New York, February 10, 2020

Moelis & Company (NYSE: MC), a leading global independent investment bank, today announced the appointment of Duncan Herrington as a Managing Director advising corporates on preparing for and responding to contested situations, including shareholder activism. Working alongside Craig Wadler, Managing Director, and team, Mr. Herrington will join the Firm’s New York office and start on March 19, 2020.

Jeff Raich, Co-President of Moelis & Company, said, “All public companies are a potential target so public company boards and management teams must be proactive and informed. This includes identifying where vulnerabilities are and having a response plan and advisor team in place well in advance of an activist approach.”

Mr. Wadler said, “The Moelis team has experience covering every aspect of the activist landscape with the collective ability to bring a shareholder mentality to defense discussions. Duncan’s appointment reinforces our commitment to working with corporates on pre-activist strategies such as performance evaluation, capital allocation and efficiency, M&A potential, corporate governance, and evaluating the shareholder base.”

Mr. Herrington joins from Raymond James where he was Managing Director, Head of the Activism Response & Contested Situations. During his 17 year career, he has worked at Credit Suisse in New York and London. Prior to Credit Suisse, Mr. Herrington was an M&A lawyer based in the London office of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison.

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 19 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, July 21, 2021

Moelis & Company (NYSE: MC), a leading global independent investment bank, today announced the appointment of Melissa Mariaschin as a Managing Director. She will join the firm’s New York office beginning in early September and will lead its distribution efforts as part of the firm’s Capital Solutions Group.

Ms. Mariaschin’s appointment expands Moelis & Company’s ability to connect its investment banking clients with an array of public and private institutional investors as well as financing opportunities across the capital markets. Her hire follows the appointments of Steven Halperin and Angus Whelchel, Co-Heads of Capital Solutions, in 2020. Previously Ms. Mariaschin spent 14 years at Barclays, most recently as a Managing Director on its equity syndicate desk.

“Growth in the capital markets over the past year means that our clients have a wealth of innovative financing opportunities at their disposal,” said Navid Mahmoodzadegan, Co-President, Moelis & Company. “Melissa brings nearly 15 years of syndicate experience, transactional expertise across PIPES, registered directs, converts, SPACs and other equity capital raises, in addition to having a broad and deep set of investor contacts, which will help us complete more capital raises and provide value to our clients as they navigate today’s complex capital markets.”

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, financial sponsors and governments.  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 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 and London, December 14, 2021

Moelis & Company (NYSE: MC), a leading global independent investment bank, today announced the appointment of James Nichols as Managing Director, providing strategic and financial advice to business services clients across Europe. Based in London, he joins in February and will build on the success of the Firm’s global Business Services franchise.

Mr. Nichols joins Moelis & Company from DC Advisory where he served as Managing Director and co-led Business and Healthcare Services in the UK after moving across from the firm’s Financial Sponsors Group. He has nearly 15 years of investment banking experience across mergers & acquisitions, equity capital markets, recapitalizations and other strategic advisory. Prior to DC, he spent five years at Investec and Credit Suisse.

“Traditional services businesses across multiple verticals continue to transform and evolve, driven by the competitive advantages of scale and technology. As services represent a large part of the European economy and the momentum of transactions in Europe is accelerating, the addition of James to our team will help us serve the needs of sponsors and strategic buyers who are looking for the right assets and opportunities for growth within the sector,” said Yorick van Slingelandt, Managing Director and Co-Head of Europe at 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, capital markets transactions, and other corporate finance matters.  The Firm serves its clients from 21 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, June 21, 2022

Moelis & Company (NYSE: MC), a leading global independent investment bank, today announced that Justin Craig has joined the Firm as Managing Director, providing strategic and financial advice to consumer and retail clients with a focus on food and beverage. Based in New York, he joins Moelis & Company’s Consumer & Retail team.

Justin was previously with Morgan Stanley for 12 years, where he led the food investment banking practice as a Managing Director.  In addition to food and beverage, Justin’s expertise also spans the consumer and retail landscape more broadly — including the consumer discretionary, pet, optical and auto services sectors. Justin has advised clients throughout the corporate lifecycle and across disciplines, with experience in M&A, leveraged buyouts, IPOs, debt and equity capital raising, shareholder defense and other strategic transactions.

“As the food and beverage industry continues to evolve and seek new avenues for growth against an ever-changing consumer backdrop, Justin brings the optimal mix of sector knowledge, deal experience and strong relationships with both corporates and sponsors to help our clients position themselves strategically amid a complex environment,” said Augusto Sasso, Managing Director at Moelis & Company. “We’re thrilled to have him join our growing Consumer & Retail platform, expanding the advice we provide to clients across this 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, 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 San Francisco, October 10, 2022

Moelis & Company (NYSE: MC), a leading global independent investment bank, today announced that Rick Polhemus has joined the Firm as a Managing Director, providing strategic and financial advice to companies across a range of growth-driven technology, sustainability and services sectors.  He is based in San Francisco.

