Takeshi Inoue Joins Evercore as Senior Managing Director and President of the Firm’s Office in Japan
January 25 2022 - 08:00AM
Business Wire
Evercore (NYSE: EVR) announced today that Takeshi Inoue has
joined the Firm as a Senior Managing Director and President of the
Firm’s office in Japan. He will be based in Tokyo.
Mr. Inoue joins from Barclays Japan, where he was a Managing
Director and Head of the Financial Institutions Group, and most
recently Head of the Activist Defense Team in Japan. Prior to
Barclays, he was Vice Chairman of the Investment Banking Division
and Head of the M&A Group at Citigroup Japan. Over the course
of his more than twenty-year career as a trusted advisor, he has
advised on many notable M&A transactions for Japanese
corporations, financial institutions, private equity firms, and
government entities. He has also led a number of high profile
activist defense advisory assignments.
John S. Weinberg, Evercore’s Co-Chairman and Co-Chief Executive
Officer, said, “Takeshi’s joining us is an important step in
strengthening Evercore’s world-class M&A capabilities in Japan
as we aspire to build the most respected independent investment
banking advisory firm globally and across Asia. Takeshi’s
experience in Activist Defense will enable us to make available our
industry-leading global Activist defense advisory expertise to
public companies in Japan, who increasingly have been subject to
activist campaigns. We are thrilled to have Takeshi join Evercore
to lead our new efforts in Japan.”
Ralph Schlosstein, Evercore’s Co-Chairman and Co-Chief Executive
Officer, said, “We are extremely pleased that Takeshi has chosen to
join our firm. Takeshi’s deep industry knowledge, extensive
advisory experience and well-established client relationships will
enable us to provide best-in-class service to our clients in
Japan.”
Mr. Inoue added, “Evercore’s focus on providing high quality,
differentiated and independent advice is well-received and highly
valued by our clients. I am excited about the opportunity to join
the Evercore team and to help the Firm further expand its already
well-established franchise in Japan."
Mr. Inoue holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University
of Pennsylvania and a BA in Law from the University of Tokyo.
About Evercore
Evercore (NYSE: EVR) is a premier global independent investment
banking advisory firm. We are dedicated to helping our clients
achieve superior results through trusted independent and innovative
advice on matters of strategic significance to boards of directors,
management teams and shareholders, including mergers and
acquisitions, strategic shareholder advisory, restructurings, and
capital structure. Evercore also assists clients in raising public
and private capital and delivers equity research and equity sales
and agency trading execution, in addition to providing wealth and
investment management services to high net worth and institutional
investors. Founded in 1995, the Firm is headquartered in New York
and maintains offices and affiliate offices in major financial
centers in North America, Europe, South America, the Middle East
and Asia. For more information, please visit www.evercore.com.
View source
version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220125005269/en/
Business: Tim LaLonde COO, Investment Banking, Evercore
+1.212.857.3100
Investor: Investor Relations
investorrelations@evercore.com
Media: Dana Gorman The Abernathy MacGregor Group, for
Evercore +1.212.371.5999
Evercore (NYSE:EVR)
Historical Stock Chart
From Feb 2024 to Mar 2024
Evercore (NYSE:EVR)
Historical Stock Chart
From Mar 2023 to Mar 2024