Centerview Partners
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| Company type | Private Ownership |
|---|---|
| Industry | Financial services |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Headquarters | 31 West 52nd Street New York, New York, United States |
| Products | Investment banking, Mergers and acquisitions, Private Equity |
| Total assets | $485 million |
| Website | www.centerviewpartners.com |
Centerview Partners is an American independent investment banking and private equity investment firm. Centerview operates primarily as an investment banking advisory firm. The firm offers mergers and acquisitions advisory, takeover defense, capital allocation and divestitures services. The firm also operates as a financial sponsor in certain private equity transactions. In 2007, the firm raised its first investment fund with $485 million of commitments from institutional investors.
Founded in 2006 by a group of senior investment bankers, the firm is headquartered in New York City with offices in London, Los Angeles, Palo Alto and San Francisco.
History
Centerview was founded in July 2006 and is currently led by, Blair Effron, former Vice Chair of UBS AG, and Robert Pruzan, former CEO of Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein North America and President of Wasserstein Perella.[1] Additional Centerview co-founders included Stephen Crawford, former co-president at Morgan Stanley, and Adam Chinn, former partner at Wachtell Lipton.[2] James M. Kilts former CEO of Gillette, heads the firm's private equity fund.[3] In 2010, Robert E. Rubin, former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, joined the firm as Counselor.[4]
At UBS, Effron was Group Vice Chairman of UBS AG and a member of the Board of UBS Investment Bank, where he also sat on several management committees. Effron's major coup came in 2005 when he advised Gillette on its $57 billion sale to Procter & Gamble, which was the largest M&A transaction of 2005. In 2006, Effron announced he was leaving UBS to form a new boutique investment banking firm.
Since its founding, the firm has advised on more than $1.5 trillion in transactions.[citation needed]
In 2009 and 2010, the firm was rated "No. 1 Investment Bank to Work For" by Vault.[citation needed]
In 2016, the firm was rated "No. 3 Investment Bank to Work For" by Vault. [5]
References
- ^ "The little guys are winning on Wall Street". Business Insider. September 8, 2016.
- ^ "Ex-Morgan Stanley Executive Named Capital One CFO". The Wall Street Journal. February 1, 2013.
- ^ Three Senior Wall Street Professionals Announce Formation of Centerview Partners.
- ^ DEALBOOK. "Rubin to Join Centerview, a Young Firm". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
- ^ http://www.vault.com/company-rankings/banking/vault-banking-50
External links
- Centerview Partners. (Company website)