Rick brings nearly 25 years of investment banking experience and has provided advice throughout the corporate lifecycle and across disciplines, with experience in M&A, leveraged buyouts, IPOs, debt and equity capital raising, shareholder defense and other strategic transactions.  Most recently he served as a Managing Director and Head of Western Region Investment Banking at Morgan Stanley where he led coverage across industrial technology, tech-enabled services, environmental and sustainability services, infrastructure and industrial services.

Navid Mahmoodzadegan, Co-President of Moelis & Company commented: “In the current environment, companies across a broad range of sectors are responding to important themes such as digitalization and sustainability.  Rick’s extensive experience helping companies navigate the changing landscape of technology and energy transition make him well-placed to collaborate with our strong team of bankers to help clients grow and shape their businesses for the future.”

Jeff Raich, Co-President of Moelis & Company added: “Clients are increasingly looking to technology and digitalization to drive growth and operational efficiencies. These dynamics create a tailwind for deal activity across a number of sectors, and Rick brings a long history of advising corporate clients and financial sponsors on the types of transformative and tech-focused transactions that help innovate and fuel growth.”

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 18, 2022

Moelis & Company today announced the appointments of Arek Kurkciyan and Dennis Crandall as Managing Directors providing strategic and financial advice to clients in the life sciences and outsourced pharmaceutical services sectors. Based in New York, they will join Moelis & Company’s growing healthcare team on November 22, 2022.

Arek and Dennis bring extensive investment banking experience, having helped clients respond to some of the most significant shifts in the pharmaceutical landscape.  These include a particular focus on mergers and acquisitions that facilitate the convergence of the life sciences and outsourced pharmaceutical services industries, as well as the rise of new technologies that fuel the development of cutting-edge therapies.

Arek joins from Morgan Stanley where most recently he was a Managing Director in the Healthcare Investment Banking group. Previously he held investment banking roles at Deutsche Bank, and he began his career with various roles in the pharmaceutical industry at GlaxoSmithKline and Novartis.

Dennis was previously a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley in the Healthcare Investment Banking group. Prior to that, he worked on the M&A team at UBS Investment Bank. Earlier in his career, he held various roles at KPMG and was an investment analyst at Jacobsen Capital Management.

“The explosion of innovation in biologics, including cell and gene therapies, represents a significant source of growth for both corporates and sponsors in the life sciences sector and beyond.  Robust continued investment in expanding R&D and production expertise should continue to drive M&A activity and reshape the healthcare landscape,” said Jeff Raich, Co-President of Moelis & Company. “Arek and Dennis bring strong relationships with both large-cap corporates and private equity investors that are core to our Firm’s strategy.  Their addition to our collaborative platform expands the high quality, bespoke advice we can offer not only our healthcare clients, but also those across a diverse range of industries with a broad and strategic interest in the life sciences.”

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, Beijing and Hong Kong, November 01, 2022

Moelis & Company (NYSE: MC), a leading global independent investment bank, today announced that Hang Yuan has joined the Firm as a Managing Director providing strategic and financial advice to clients across a broad range of sectors, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions. Hang will help the Firm further scale its business in China and enhance its global connectivity and cross-border expertise.

Hang brings more than 15 years of experience across investment banking and private equity. Previously he was Managing Director at SINO-CEEF Capital Management Company, an affiliate of ICBC, where he led the fund’s cross-border investments into Europe. Earlier in his career, Hang spent a decade in investment banking roles at Merrill Lynch Asia Pacific and Deutsche Bank.

“As our clients look to deploy capital globally, they increasingly need high quality, independent advice to navigate cross-border transactions,” said Xiuping Zhang, Head of China at Moelis & Company. “Hang’s expertise on cross-border transactions across a broad range of sectors and his buy-side experience make him well positioned to provide the kind of senior counsel that clients in China have come to expect from a leading independent firm like Moelis. We look forward to adding his expertise to our global franchise, and continuing to invest in our business in China and globally.”

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, 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.

New York, February 04, 2016

Moelis & Company (NYSE: MC), a leading global independent investment bank, today announced that Navid Mahmoodzadegan, Co-President, is scheduled to present at the KBW Winter Financial Services Symposium on Thursday, February 11, 2016 at 10:25 a.m. Eastern Time.

The live audio webcast will be available through the Investor Relations section of the Moelis & Company website at www.moelis.com. For those unable to listen to the live webcast, a replay will be available for one month on the same website following the conference.

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.