading global independent investment bank that provides innovative strategic advice and solutions to a diverse client base, including corporations, governments and financial sponsors.  The Firm assists its clients in achieving their strategic goals by offering comprehensive integrated financial advisory services across all major industry sectors.  Moelis & Company’s experienced professionals advise clients on their most critical decisions, including mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations and restructurings and other corporate finance matters.  The Firm serves its clients with nearly 500 employees based in 15 offices in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia. For further information, please visit: www.moelis.com.

New York, October 15, 2013

Moelis & Company, the global independent investment bank, today announced the appointment of Jon Hammack as a Managing Director responsible for providing strategic advice to medical technology clients globally. Based in New York, he joins the Firm on November 11.

Mr. Hammack joins Moelis & Company from Morgan Stanley where he was responsible for the Medical Technology practice. Previously, he worked in the Healthcare Investment Banking Groups at Credit Suisse and Bank of America.

Rick Leaman, Managing Partner at Moelis & Company, said, “We expect to see significant activity in the medical technology space as companies better position themselves for growth and adapt to the evolving healthcare landscape. Clients looking for independent, expert and innovative advice will benefit from Jon’s experience and focus.”

Mr. Hammack’s hire complements the Firm’s existing healthcare coverage effort in services, life sciences, diagnostics, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology.

About Moelis & Company
Moelis & Company is a leading global independent investment bank that provides financial advisory, capital raising and asset management services to a broad client base including corporations, institutions and governments.  With 600 employees, Moelis & Company serves its clients around the world through its offices in New York, Beijing, Boston, Chicago, Dubai, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Mumbai, Palo Alto, Paris and Sydney.  For more information, please visit www.moelis.com.

Hong Kong, November 07, 2013

Moelis & Company today announced the appointment of Anthony Root as a Senior Advisor based in Hong Kong.  Mr. Root, whose distinguished legal career spanned nearly 30 years, will provide senior level advice and expertise to clients throughout the region.

Mr. Root joins from Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy where was the Managing Partner for Asia from 2001.  He was also the head of Milbank’s Asia corporate practice, its China practice and its Beijing and Hong Kong offices.  During his tenure, Milbank grew in Asia from 15 to more than 70 lawyers, opened the Beijing office and acquired Hong Kong law capability.

Ken Moelis, Chief Executive Officer of Moelis & Company, said, “Anthony is one of the most talented and respected corporate attorneys in Asia.  He will provide his unique insights and expertise to our clients throughout the region and globally.”

Mr. Root said: “I have been impressed by the extraordinarily talented team that Ken has built in the United States, Europe and Asia.  I am proud to join the team and look forward to helping the firm provide world class, independent financial advice and solutions to its clients.”

Prior to joining Milbank in 1996, Mr. Root worked at Davis Polk & Wardwell, where he helped open their Hong Kong office in 1993, and briefly at Rogers & Wells.   He started his career as a banker at Morgan Guaranty Trust Company (now JP Morgan).

About Moelis & Company
Moelis & Company is a leading global independent investment bank that provides financial advisory, capital raising and asset management services to a broad client base including corporations, institutions and governments.  With 600 employees, Moelis & Company serves its clients around the world through its offices in New York, Beijing, Boston, Chicago, Dubai, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Mumbai, Palo Alto, Paris and Sydney.  For more information, please visit www.moelis.com.

New York, April 09, 2014

Moelis & Company, the global independent investment bank, today announced the appointment of Perry Hall as a Managing Director providing financial and strategic advice to retail sector clients. He will be based in New York covering U.S. and international clients.

With more than 20 years of investment banking experience, Mr. Hall joins from Bank of America Merrill Lynch where he was most recently a Managing Director in the Investment Bank’s Retail and Consumer Group. During his 15 year career there, he provided strategic advice and specialty retail sector coverage to CEOs at public and private companies including U.S. and international firms.

Rick Leaman, Managing Partner of Moelis & Company, said, “As the retail sector has matured, companies are increasing their level of M&A activity as a means of alternative growth, and many are looking for international expansion. Perry’s sector and banking expertise bolsters Moelis & Company’s capabilities thereby ensuring that clients will benefit from our independent advice as they look to assess their strategic alternatives.”

About Moelis & Company
Moelis & Company is a leading global independent investment bank that provides financial advisory, capital raising and asset management services to a broad client base including corporations, institutions and governments.  With 600 employees, Moelis & Company serves its clients around the world through its offices in New York, Beijing, Boston, Chicago, Dubai, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Mumbai, Palo Alto, Paris and Sydney.  For more information, please visit www.moelis.com.

