New York and London, October 09, 2023

Moelis & Company (NYSE: MC), a leading global independent investment bank, today announced that Jean-Eudes Renier has joined the Firm as a Managing Director, expanding its Industrials coverage in Europe and enhancing its franchise globally. Effective immediately, he will be based in London.

Jean-Eudes brings nearly 30 years of investment banking experience across many Industrials sectors including autos, automotive technology, steel and mining, building products, paper and packaging and capital goods. Jean-Eudes joins from Bank of America Merrill Lynch where he led the Global Industrial Investment Banking business for many years and most recently served as Chairman of the unit. Prior to his 15 years at Bank of America, he worked at Morgan Stanley where he focused on the basic materials sectors.

Ken Moelis, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Moelis commented, “There’s been significant momentum in our Industrials franchise to meet the needs of our clients across this evolving landscape. The hire of Jean-Eudes demonstrates our continued investment in premier senior talent and our commitment to providing quality advice and deep expertise to clients around the world.”

Yorick van Slingelandt, Managing Director and Co-Head of Europe at Moelis added, “Jean-Eudes is an industry leader with extensive relationships and a proven track record. His ability to provide innovative strategic advice and solutions will be critical to helping both corporate and sponsor clients across the Industrials sector optimize their business through strategic investments, divestitures, and other transformative transactions.”

Jean-Eudes builds on the recent growth of Moelis’s leading global Industrials franchise, which saw the arrival of Metals & Mining experts Douglas Pierson in New York earlier this year, and Jeremy Lane in Hong Kong last month.

About Moelis & Company

Moelis & Company (“Moelis”) 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’s experienced professionals advise clients on their most critical decisions, including mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations and restructurings, capital markets transactions, and other corporate finance matters. The Firm serves its clients from 23 locations in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia. For further information, please visit: www.moelis.com.

New York, February 03, 2025

Moelis & Company (NYSE: MC), a leading global independent investment bank, today announced that Matt Wesley will be joining the Firm as Global Head of Private Funds Advisory (PFA). This strategic hire underscores the Firm’s commitment to expanding its capabilities in providing private capital solutions to financial sponsors and limited partners globally.

Matt will lead the Firm’s efforts in growing a best-in-class private funds advisory business providing integrated capital solutions across secondary advisory, primary fundraising, and bespoke liquidity solutions. Under Matt’s leadership, the Private Funds Advisory business, working in partnership with the Firm’s industry, financial sponsor and capital markets bankers, will further enhance Moelis’s ability to deliver the highest quality advice and solutions to clients. Matt’s appointment comes as the private funds market continues to grow and innovate, with increasing demand for secondary transactions and creative capital solutions.

Navid Mahmoodzadegan, Co-Founder and Co-President of Moelis commented, “Matt is an industry leader with a proven record of building and growing successful businesses in the private funds space. His strategic vision, expertise in structuring complex liquidity solutions, and deep relationships across the financial sponsor community make him uniquely positioned to scale our Private Funds Advisory business into a global market leader.”

Matt brings over 20 years of industry-leading expertise in secondaries and private capital advisory. He will join Moelis from his position as Global Head of Private Capital Advisory at Jefferies, where he built and led the firm’s secondary advisory, primary fundraising and GP stakes businesses. Earlier in his career, he held leadership roles at PJT Partners, where he advised on some of the earliest and largest single-asset continuation vehicle transactions, and at Coller Capital. Matt began his career at Sullivan & Cromwell, where he focused on secondaries, fund formation, and financial institutions M&A.

Jeff Raich, Co-Founder and Co-President of Moelis commented, “The financial sponsor community has been core to our Firm since its founding, and we are confident that Matt’s expertise will enable us to continue supporting our private equity clients through all phases of their lifecycle. His leadership and ability to execute on transformational opportunities across private capital will be critical as we continue to drive growth for the Firm.”

Ken Moelis, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Moelis added, “Private capital is one of the most dynamic areas of the market today, and we see a significant opportunity to expand our capabilities in this space. Matt’s appointment reflects our commitment to investing in this business and hiring exceptional talent to build an elite franchise that anticipates and meets the evolving needs of our clients.”

About Moelis & Company

Moelis & Company (“Moelis”) 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, capital markets transactions, and other corporate finance matters.  The Firm serves its clients from 23 locations in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia. For further information, please visit: www.moelis.com.

