Investment banking firms: companies ranked by value of deals transacted 2003-2005.EXECUTIVE SUMMARY THE top five firms the Business Journal's list of investment bankers Investment Banker A person representing a financial institution that is in the business of raising capital for corporations and municipalities. Notes: An investment banker may not accept deposits or make commercial loans. includes: Lazard Lazard Ltd. (NYSE: LAZ) is the parent company of Lazard LLC, a New York-based, independent investment bank with approximately 2,200 employees in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia. , Houlihan Lokey Howard Howard, English noble family. Landowners in Norfolk from the 13th cent., the Howards obtained the duchy of Norfolk through the marriage of Sir Robert Howard to Margaret Mowbray, daughter of Thomas Mowbray, 1st duke of Norfolk. & Zukin, Brookstreet Securities Corp., Duff & Phelps Phelps may refer to: In places in the US:
LLC - Logical Link Control , and Imperial Capital, LLC. Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin has the most NASD NASD See: National Association of Securities Dealers NASD See National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD). licensed professionals, at 210, in its Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. office. Established in 1970, the firm offers services in mergers & acquisitions, financing, financial opinions & advisory services advisory services advisory services provided to the public, in their capacity as owners and managers of animals, are an important part of veterinary science. They may be provided by government bureaux, by commercial companies who deal in pharmaceuticals or animals or animal , and financial restructuring restructuring - The transformation from one representation form to another at the same relative abstraction level, while preserving the subject system's external behaviour (functionality and semantics). . With $67 billion in M&A deals from 2003-2005, Thomas (language) Thomas - A language compatible with the language Dylan(TM). Thomas is NOT Dylan(TM). The first public release of a translator to Scheme by Matt Birkholz, Jim Miller, and Ron Weiss, written at Digital Equipment Corporation's Cambridge Research Laboratory runs Financial ranked Houlihan Lokey as the No. 1 M&A advisor for U.S transactions under $750 million. Lazard's L.A office employs the most people at 2,200 and offers services in M&A and corporate restructuring. THE PACESETTER LAZARD FINANCIAL advisor Lazard scored the No. 1 position with deals valued at $306 billion transacted from 2003-2005 throughout the U.S. Globally, Lazard reported $729 billion in deals transacted for the same period. Lazard originated in 1848 with the Lazard brothers who formed Lazard Freres & Co. selling goods in New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded , with an initial investment of $9,000, the equivalent of $178,000 at today's values. The brothers moved to San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden to capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. the gold rush and eventually expanded their business to involve financial transactions with its retail and commercial clients. The brothers later opened offices in Paris and London London, city, Canada London, city (1991 pop. 303,165), SE Ont., Canada, on the Thames River. The site was chosen in 1792 by Governor Simcoe to be the capital of Upper Canada, but York was made capital instead. London was settled in 1826. . The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of operation was established in the 1950's, thus creating the Three Houses of Lazard: New York, Paris, and London. The Houses were unified into a global firm, Lazard LLC, in January January: see month. 2000 with its U.S headquarters in New York. The firm is currently headed by Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Bruce Wasserstein Bruce Wasserstein (born December 25, 1947 in Brooklyn, New York)[1] is an American investment banker and businessman. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan, Harvard Business School, and Harvard Law School, and is currently the Chairman and CEO of Lazard LLC. .--Vanessa Herman Herman only goal in life becomes winning at cards. [Russ. Opera: Tchaikovsky, Queen of Spades, Westerman, 401] See : Obsessiveness
