NEW YORK | LOS ANGELES | GENEVA | December 18, 2013 – Redwood Capital Group – a leading investment banking firm serving the technology, communications, media, business services and other growth industries -- announced today that it has expanded its senior team with the addition of John (Juan) R. Morrison as a Partner based in the firm’s New York office. Mr. Morrison, who has over 20 years of investment banking and merchant banking experience across the US, Mexico, Latin America, and Europe, will focus on the firm’s coverage effort across the telecom, media, communications and business services industries.
Redwood Capital Group’s CEO & Managing Partner, Gregory Bedrosian, said, “We are delighted to have John join Redwood Capital as a Partner of our growing firm.” Mr. Bedrosian continued, “The telecom, media and communications industries are core areas of expertise for Redwood’s sector-focused investment banking coverage. John’s track-record and relationships in those important industries across the US and in international markets allows Redwood to broaden and deepen our firm’s offering for our clients worldwide.”
Prior to joining Redwood Capital, John was Managing Director at CEA Group in New York, where he focused on telecom, media and communications (“TMC”) advisory transactions. Before that, John was Managing Director and East Coast Region Head at McGladrey Capital Markets, where he was responsible for all investment banking activity for the east coast of the US. Prior to joining McGladrey, he founded and was Managing Partner at Bird Key Partners, which served middle-market, emerging growth and small-cap public companies. John has also held positions as Director of Corporate Finance in the merchant banking practice at IBJ Whitehall and Vice President at GE Capital – Corporate Finance. John began his career as a CPA with Ernst & Young. His international experience includes work in Mexico, Latin America, Europe and the developing markets of Central and Eastern Europe.
Over the years, John has completed over 150 transactions aggregating over $8.0 billion in value in deals involving companies such as Liberty Media, Cablevision, Cox Companies, Lamar Advertising, Clear Channel Communications, Ion Media, Pappas Telecasting, Root Communications, Acme Television, Paxson Communications and Aurora Communications as well as their venture and private equity owners including Bain Capital, JP Morgan, Seaport Capital, GE Equity, ABRY Partners, Goldman Sachs, Wicks Group, Nautic Partners, Arlington Capital Partners, BT Capital Partners, WL Ross & Co and many others.
John Morrison commented, “I am excited to become a senior member of Redwood’s award-winning, sector-focused investment banking franchise.” He continued, “I look forward to assisting our clients attain their goals, as well as my colleagues at Redwood in continuing to build a leading TMC firm.”