London, October 03, 2011

Moelis & Company today announced that David Cheyne has joined the firm as a Vice Chairman of EMEA Investment Banking, based in London, to enhance senior client relationships, facilitate new business introductions, and provide technical leadership and counsel on deal execution.

Mr. Cheyne, who joins from Linklaters where he served as the firm’s Senior Partner, was previously Global Head of the firm’s Corporate Department from 2000 to 2005 and was then elected Senior Partner in 2006, for a five year term.

Mark Aedy, Head of EMEA Investment Banking for Moelis & Company, said: “With nearly four decades of experience and as one of Europe’s most experienced M&A practitioners, David is a significant addition to our team.  His experience on some of the largest global transactions in recent times, combined with his extensive corporate and government relationships, will broaden and deepen our advisory franchise. He will play a pivotal role in the future growth of our firm.”

Throughout his career at Linklaters, Mr. Cheyne played a central role in a wide range of corporate transactions, incorporating M&A deals, joint ventures, flotations and general corporate finance work. Significant transactions he has advised on include BP’s acquisition of Amoco, Vodafone’s acquisition of AirTouch and Mannesmann and Billiton’s dual listed merger with BHP.  For more than 10 years Mr. Cheyne has jointly ranked as the UK’s highest-rated M&A lawyer according to the Chambers UK Directory. In September 2011 he was awarded City A.M.’s Lawyer of the Year award.

Ken Moelis, Chief Executive Officer of Moelis & Company, added: “We are building an exceptional global advisory practice comprising the industry’s highest-calibre, relationship-focused executives. David is one of the most experienced and respected M&A lawyers in Europe and we are privileged to have him join our firm. David has the opportunity to blend his vast capabilities in the legal and banking industries to provide the highest quality strategic advice for the firm and our clients.”

About Moelis & Company
Moelis & Company 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 570 employees, Moelis & Company serves its clients through offices in New York, Boston, Chicago, Dubai, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles and Sydney.  For more information, please visit www.moelis.com.

New York and Sydney, August 18, 2009

Moelis & Company, the New York-based investment bank, today announced the establishment of a new office in Sydney, Australia, with the hire of a five-person team to cover the Australian and Asian markets.  Chris Wyke will join the firm as a Managing Director and Julian Biggins has joined the firm as a Senior Vice President, along with three other investment banking professionals.  The Sydney office will be Moelis & Company’s sixth office globally and follows the establishment of a London office in 2008.

“The addition of the team in Sydney underscores our continued commitment to service our clients globally and have a presence in the markets in which they operate,” said Ken Moelis, Chief Executive Officer of Moelis & Company.  “We continue to add top talent to our firm and experienced professionals like Chris and Julian will greatly complement our global team in providing the best expertise and solutions to our clients.  The launch of our Australian office is an important first step towards growing our coverage of the key Asia-Pacific region.”

Mr. Wyke will join the firm in September from J.P. Morgan.  He has over a decade of experience in investment banking and was most recently a member of J.P. Morgan’s investment banking team in Sydney, where he originated and executed a wide range of domestic and international transactions. In his role he provided capital structure, restructuring and strategic and transaction advisory services to real estate trusts, fund managers and diversified property group clients in the Asia-Pacific region. Prior to J.P. Morgan, he was with UBS in London, Singapore and Sydney covering real estate clients across Europe, Asia and Australia respectively.

Mr. Biggins has nearly a decade of investment banking experience and was most recently a member of J.P. Morgan’s investment banking team, where he focused on providing capital structure and transaction advisory services to real estate companies and fund management clients in the Asia-Pacific region. He also led advisory roles to Australian companies acquiring real estate businesses in the U.S., U.K., Continental Europe, Japan and China. Previously he was with UBS’ real estate research team where he provided strategic, quantitative and qualitative studies to Australian and international institutional clients.

Additionally, Ben Wong will join the firm as a Vice President in September from J.P. Morgan and Phil Newman and Paul Rathborne have joined the firm as Associates.

About Moelis & Company
Moelis & Company is a global investment bank that provides financial advisory services and capital raising solutions to clients in connection with mergers and acquisitions, restructurings and other strategic matters.  The firm also manages investment funds that integrate capital with its advisory expertise.  Moelis & Company serves a broad client base through its offices in New York, Boston, Chicago, London, Los Angeles and Sydney.  For more information, please visit www.moelis.com.

Los Angeles, June 22, 2009

Moelis & Company announced today that Kevin Scheetz has joined the firm as a Managing Director in Technology. Mr. Scheetz, who has 12 years of investment banking experience, will expand the firm’s coverage of the technology sector in the San Francisco Bay Area, with a particular focus on hardware, semiconductors and components clients.

