2023 Best Banking Firms for Firm Leadership
Centerview Partners
In 2006, UBS Vice Chairman Blair Effron had dinner with his friend Robert Pruzan, a veteran investment banker and former CEO of Wasserstein Perella. The two men decided to capitalize on the lucrative M&A boom by going in to business...
Moelis & Company
Moelis & Company provides financial advisory services to corporations, institutions, and governments worldwide. In addition to New York, Moelis has offices in Amsterdam, Beijing, Boston, Chicago, Dubai, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Houston, London,...
William Blair
William Blair is a global boutique with expertise in investment banking, investment management, and private wealth management. It is headquartered in Chicago, with offices in more than 20 cities on four continents. The firm helps corporations,...
Harris Williams
Harris Williams is an M&A advisor with offices in Boston, Cleveland, Frankfurt, London, Minneapolis, Richmond, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. The firm advises clients worldwide on the sale of their companies, helps them identify growth...
Solomon Partners
Founded in 1989 as one of the first independent investment banks, Solomon Partners (formerly PJ SOLOMON) is a financial advisory firm and one of the first independent investment banks. It offers a global reach through its partnership with...
Guggenheim Securities
Guggenheim Securities is the investment banking and capital markets arm of Guggenheim Partners, which employs more than 2,100 worldwide and is headquartered in Chicago and New York. Guggenheim Securities provides advisory, sales and trading,...
Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co.
Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. (“TPH”) provides strategic and financial advice to investors, management teams, boards of directors, government bodies, and other professionals and participants in the global energy industry. TPH is led by its...
PJT Partners
PJT Partners is a global advisory-focused investment bank headquartered in New York, with additional offices in Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, London, Madrid, Paris, Frankfurt, and Hong Kong. The firm was created in...
Evercore
Founded in 1995 by Blackstone and U.S. Treasury veteran Roger Altman, independent investment banking advisory firm Evercore went public in August 2006 with an $83 million initial public offering. Since then, the firm has grown into an elite...
Morgan Stanley
New York-headquartered investment banking giant Morgan Stanley is divided into three main businesses: Institutional Securities, Investment Management, and Wealth Management. Institutional Securities includes M&A advisory, restructuring, real...