Los Angeles, August 11, 2011

Moelis & Company, the New York-based independent investment bank, today announced the appointment of Kent Savagian as a Managing Director based in Los Angeles. He will provide strategic advice to clients located on the West Coast.

Ken Moelis, Chief Executive Officer of Moelis & Company, said: “I worked with Kent over 20 years ago and value the industry expertise he has obtained, the client relationships he has developed along with his sounds judgment that will benefit our clients. I look forward to working with him again.”

Mr. Savagian joins Moelis & Company after a 16 year career at Credit Suisse where he was most recently a Managing Director in the Investment Banking Division. He was previously a Partner in the Media & Telecom Group at Credit Suisse and headed the firm’s Los Angeles office. He began his career at DLJ in Los Angeles.

Mr. Moelis added: “While he will continue to cover media and telecom, Kent’s focus will broaden to other sectors where he has experience including industrials and retail/consumer. As we continue to broaden our industry coverage, he will play an important role in our expanding global team focused on providing clients with world-class independent advice and solutions.”

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 550 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, October 06, 2011

Moelis & Company, the New York-headquartered global independent investment bank, today announced the appointment of Steven Meehan as a Managing Director in Healthcare Investment Banking. Based in New York, Mr. Meehan will provide strategic advice to global healthcare clients.

Ken Moelis, Chief Executive Officer of Moelis & Company, said, “Given the rapidly changing regulatory environment and the aging population, healthcare will be among the most active industry sectors for the foreseeable future. Our clients will be well served by Steven’s almost two decades of healthcare investment banking experience.”

Mr. Meehan joins Moelis & Company from UBS Investment Bank where he was most recently CEO of UBS Russia and CIS across all businesses including securities, investment banking and wealth management. He was also a member of the UBS Group Europe, Middle East, Africa Management Committee. He joined the bank in 1999 as part of the team that formed the Global Healthcare Group as Head of Life Sciences. During his investment banking career he has held senior roles at Salomon Smith Barney, NatWest Securities and Drexel Burnham Lambert.

Mr. Moelis added, “Steven’s appointment builds on our existing healthcare coverage further ensuring that we are providing clients with world-class independent advice and solutions in this important sector.”

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 more than 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 London, July 06, 2017

Moelis & Company (NYSE: MC), a leading global independent investment bank, today announced the appointment of Pablo de la Infiesta as a Managing Director and Head of the Private Funds Advisory (PFA) group in EMEA. He will join the Firm’s London office in October and will provide capital raising, secondary and other advisory services to private fund sponsors and limited partners globally.

Mr. de la Infiesta has over 20 years of private equity fund placement, secondary advisory, and investment banking experience. He joins Moelis & Company after 11 years at Lazard where he was most recently a Managing Director and European Head of the Private Capital Advisory group, focusing on fund placement and secondary advisory. Prior to Lazard, he was a Principal at Campbell Lutyens & Co in London.

“We continue to see a significant reallocation of capital back towards private equity,” said Ken Moelis, Chairman and CEO of Moelis & Company. “As sponsors launch new funds, the addition of Pablo’s extensive experience and deep relationships offer our clients broader Private Funds Advisory capabilities along with a fundraising and secondary advisory network that extends into Europe and beyond. We look forward to continuing to grow our PFA team and accelerating the success they’ve had since we established the group in 2014.”

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, capital markets transactions, and other corporate finance matters.  The Firm serves its clients with about 650 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 or follow us on Twitter @Moelis.

New York, June 18, 2020

Moelis & Company (NYSE: MC), a leading global independent investment bank, today announced the appointments of Steven Halperin and Angus Whelchel as Managing Directors to expand and enhance the Firm’s capital markets capabilities. Based in the New York office, Mr. Halperin joins the Firm on July 13 and Mr. Whelchel on August 4.

The additions of Mr. Halperin as Head of Equity Public Markets and Mr. Whelchel as Head of Private Capital Markets enhance the Firm’s ability to provide the full suite of capital solutions to clients.  Together they will broaden and deepen the Firm’s public and private market origination and distribution capabilities and lead an expanded structured capital markets effort, further strengthening the existing platform.  Mr. Halperin and Mr. Whelchel will join Moelis & Company’s globally connected network and work closely with the Firm’s sector, M&A and restructuring bankers to structure and execute innovative financing solutions and provide product agnostic advice to clients around the globe.

