Our Senior Team

Michele Miyakawa

Michele Miyakawa

Managing Director and Co-Founder Los Angeles

Biography

Michele Miyakawa is a Co-Founder and Managing Director at Moelis & Company, where she specializes in advising high-growth consumer companies regarding capital raising and strategic alternatives, including M&A. Michele has over 20 years of experience in the finance industry as both a banker and an executive, leading multiple banking and management roles at Moelis & Company, including COO of Global Advisory.

Prior to Moelis & Company, Michele worked at UBS Investment Bank, where she advised clients on M&A, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, and other equity and debt transactions. Before UBS, she was an investment banker at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. Michele holds a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from Harvard University. She served on the Board of Directors of Pacific Mercantile Bancorp and as a Board Member of the Hollywood Hills West Council.

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Our Strategic Alliances

MA Moelis Australia

Moelis & Company provides investment banking advice in Australia through our strategic alliance with MA Moelis Australia, the Corporate Advisory and Equities division of MA Financial Group, an Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) listed firm. MA Moelis Australia provides financial advice for clients across M&A and strategic advisory, equity and debt capital markets, capital structure advisory, equities research and trading.

Learn more about MA Moelis Australia here.

Learn more about MA Financial Group here.

Alfaro, Dávila y Scherer, S.C.

Moelis & Company has a strategic alliance with Alfaro, Dávila y Scherer, S.C. (“ADS”), the leading independent strategic and financial advisory firm in Mexico, to provide advisory services to our global client base with a focus on Mexican cross-border transactions. Founded in 2003, ADS advises a select number of clients on strategic mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, capital raising and financial restructurings.

Learn more about ADS team here.