Piper Jaffray Opens New Office in Richmond, Va.; Hires Tina Neal to Expand Public Finance Banking Presence on the East Coast

  
    
  
  
    
      Piper Jaffray & Co. strengthened its public finance business with the 
      addition of Tina Neal as a senior vice president, investment banker. 
      Neal, who is a specialist in municipal project financings, will work out 
      of a newly established office in Richmond, Va. and help to build the firm’s 
      public finance banking presence on the East Coast.
    
    
      Neal has more than 17 years of investment banking experience and joins 
      Piper Jaffray from Ferris, Baker Watts where she previously worked as a 
      public finance banker specializing in project financing for both 
      corporate and municipal entities. Prior to Ferris, Baker Watts, she was 
      a managing director for fixed income sales and trading for Carter Kaplan 
      & Company. Neal has considerable experience in advising authorities on 
      complex project-based transactions, including industrial revenue bonds, 
      municipal lease transactions, solid waste financings and various 
      alternative energy projects.
    
    
      “Tina's expertise in project financing allows 
      her to serve a broad range of corporate and municipal investment banking 
      clients, as well as real estate developers and owners,” 
      said Frank Fairman, head of public finance services at Piper Jaffray. “She 
      will add to our capabilities and expertise on project finance and high 
      yield transactions, and also help expand our business into new 
      geographic areas of the Eastern United States.”
    
    
      Neal earned a bachelor’s degree from Beloit 
      College and a master’s degree in economics 
      from Virginia Commonwealth University.
    
    
      About Piper Jaffray
    
    
      Piper Jaffray Companies is a leading, international middle-market 
      investment bank and institutional securities firm, serving the needs of 
      middle-market corporations, private equity groups, public entities, 
      nonprofit clients and institutional investors. Founded in 1895, Piper 
      Jaffray provides a comprehensive set of products and services, including 
      equity and debt capital markets products; public finance services; 
      mergers and acquisitions advisory services; high-yield and structured 
      products; institutional equity and fixed-income sales and trading; and 
      equity and high-yield research. With headquarters in Minneapolis, Piper 
      Jaffray has 25 offices across the United States and international 
      locations in London, Hong Kong, and Shanghai. Piper Jaffray & Co. is the 
      firm's principal operating subsidiary. (NYSE: PJC) (http://www.piperjaffray.com)
    
    
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