Navid Mahmoodzadegan, Co-President of Moelis & Company, said, “The hiring of Steven and Angus, two world class capital markets bankers, solidifies our ability to provide the full range of innovative capital solutions to our clients to help fund growth and address their liquidity needs as we have recently demonstrated, raising more than $13 billion for 14 clients in the past two months.”

Mr. Halperin joins Moelis from Barclays in New York and London, having spent 21 years in the industry, most recently as Americas Head of Equity-Linked & Hybrid Solutions. Prior to that role, he was Co-Head of EMEA Equity Capital Markets after leading EMEA Equity-Linked Origination. Mr. Halperin began his career at Lehman Brothers having worked in various capital markets roles.

Mr. Whelchel joins from Barclays, having been based in New York and London, most recently as Global Head of Private Capital Markets. He has more than 20 years of experience in the industry having worked at GE Capital and Lehman Brothers. He has helped clients raise over $200 billion of private capital globally across all industries and brings an expansive network of deep relationships with investors in the private capital markets.

Mr. Mahmoodzadegan added, “Increasingly, clients are looking for more specialized and unconflicted advice that comes from the independent banks on how to navigate their complex financing needs. From accumulating equity as part of an acquisition strategy to advice on IPOs, PIPEs, SPACs, equity derivatives, convertibles, term loans and notes, rights offerings to growth equity raises and other structured products, Steven and Angus cover the full spectrum of capital markets’ needs, both public and private, debt and equity.”

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, capital markets transactions, and other corporate finance matters.  The Firm serves its clients from 20 geographic locations in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia.  For further information, please visit: www.moelis.com or follow us on Twitter @Moelis.

New York, September 15, 2022

Moelis & Company (NYSE: MC), a leading global independent investment bank, today announced that Vincent Ragosta has been appointed as a Managing Director, providing capital raising and other independent advisory services to private fund sponsors and limited partners. He will join the Firm’s New York headquarters next week.

Vincent joins from Campbell Lutyens where he served as a Managing Director on the North American fund placement team. Previously he held roles at UBS Investment Bank, SMBC Nikko Securities America and Shumway Capital Partners.

“As private funds face a competitive market for fundraising, they increasingly need high quality advice to help differentiate themselves in a crowded field,” said Rodney Reid, Managing Director and Global Head of Private Funds Advisory at Moelis & Company. “Vincent brings a deep set of limited partner relationships which will allow us to provide the bespoke advice and connections to capital that private equity, infrastructure and credit funds need to fundraise effectively.”

“With the total number of sponsors in the market and the amount of capital they have to deploy at record highs, sponsors have a more sophisticated set of needs than ever before,” said Navid Mahmoodzadegan, Co-President of Moelis & Company. “Moelis’ Private Fund Advisory business is a key piece of our Firm’s ability to serve sponsors through their entire business cycle from initial fundraise through asset monetization, offering creative solutions throughout. We’re thrilled to further strengthen this business with Vincent now on board.”

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, capital markets transactions, and other corporate finance matters.  The Firm serves its clients from 21 locations in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia.  For further information, please visit: www.moelis.com or follow us on Twitter @Moelis.

New York and London, January 05, 2023

Moelis & Company (NYSE: MC), a leading global independent investment bank, today announced that Chris Raff has joined the Firm as a Managing Director. Based in London, Chris will provide strategic and financial advice on mergers and acquisitions to clients across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), as he helps to expand Moelis & Company’s strong franchise across the region.

Chris joins Moelis & Company from Deutsche Bank where he spent 18 years in a variety of roles. He most recently served as Head of UK M&A and worked on a number of high profile public M&A transactions during this time.  He previously led the bank’s EMEA financial sponsors M&A efforts.

Yorick van Slingelandt, Managing Director and Co-Head of Europe, commented: “Chris brings best-in-class M&A capabilities, an extensive track record of advising clients on both public and private M&A, and a focus on financial sponsors to our growing team in EMEA. As our momentum across the region continues and European companies increasingly turn to M&A, Chris will be integral as we help our clients navigate their most important strategic decisions.”

Anton Sahazizian, Global Head of M&A, commented: “With continued uncertainty and volatility forcing companies to rethink their footprint and global exposure, cross-border transactions remain a key tool at their disposal. We are delighted to have Chris join the Moelis team as we collaborate across our global network to connect corporates and sponsors with their next opportunities, both at home and abroad.”

