Piper Jaffray Strengthens West Coast Technology Investment Banking
September 07 2011 - 11:26AM
Business Wire
Piper Jaffray (NYSE: PJC), announced today that it has
strengthened its west coast technology team with the addition of
four senior investment bankers. Michael Kim will join as a managing
director in October, focusing on software investment banking.
Deepak Chugh, principal, has joined the firm to focus on the
electronics sector. In addition to these hires, two senior
technology bankers will relocate and join the west coast technology
team to provide additional coverage and execution capabilities.
Michael Hirsch, managing director, will continue to focus on the
internet and digital media sector. Greg Klancher, vice president,
will focus on the electronics and internet sectors. All four
individuals will be based in San Francisco.
“The west coast is a critical market and enhancing our
technology banking presence with talent of this caliber is a
strategic priority for Piper Jaffray,” commented Mark Leavitt,
global head of the technology, media and telecommunications
team.
“We are excited to have Michael (Kim) and Deepak join our team
as they bring significant experience as lead advisors on a broad
range of transactions,” added Marc Steifman, head of west coast
technology. Michael (Hirsch) has an established, successful track
record in the internet and digital media space with Piper Jaffray.
His move, along with Greg’s, highlights our commitment to building
the west coast technology team.”
Michael Kim joins Piper Jaffray from Stone Key Partners LLC, a
technology-focused mergers and acquisitions and strategic advisory
boutique, where he was a managing director and co-founder. He
brings 16 years of technology investment banking experience serving
middle-market and Fortune 500 clients, including enterprise
software and services companies, and the private equity and venture
capital communities. Representative clients include IBM,Oracle,
Unisys and BBN Technologies. Previously, Michael was with Bear
Stearns and Morgan Stanley.
Deepak Chugh joins Piper Jaffray from Deutsche Bank Securities
where he worked with the semiconductor investment banking team. He
brings over 10 years of experience in the technology field, in
investment banking, as well as technology and business development
activities.
Piper Jaffray has a global technology, media and
telecommunications investment banking and capital markets team of
40 professionals. Since 2006, the team has represented clients in
155 transactions with an aggregate value of $24 billion. In
addition, the firm has 12 senior research analysts, covering
185 TMT companies across the internet, software,
communications, semiconductor, capital equipment and hardware,
services, and media and entertainment industries.
About Piper JaffrayPiper Jaffray is a leading
middle-market investment bank and asset management firm serving
clients in the U.S. and internationally. Proven advisory teams
combine deep product and sector expertise with ready access to
global capital. Founded in 1895, the firm is headquartered in
Minneapolis and has offices across the United States and in Hong
Kong, London and Zurich. www.piperjaffray.com
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