Rank Firm Value of Deals (1)
* name (in millions)
* address * 2003-2005
1 Lazard 306,000 (2)
1999 Avenue of the Stars Suite 1140
Los Angeles 90067
2 Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin 67,000 (3)
1930 Century Park West
Los Angeles 90067
3 Duff & Phelps Securities, LLC 3,250
2029 Century Park East Suite 820
Los Angeles 90067
4 Imperial Capital, LLC 2,500
150 South Rodeo Drive Suite 100
Beverly Hills 90212
5 Barrington Associates 2,185
11755 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 2200
Los Angeles 90025
6 Kerlin Capital Group, LLC 2,000
515 S. Figueroa St. Suite 1275
Los Angeles 90071
7 The Spartan Group, LLC 852
450 N Brand Blvd. Suite 648
Glendale 91203
8 Mosaic Capital, LLC 270
15165 Ventura Blvd. Suite 425
Sherman Oaks 91403
9 Xnergy, LLC 200+
1875 Century Park East STE. 2150
Los Angeles 90067
10 Venture Management, Inc. 200
674 County Square Drive, Suite 105
Ventura 93003
11 U.S Capital Partners 200
2975 Lombardy Road
Pasadena 91107
Rank Employees Offices Services
* NASD (LA / US) Offered
licensed * wholly-owed
* total * affiliate
1 4 (4) 1/7 M&A,
2,200 0/0 corporate restructuring
2 210 1/8 M&A, financing, financial
700 0/0 opinions & advisory services,
financial restructuring
3 48 2/14 M&A, divestitures,
650 0/0 private placements,
restructuring
4 13 1/3 restructuring advisory, M&A,
90 0/0 institutional private placements,
valuations & fairness opinions
5 WND 1/3 M&A,
40 0/0 corporate finance services
6 4 1/1 M&A, recapitalizations, private
9 0/0 equity placements, fairness
opinions, advice on shareholders
liquidity
7 6 1/2 M&A buy/sell, private and public
10 0/3 capital raise and
fairness opinions/advisory
8 5 2/2 M&A, sale of businesses,
13 2/25 capital raising, valuation
9 0 1/1 business and financial
6 1/2 advisory, M&A, corporate
finance, going public, valuations
10 0 0/3 M&A advisory
5 0/0
11 na (5) 1/2 M&A,
2 0/0 private capital placements
Rank Profile Top Local Executive
* headquarters * name
* year founded * title
* phone
1 New York Simon Furie
1848 managing director
(310) 601-3400
2 Los Angeles Scott Beiser
1970 co-chief executive officer
(310) 553-8871
3 New York Greg Range
1932 managing director
(310) 284-8008
4 Beverly Hills Jason Reese
1997 president, corporate finance
(310) 246-3700
5 Los Angeles James Freedman
1982 managing director
(310) 479-3500
6 Los Angeles William K. Doyle
1994 managing partner
(213) 627-3300
7 Glendale John Johnson
2002 managing director
(818) 291-6365
8 Sherman Oaks Gordon W. Gregory
1989 chairman/managing director
(818) 906-9800
9 Los Angeles Nia Stefany
1999 managing partner
(310) 226-6740
10 Ventura Mark Shappee
1985 managing principal
(805) 644-5335
11 Pasadena Chris Higgins
1992 managing director
(626) 796-5780
NA: Not Available na: Not Applicable WND: Would Not Disclose
The Business Journal survey does not include venture capital or other
investment funds or securities firms. Other multi-national investment
banks were contacted but did not respond to survey requests.
(1) Figures are firm-wide in the U.S. unless otherwise indicated.
Value is the net dollar proceeds to buyer, seller or issuer at the
time of the transaction.
(2) Global deals transacted firm-wide were $729 billion.
(3) M&A deals only. Figure includes U.S. and cross-border international
deals.
(4) NASD licensed professionals in L.A. area only.
(5) Company does not work with public company transactions.
Information was provided by the representatives of the companies
themselves. In the case of a tie, companies were further ranked by the
total number of employees.
To the best of our knowledge, this information is accurate as of press
time. While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy and
thoroughness of the list, omissions and typographical, errors sometimes
occur."Please send corrections or additions on company letterhead to
the Research Department, San Fernando Business Journal, 21600 Oxnard
St., Suite 250, Woodland Hills 91367. [c]2006 San Fernando Valley
Business Journal. This list may not be reprinted in whole or in part
without prior written permission from the editor. Reprints are
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jmartin@wrightsreprints.com.
Researched by Vanessa Herman
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