Duff & Phelps Announces Nine New Managing Directors
02/04/2013 2:30pm
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Duff & Phelps Corporation (NYSE: DUF), a leading independent financial
advisory and investment banking firm, has announced the appointment of
nine new managing directors – including seven promotions and two new
hires.
“We are pleased that these nine outstanding leaders will enhance our
team of managing directors,” said Noah Gottdiener, chief executive
officer of Duff & Phelps. “Their technical skills and industry sector
expertise will provide clients with independent counsel to help
successfully navigate a wide range of transactions and special
situations.”
Duff & Phelps’ seven new managing director promotes include:
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Greg Maxim works in the Austin office as a member of the Tax
Services practice, specializing in local and state issues. He has more
than 20 years of valuation and consulting experience in the energy
industry. His knowledge of ad valorem complex property valuations,
property tax management compliance, and tax incentives has positioned
him to advise clients around the U.S. in the refining, chemical and
utility sectors. Previously he has worked for Exxon USA and two of the
Big Four accounting firms.
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Judd Schneider works in the Boston office as part of the
Valuation Advisory Services business. He has more than twelve years of
experience valuing business enterprises, legal entities, debt and
equity securities, intangible assets, intellectual property and
derivative instruments for purposes of financial and tax reporting,
M&A planning, tax reorganizations and restructurings. Schneider joined
Duff & Phelps in connection with the firm’s acquisition of Standard &
Poor's Corporate Value Consulting business, which included PwC’s
legacy valuation business; he had previously worked for
PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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Francisco Javier Zoido works in the London office as a member
of the Valuation Advisory Services business, focusing primarily on
clients in the Iberian Peninsula. He brings more than 12 years of
experience in valuation and corporate finance. He has valued numerous
business enterprises, financial assets, equity securities and
intangible assets for purposes of financial planning and reporting,
transaction advisory support, strategic planning and litigation
support. Previously he has worked for a Spanish consulting firm and
served as a manager in Ernst & Young’s Corporate Finance team in
Madrid.
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Steve Moon joined Duff & Phelps in 2000 and works in the Los
Angeles office as a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions business
responsible for the origination and execution of a broad range of
Aerospace, Defense and Industrial M&A and corporate finance mandates.
He brings more than 13 years of investment banking and corporate
finance experience to each engagement. During his tenure with the
firm, he has worked on sell-side, buy-side and equity and debt capital
raising transactions for private equity, public corporations and
private company clients. He was previously in the Private Placements
Group at Libra Investments, where he executed on equity and debt
transactions.
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Christopher Gregory works in the New York office as a member of
the Transaction Opinions practice. He has nine years of experience in
executing engagements involving fairness opinions and solvency
opinions; he also advises companies and their boards in the areas of
M&A, corporate finance and valuation. Formerly a chemical engineer, he
is focused on investment banking coverage of the chemicals industry.
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Ekaterina Timaeva works in the New York office as part of the
Transaction Advisory Services business. She brings approximately 10
years of experience providing corporate finance and due diligence
services for both private equity and strategic clients around the
world in such industries as manufacturing, aerospace and defense,
consumer products, telecommunications, distribution, logistics and
healthcare services. Previously she was a project manager and senior
auditor at Rockwell Automation; before that, she spent five years in
Arthur Andersen’s audit practice in Chicago and Moscow.
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Tomas Stefanowski works in the New York office as part of the
Valuation Advisory Services business. Focusing primarily on the
consumer products industry, he has more than 14 years of experience
performing valuations for M&A, financing, financial reporting and tax
purposes. Further, he has handled numerous valuations of businesses,
debt and equity securities and intangible assets for private equity
and corporate clients around the world.
Duff & Phelps’ two new managing director hires include:
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Jeremy Bennett joins Duff & Phelps’ Global Restructuring
Advisory business after working as a partner at several leading UK law
firms – including Hammond Suddards Edge Solicitors (now Squire
Sanders), JB Law and Cobbetts LLP, where he was Head of Business
Recovery Services and National Head of Asset Based Lending. He will
serve as leader of Duff & Phelps’ recently established office in
Leeds, bringing a deep legal background and more than 20 years of
experience in the corporate recovery market to the firm’s UK
Restructuring practice.
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Lisa Neimark comes to Duff & Phelps’ Investment Banking
business from Capstone Advisory Group, LLC, where she was an Executive
Director in the Restructuring Advisory practice and member of
Valuation Services, LLC. She will work in Duff & Phelps’ Chicago
office, bringing more than 20 years of leadership experience providing
services related to mergers and acquisitions (M&A), restructuring and
recapitalizations, business and strategic planning, valuation and
capital markets.
More information about the new managing directors can be found on the
firm’s website, along with updates to the firm’s recent
accomplishments. Updates include descriptions of significant
transactions completed by each part of the business, client testimonials
and market leadership data.
About Duff & Phelps
As a leading global financial advisory and investment banking firm, Duff
& Phelps balances analytical skills, deep market insight and
independence to help clients make sound decisions. The firm provides
expertise in the areas of valuation, transactions, financial
restructuring, alternative assets, disputes and taxation, with more than
1,000 employees serving clients from offices in North America, Europe
and Asia. Investment banking services in the United States are provided
by Duff & Phelps Securities, LLC; Pagemill Partners; and GCP Securities,
LLC. Member FINRA/SIPC. M&A advisory services in the United Kingdom and
Germany are provided by Duff & Phelps Securities Ltd. Duff & Phelps
Securities Ltd. is authorized and regulated by the Financial Services
Authority. For more information, visit www.duffandphelps.com.
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