LOL! I'm looking for one more Investment banker to go to Montreal. An MBA from U of M would be perfect if you can speak in french.
<<TORONTO and MONTREAL, Jul 10, 2002 /PRNewswire from COMTEX/ -- Rothschild, one of the world's leading investment banks, is expanding its Canadian presence with the opening of a new office in Montreal, Canada, it was announced today by Daniel Labrecque, newly appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Rothschild's Canadian operations. Rothschild also announced the hiring of four investment bankers who will be based in the new Montreal office. The new office is located at 1002 Sherbrooke West, Suite 2300, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 3L6.
The new hires in Montreal include: Peter Teti, Vice-President, who spent the last 7 years in London with Merrill Lynch and previously with J. Henry Schroder specializing in the coverage of chemicals; David Savard, Vice-President, who was at Lazard and previously at Scotia Capital in Montreal; Martin-Pierre Roussel, Associate, who was also at Lazard and previously at Scotia Capital; and Nicholas Barnes, Analyst, who spent the past 3 years in New York at Bear Stearns.
Mr. Labrecque said the new professionals will be integrated with the existing team of Rothschild investment bankers based in Toronto.
Commenting on the new Montreal team, Mr. Labrecque said: "I am extremely impressed by the quality of intellectual talents that we have been able to attract to Rothschild in Montreal. Combined with our Toronto and worldwide resources, Rothschild can offer world-class senior level investment banking advice to internationally-minded Montreal-based companies. Opening an office in Montreal, our second office in Canada, will also enable us to utilize Rothschild's strong domestic resources to provide our clients broader Canadian coverage."
Mr. Labrecque added that, "Our Montreal and Toronto professionals will focus their collective efforts on cross-border transactions in the field of mergers & acquisitions, restructuring, privatization, project finance, private placements and related investment banking services."
Mr. Labrecque said that Ed Giacomelli, Managing Director and a veteran telecom specialist who has been with Rothschild in Canada for the last 6 years, will continue to lead the team in Toronto comprised of Andrew Semenak, Vice-President; David Ho, Associate; and Adam Marcus, Associate.
Rothschild is a leading international investment bank which has advised on 75 transactions with a total value of US$71billion/CDN$108 billion in the first six months of 2002.
Of the five largest corporate transactions worldwide year-to-date, Rothschild advised on three: National Grid/Lattice's US$22 billion/CDN$33 billion merger; NTL's US$10.6 billion/CDN$16.1 billion restructuring; and China Mobile's US$10.2 billion/CDN$15.2 billion reorganization.
Through the first six months of 2002, Rothschild ranked #1 in France, #1 in the UK, #3 in Europe as a whole, and #9 worldwide. Rothschild has offices in over 30 countries around the world. |
