Rothschild, one of the world’s leading investment banks, is expanding its Canadian presence with the opening of a new office in Montreal. The firm has hired four investment bankers who will be based in Montreal.
Daniel Labrecque is the newly appointed president and CEO of Rothschild’s Canadian operations. Labrecque said the new professionals will be integrated with the existing team of Rothschild investment bankers based in Toronto.
The Montreal hires include:
- Peter Teti, vice president, who spent the last seven years in London with Merrill;
- David Savard, vice president, who was at Lazard and previously at Scotia Capital in Montreal;
- Martin-Pierre Roussel, associate, who was also at Lazard and previously at Scotia Capital; and
- Nicholas Barnes, analyst, who spent the past three years in New York at Bear Stearns.
.The new office is located at 1002 Sherbrooke West, Suite 2300, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 3L6.
“Our Montreal and Toronto professionals will focus their collective efforts on cross-border transactions in the field of mergers & acquisitions, restructuring, privatization, project finance, private placements and related investment banking services,” said Labrecque.
Labrecque said that Ed Giacomelli, managing director and a veteran telecom specialist who has been with Rothschild in Canada for the last six years, will continue to lead the team in Toronto comprised of Andrew Semenak, vice president; David Ho, associate; and Adam Marcus, associate.