Mr. Scheetz was most recently Head of the Semiconductors and Electronics Investment Banking franchise at Merrill Lynch. In this role, he advised public and private companies and venture capital investors on a wide range of corporate finance matters, including mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings and other debt and equity financings. Prior to Merrill Lynch, Mr. Scheetz was an investment banker covering technology clients at Credit Suisse First Boston.

“Kevin is our second senior hire in the technology sector in the past month, further demonstrating our commitment to building a full-scale technology franchise,” said Ken Moelis, Chief Executive Officer of Moelis & Company. “His extensive experience and relationships in the technology industry will complement our current capabilities and be of tremendous value to our clients.”

About Moelis & Company
Moelis & Company is an investment bank that provides financial advisory services and capital raising solutions to clients in connection with mergers and acquisitions, restructurings and other strategic matters.  The firm also manages investment funds that integrate capital with its advisory expertise.  Moelis & Company serves a broad client base through its offices in New York, Boston, Chicago, London and Los Angeles.  For more information, please visit www.moelis.com.

Note to Editors
1. On May 27, Moelis & Company announced that Stuart Goldstein joined the firm as a Managing Director in Technology.

New York, March 23, 2009

Moelis & Company announced today that Steve Panagos will join the firm in April as a Managing Director and Vice Chairman of its Recapitalization & Restructuring Group.  Mr. Panagos is a widely recognized turnaround expert who will provide restructuring advisory services and solutions to the firm’s clients.

Mr. Panagos has a long and distinguished career of leading complex bankruptcies and reorganizations across a broad spectrum of industries.  Mr. Panagos was the National Practice Leader of Kroll Zolfo Cooper’s Corporate Advisory & Restructuring Practice.  During his 20 year tenure at Kroll Zolfo Cooper, Mr. Panagos provided restructuring advice to numerous companies and also served as Chief Operating Officer and President of Krispy Kreme, Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Restructuring Officer of Penn Traffic Supermarkets as well as several interim management positions at many other companies.  Before joining Moelis & Company, Mr. Panagos was a Founder of Panagos Katz Situational Investing.

“Steve has a 20 year track record of successfully guiding companies through incredibly challenging and transformational processes,” said Ken Moelis, Chief Executive Officer of Moelis & Company.  “His vast restructuring and turnaround experience will be invaluable to our clients in the current environment.”

Thane Carlston, Co-Head of the Recapitalization & Restructuring Group, said, “In addition to his deep restructuring expertise, Steve adds operational acumen which is critical to building the premier recapitalization and restructuring practice in the industry.  We are thrilled to have Steve further strengthen our ability to provide the highest quality advice and solutions to our clients.”

About Moelis & Company
Moelis & Company is an investment bank that provides financial advisory services and capital raising solutions to clients in connection with mergers and acquisitions, restructurings and other strategic matters.  The firm also manages investment funds that integrate capital with its advisory expertise.  Moelis & Company serves a broad client base through its offices in New York, Boston, Chicago, London and Los Angeles.  For more information, please visit www.moelis.com.

New York, February 11, 2009

Moelis & Company announced today that Roger Hoit has joined the firm as a Managing Director based in New York. Mr. Hoit, who has over 20 years of investment banking experience, will focus on providing advisory services to financial sponsors, enhancing the firm’s coverage of this critical client base.

Mr. Hoit was previously a Managing Director in the Global Financial Sponsors Group at Morgan Stanley where he built a leading franchise advising financial sponsors and their portfolio companies on strategic transactions and investment opportunities. In this role, he originated and executed the full spectrum of corporate finance transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, equity and debt financings and derivative transactions. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley in 2000, Mr. Hoit was a Managing Director at SG Cowen, a division of Société Générale, and previously a Managing Director and Partner at Gleacher & Co. Mr. Hoit began his career at PaineWebber Incorporated.

Ken Moelis, Chief Executive Officer of Moelis & Company, said, “Bringing Roger on board further demonstrates our commitment to the financial sponsor community, a client base that has always been important to our firm. Roger’s long-standing senior relationships and tremendous experience make him the ideal addition to expand our financial sponsors coverage effort.”

About Moelis & Company
Moelis & Company is an investment bank that provides advice on mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, capital raising and other corporate finance matters and manages investment funds that integrate capital solutions with the firm’s advisory expertise.  Moelis & Company serves a broad client base through its offices in New York, Boston, Chicago, London and Los Angeles. For further information on Moelis & Company, please visit www.moelis.com.

New York, January 15, 2009

Moelis & Company announced today that Dominick Petrosino has joined the firm as a Managing Director based in New York. Mr. Petrosino, who has over 15 years of capital markets and investment banking experience, will focus on providing capital raising advice and solutions to the firm’s clients.

