Raymond James Investment Banking was recognized with top honors at the 11th annual M&A Advisor Turnaround Awards. The awards were presented at a ceremony held during the Distressed Investing Summit on March 23 in Palm Beach, Florida.
This year, the Raymond James Restructuring Investment Banking team was recognized with “Divestiture Deal of the Year” and “Out-of-court Restructuring of the Year.”
“Our Restructuring Investment Banking team is committed to developing the highest value solutions for clients in financial distress,” said Jim Bunn, head of Investment Banking at Raymond James. “By leveraging our full-service investment banking platform and integrating our experienced senior bankers into our deal teams, we are able to deliver the most comprehensive and effective advice for our domestic and international clients.”
These awards are the most recent in a string of honors for the Raymond James Restructuring Investment Banking group. The team was recognized as “Investment Banking Firm of the Year” by The M&A Advisor in both 2015 and 2016. The M&A Advisor has also awarded them with three additional restructuring deal-of-the-year awards since 2015. The Global M&A Network recognized Raj Singh, head of Debt Origination & Restructuring at Raymond James, as “Investment Banker of the Year” in 2015 and has awarded the team with three deal-of-the-year awards since 2015.
“Our continued recognition is a testament to the strength of our team and the results we deliver for our clients. We are honored to be recognized by The M&A Advisor,” said Singh.
The M&A Advisor Turnaround Awards celebrate restructuring excellence, recognizing the leading distressed M&A transactions, restructuring, refinancing, products and services, firms and professionals in the United States and international markets. The award winners represent the best of the distressed investing and reorganization industry in 2016. The nominations, representing over 300 participating companies, were judged by an independent jury of industry experts. The transaction of the year award is judged based on challenges, unique attributes, activities of the team, and the benefits to the company and other stakeholders.
About Raymond James Restructuring Investment Banking
Raymond James provides a full range of financial restructuring services to companies in financial distress, including pre-crisis situations, out-of-court workouts and Chapter 11 reorganizations. We develop the highest value solutions for our debtor or creditor clients through our active knowledge of capital market conditions and deep relationships with all major constituents including banks, bondholders, creditors, financial sponsors and shareholders, as well as their financial and legal advisors. Our approach leverages Raymond James’ full-service platform by integrating experienced senior industry bankers directly into our deal teams and accessing our capital markets knowledge and capabilities in order to provide the most comprehensive and effective advice and solutions for our clients.
About Raymond James Investment Banking
Raymond James offers one of the most highly regarded equity offering and advisory practices. Since 2013, we have participated in raising nearly $300 billion in capital for our corporate clients. During this same time, we completed more than 350 advisory assignments, including more than 300 M&A buy-side or sell-side advisory assignments. Raymond James was recently named „Investment Banking Firm of the Year“ by The M&A Advisor and „Investment Bank of the Year“ by Global M&A Network. Put the expertise, quality and experience of Raymond James to work for you.