NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--D.A. Davidson & Co. announced today that its Investment Banking division has hired Ken Kantowitz as Director, Debt Advisory, strengthening the firm’s Capital Advisory Team and Financial Sponsors Group.
Based in New York, Kantowitz joins D.A. Davidson from Lazard’s Capital Solutions Group. He spent more than six years advising the firm’s sponsor and non-sponsor middle market clients on both debt and structured equity capital raises. Prior to Lazard, Kantowitz worked for Société Générale in their North America Leveraged Finance Group and Raymond James in their Technology Investment Banking Group.
“Given the private credit market’s significant growth and maturation over the last several years, it is becoming increasingly critical for financial advisors to provide both sponsor and corporate clients with best-in-class private capital raising capabilities across the capital stack,” stated Rory McKinney, President of D.A. Davidson Equity Capital Markets. “Ken’s extensive experience helping clients across a wide range of industries raise capital supporting a number of different uses and situations will enable D.A. Davidson to further capitalize on the significant momentum it is already seeing within its Capital Advisory business. We are excited to have him join the team.”
Prior to beginning his career in investment banking, Kantowitz graduated from New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business, magna cum laude, with a Bachelor of Science in Finance and Economics.
“I’ve watched and admired from afar, as D.A. Davidson has built an impressive Debt Advisory platform that consistently delivers superior value to clients,” said Kantowitz. “The firm is extremely well positioned to capitalize on clients’ rapidly growing need for help navigating an increasingly complex private credit market, and I look forward to working with the team to deliver significant growth over the coming years.”
D.A. Davidson Investment Banking is a leading full-service investment bank that offers comprehensive financial advisory and capital markets expertise. The group has extensive transaction experience serving middle-market clients worldwide across four industry verticals: consumer, diversified industrials, financial institutions, and technology. Together with its European strategic partner, MCF Corporate Finance, D.A. Davidson originates and executes transatlantic M&A transactions under the common brand of D.A. Davidson MCF International.
About D.A. Davidson Companies
D.A. Davidson Companies is an employee-owned financial services firm offering a range of financial services and advice to individuals, corporations, institutions, and municipalities nationwide. Founded in 1935 with corporate headquarters in Great Falls, Montana, and regional headquarters in Denver, Los Angeles, New York, Omaha and Seattle, the company has approximately 1,600 employees and offices in 30 states.
Subsidiaries include D.A. Davidson & Co., a full-service investment firm providing wealth management, investment banking, equity and fixed income capital markets services, and advice; Davidson Investment Advisors, a professional asset management firm; and D.A. Davidson Trust Company, a trust and wealth management company.
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