NEW YORK | LOS ANGELES | GENEVA | LONDON | PARIS | MUNICH | February 23, 2013 - Leading European and American TMT investment banking firms LD&A Jupiter and Redwood Capital, today announce the creation of ‘LD&A Redwood LLC’, a New-York based joint-venture dedicated to providing cross-Atlantic mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance advisory services to growth technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) companies.
Via this joint venture, LD&A Jupiter opens ‘LD&A Redwood’ branded offices in New York and Los Angeles therefore providing second to none reach to American investors and acquirers for their European clients. The joint-venture bolsters the unique advantage of having its own in-situ American senior banking teams while exploiting the full breadth of Redwood’s transaction experience and sector knowledge. In addition, the two partner firms combine a strong track record of advising on over 80 successfully completed cross-border/cross-Atlantic M&A and corporate finance transactions with clients and counterparties including Amdocs, ARM, Avid, Cap Gemini, Cisco, DCC, Deutsche Telekom, Electronics Arts, Experian, France Telecom/Orange, Manpower, News Corp, Nokia, Oracle, Pearson, Rakuten, Saint-Gobain, SFR, VMWare. LD&A Redwood’s Managing Partner James Turino, a seasoned banker with over 20 years of international investment banking and direct industry management experience, is based in the joint-venture’s headquarters in New York.
“With so many industrial and financial investors in the USA, global reach is important for European TMT M&A projects”, confirms Marc Deschamps CEO LD&A Jupiter, “LD&A Redwood now offers our combined European clients the best USA coverage of any European growth TMT focused investment bank while keeping deep EU coverage and the efficiency of local banking teams.”
“Similarly, LD&A Redwood provides thorough coverage of leading European corporations and technology companies for our American clients” added Gregory Bedrosian CEO of Redwood Capital. “The LD&A Redwood joint-venture enables us to significantly expand on both partners key strengths, leading cross-border transaction execution for growth companies.”
About LD&A Jupiter
LD&A Jupiter, with offices in London, Paris and Munich, offers a pan-European coverage and a unique combination of cross-border capabilities and know-how. LD&A Jupiter identifies, structures and executes value-creative private and public market transactions for corporations and financial investors. Transactions include build-ups, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures as well as the issuance of equity or debt capital for customers from the Software, IT Services, Telecoms, Internet/Digital Media, Gaming, Customer Care, Electronics and Cleantech industries.
For more information, please visit www.ldajupiter.com
About Redwood Capital Group
Redwood Capital Group, with offices in New York, Los Angeles and Geneva, is an investment banking firm serving the technology, communications, media, business services and other growth industries. The firm focuses on mergers & acquisitions, corporate finance, restructuring and valuation advisory services for its clients worldwide. Taking a relationship driven approach, the firm has a strong track record of delivering superior results for clients by leveraging a deep sector knowledge and transaction experience.
For more information, please visit www.redcapgroup.com