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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, capital markets transactions, and other corporate finance matters.  The Firm serves its clients from 21 locations in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia.  For further information, please visit: www.moelis.com or follow us on Twitter @Moelis.

New York and London, January 19, 2023

Moelis & Company (NYSE: MC), a leading global independent investment bank, today announced that Skip Fahrholz has joined the Firm as a Managing Director.  Based in London, Skip will expand Moelis & Company’s Private Funds Advisory (PFA) team with a focus on growing its global secondary and co-investment advisory capabilities.

Skip brings over 16 years of M&A, secondary advisory and private equity investment experience.  He joins from UBS Global Wealth Management where he recently served as Head of Private Equity Co-Investments and Secondaries and as Head of Discretionary Multi-Vintage Private Equity. Skip previously led UBS Investment Banks’ EMEA Secondary Advisory business. He started his career in M&A investment banking in Frankfurt.

Rodney Reid, Managing Director and Global Head of Private Funds Advisory at Moelis & Company commented, “Skip’s experience across secondaries and co-investments helps us expand the advice and capital alternatives we bring to sponsors for existing and new investments. In addition, his background in M&A makes him well-placed to collaborate with our product and sector bankers as we deliver the Firm’s full suite of capabilities to sponsor clients globally.”

Moelis continues to invest in the growth of its European business. The Firm recently announced five Managing Director promotions within the region and hired Chris Raff to provide strategic advice on mergers and acquisitions across EMEA.

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, capital markets transactions, and other corporate finance matters.  The Firm serves its clients from 21 locations in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia.  For further information, please visit: www.moelis.com or follow us on Twitter @Moelis.

New York, October 26, 2015

Moelis & Company (NYSE: MC), a leading global independent investment bank, today announced the appointment of John A. Allison, as an independent member of the Board of Directors.

Mr. Allison currently serves as Chairman of the Executive Advisory Council of the Cato Institute’s Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, and as a member of the Cato Institute’s Board of Directors. He was President and CEO of the Cato Institute from October 2012 to April 2015. Prior to joining Cato, Mr. Allison was Chairman and CEO of BB&T Corporation, one of the largest financial services holding companies by assets, headquartered in the United States. During Mr. Allison’s tenure as CEO from 1989 to 2008, BB&T grew from $4.5 billion to $152 billion in assets.

“John has an impressive track record as a leader in the financial services industry,” said Ken Moelis, Chairman and CEO of Moelis & Company. “We are delighted to have him on our Board of Directors. Through his experience growing BB&T and now as a Chairman at the Cato Institute, John will undoubtedly bring a unique perspective to our Board, our Firm, and our clients.”

Mr. Allison will become the third independent director on the Moelis & Company Board of Directors. He will also serve as a member of the Firm’s Audit Committee and Compensation Committee. Mr. Allison will begin serving on the Board on November 4, 2015.

In addition to his time at BB&T and the Cato Institute, Mr. Allison also served as a Distinguished Professor of Practice on the faculty of the Wake Forest University School of Business from 2009 to 2012. He has received the Corning Award for Distinguished Leadership, been inducted into the North Carolina Business Hall of Fame, received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Banker, and was recognized by the Harvard Business Review as one of the top 100 most successful CEOs in the world over the last decade.

Mr. Allison is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill. He received his master’s degree in management from Duke University, and is also a graduate of the Stonier Graduate School of Banking.

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 650 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, July 10, 2015

Moelis & Company (NYSE: MC), a leading global independent investment bank, today announced that Stephen F. Bollenbach has resigned from the Board of Directors, effective immediately. Mr. Bollenbach’s decision to resign from the Board was not due to any disagreement with the Firm’s management or the Board. The Firm intends to seek to appoint a new director to the Board by the end of the third quarter this year.

During Mr. Bollenbach’s tenure, he served as Chairman of the Audit Committee and Chairman of the Compensation Committee.

Ken Moelis, Chairman and CEO of Moelis & Company, said “Steve is an active member of several other public companies and non-profit boards, and as our franchise continues its growth, we both agreed that the potential for the perception of conflicts with our advisory business could arise.”

“Steve provided invaluable counsel and support during a pivotal time in our Firm’s development and we thank him for his guidance and are grateful for the contributions he has made to the Board and to Moelis & Company.”