Mr. Petrosino was previously at Bear Stearns where he was the Head of Leveraged Finance Capital Markets. While at Bear Stearns, he managed a leading business focused on providing capital structure solutions, including underwriting, structuring and executing leveraged loans, high yield notes and mezzanine financings. In this role, Mr. Petrosino advised clients across a broad range of industries on leveraged buyouts, acquisition financings, recapitalizations and other capital structure matters. Prior to joining Bear Stearns in 2000, Mr. Petrosino was a Vice President of High Yield Corporate Finance at Chase Securities and previously a Vice President in Chase’s Global Mining & Metals Group.

“Dom’s tremendous experience and relationships with capital providers will be highly valuable to help our clients evaluate their capital structures and explore financing solutions,” said Ken Moelis, Chief Executive Officer of Moelis & Company. “He is the ideal partner to our growing Recapitalization & Restructuring Group to support our clients in this challenging environment.”

About Moelis & Company
Moelis & Company is an investment bank that provides advice on mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, capital raising and other corporate finance matters and manages investment funds that integrate capital solutions with the firm’s advisory expertise.  Moelis & Company serves a broad client base through its offices in New York, Boston, Chicago, London and Los Angeles. For further information on Moelis & Company, please visit www.moelis.com.

New York, September 10, 2008

Moelis & Company announced today that Andrew Shore has joined the firm as a Managing Director based in New York.  Mr. Shore, who has over 20 years of investment banking and research experience, will lead the firm’s coverage of household and personal care companies and further expand its effort in the consumer and retail sector.

Mr. Shore joins from J.P. Morgan where he was most recently a Managing Director in the Global Consumer Products Group and built a leading franchise advising clients in the global household and personal care industries on mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financings and a broad range of financial advisory services. Prior to joining J.P. Morgan, Mr. Shore was a Managing Director in Deutsche Bank’s Consumer Products and Retail Group and previously an Institutional Investor-ranked Research Analyst and the Head of Deutsche Bank’s Global Consumer Products Strategy, which included analysis and portfolio construction of food, beverage, tobacco and household products stocks.  Before Deutsche Bank, Mr. Shore was a Managing Director at both Paine Webber and Prudential Securities and began his career at Shearson Lehman Brothers.

“Andrew brings two decades of expertise in the household and personal care sectors and is a tremendous addition to our growing consumer products and retail team,” said Ken Moelis, Chief Executive Officer of Moelis & Company.  “His deep industry knowledge and relationships, not only as a banker, but also as a research analyst, will be particularly valuable to our clients.”

About Moelis & Company
Moelis & Company is an investment bank that provides advice on mergers and acquisitions, restructurings and other corporate finance matters and manages investment funds that integrate capital solutions with the firm’s advisory expertise.  Moelis & Company serves a broad client base through its offices in New York, Los Angeles, Boston and Chicago.  For further information on Moelis & Company, please visit www.moelis.com.

Los Angeles & New York, January 14, 2008

Moelis & Company announced today that Mark Henkels has joined the firm as a Managing Director based in New York. Mr. Henkels, who has seventeen years of investment banking experience, will provide advisory services to general industrial companies, with an additional focus on companies in the metals and mining sector.

Mr. Henkels was previously with CIBC World Markets for six years, where he most recently was the Head of the Industrial Growth and Services Group. While at CIBC, Mr. Henkels built one of Wall Street’s leading industrial franchises serving senior executives in the metals, capital goods, chemicals, aerospace and defense, logistics and building products sectors.

Prior to joining CIBC, Mr. Henkels was a Managing Director at Merrill Lynch, responsible for the global capital goods, building products, steel and aluminum sectors. Mr. Henkels’ previous positions include: Director in Salomon Brothers’ Select Industries Group; Vice President in Smith Barney’s Metals and Mining Group; and Senior Vice President, General Corporate Finance at Kemper Securities. Mr. Henkels has an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago and a B.A. in Accounting from Creighton University.

Ken Moelis, Chief Executive Officer of Moelis & Company, said, “Mark has a long and distinguished career advising industrial companies, and we are thrilled he has joined the Moelis & Company team. His industry expertise and exceptional client relationships enhance our ability to provide comprehensive solutions to our clients in this dynamic sector.”

About Moelis & Company
Moelis & Company is an investment bank that provides advice on mergers and acquisitions, restructurings and other corporate finance matters and manages investment funds which integrate capital solutions with the firm’s advisory expertise. Moelis & Company serves a broad client base through its offices in Los Angeles, New York and Boston.