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, July 01, 2014

Moelis & Company (NYSE: MC), a leading global independent investment bank, today announced the appointment of Kenneth L. Shropshire, Wharton professor and corporate lawyer, as an independent member of the Board of Directors.

Mr. Shropshire is the David W. Hauck Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, teaching legal and business aspects of sports; business law and ethics; negotiation and dispute resolution; and diversity and the law. He is the director and founder of the Wharton Sports Business Initiative, a think-tank that generates and disseminates knowledge about the sports industry through educational programs, strategic corporate partnerships, high-level student consulting assignments, global forums and research. Mr. Shropshire also serves as Special Counsel to the global law firm Duane Morris LLP where he practices corporate law with a concentration in sports and business law.

Ken Moelis, Chairman and CEO of Moelis & Company, said, “We are delighted to welcome Ken to the Moelis & Company board so soon after our initial public offering in April. Ken brings new perspectives and a wealth of unique experience to this role which will benefit the Firm, and our clients, greatly.”

Mr. Shropshire is also a consultant to the Miami Dolphins Foundation and the National Football League, where he assists the organization in expanding its player development and social impact program, and he currently leads the research efforts of the Major League Baseball On-Field Diversity Task Force.  His consulting roles have also included work for the NCAA, the NFL Players Association and USA Track and Field, and he was an executive on the organizing committee for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games. Mr. Shropshire is a founder and member of the Board of Directors of the Valley Green Bank in Philadelphia and also serves as a trustee of the Women’s Sports Foundation and the Board of Directors of Peace Players International.  He is a former president of the Sports Lawyers Association, the largest such organization in the world, and Program Chair of the ABA Forum Committee, Sports Law Section.  Mr. Shropshire is the author of numerous books and articles on the business of sports.

Mr. Shropshire is a 1980 graduate of Columbia Law School and a 1977 graduate of Stanford University.

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, April 22, 2021

Moelis & Company (NYSE: MC), a leading global independent investment bank, today announced the appointment of Eric Biddle as a Managing Director advising clients with a focus on the retail, apparel and consumer sectors, effective June 28th. Mr. Biddle will be based in Los Angeles.

Mr. Biddle has nearly 20 years of experience advising retail and consumer companies on mergers and acquisitions, and strategic financing opportunities including debt and equity transactions. Since 2016 he served as a Managing Director at Barclays Capital. Prior to that he was a Managing Director at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, having joined Merrill Lynch in 2003.

Navid Mahmoodzadegan, Co-President of Moelis & Company, said, “Retail and consumer companies face a rapidly evolving landscape that is increasingly defined by new technologies, new entrants and new business models. Eric’s experience in the sector positions him well to partner with retail and consumer companies, and guide them through the current phase of disruption, consolidation and convergence.”

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, capital markets transactions, and other corporate finance matters.  The Firm serves its clients from 22 geographic locations in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia. For further information, please visit: www.moelis.com or follow us on Twitter @Moelis.

New York, April 10, 2008

Moelis & Company announced today that Thane Carlston and William Derrough will join the firm in July as Managing Directors and Co-Heads of the firm’s Restructuring Group based in New York. Mr. Carlston and Mr. Derrough, who have worked together on restructuring transactions for over 17 years, were previously at Jefferies & Company where they built a leading restructuring practice as Co-Heads of the Recapitalization and Restructuring Group.

Mr. Carlston spent 10 years at Jefferies advising clients in a variety of industries on exchange offers, recapitalizations, restructurings, financings, and M&A transactions. Before joining Jefferies, he worked at Chanin and Company, a boutique investment banking firm specialized in providing restructuring advice.

Mr. Derrough also spent 10 years at Jefferies where he advised a wide spectrum of clients and investors on restructurings, recapitalizations, financings, mergers, and other engagements. Prior to joining Jefferies, Mr. Derrough was a Principal at Doyle & Boissiere, a private investment firm, and before this, worked at Chanin and Company and Salomon Brothers.

“Building a world class restructuring franchise has been a top priority of Moelis & Company, particularly as our clients face a more challenging economic environment,” said Ken Moelis, Chief Executive Officer of Moelis & Company. “Thane and Bill bring tremendous restructuring experience and expertise, and we could not be more pleased to have them lead this effort for us. This important step further demonstrates our commitment to provide the highest quality advice and solutions to support 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 which integrate capital solutions with the firm’s advisory expertise. Moelis & Company serves a broad client base through its offices in New York, Los Angeles and Boston.