Roopesh Shah to Join Evercore as Senior Managing Director in its Restructuring & Debt Advisory Group

NEW YORK, April 25, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --

Evercore (NYSE: EVR) announced today that Roopesh Shah will join the Firm's Investment Banking business as a Senior Managing Director in its Restructuring and Debt Advisory Group. Mr. Shah, who will be based in New York, will focus on providing corporate restructuring and financing advice to companies, creditors, and other stakeholders in both North America and Europe. 

Mr. Shah was most recently a Managing Director and Global Head of the Restructuring Finance and Advisory Group at Goldman Sachs & Co. From 2012 to 2015, Mr. Shah was based in London, where he was Head of EMEA Restructuring Finance and Advisory. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs in 2006, he was with Miller Buckfire & Co. and Wasserstein Perella & Co. Mr. Shah has 20 years of experience in a broad range of corporate finance activities, including restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, and debt and equity financings. He has completed distressed advisory and financing transactions across numerous industries, including engagements for Alcatel-Lucent, Arcapita, Associated Materials, ATU, California Resources, Chesapeake Energy, Claire's Stores, Cobalt International Energy, Comverse Technologies, Edcon, hibu, Imtech, Isola, Keystone Automotive, Movie Gallery, Norske Skog, Pfleiderer, Sea Island, Select Staffing, Selecta, Sequana, Spectrum Brands, Targus, Tronox, Wastequip, Zekelman Industries, and The Yellowstone Club.

Ralph Schlosstein, Evercore's President and CEO, said, "We are extraordinarily pleased to have a banker of Roopesh's experience and reputation join Evercore's world-class restructuring and debt advisory platform. He embodies the Evercore culture of providing commitment, dedication, and creativity to help our clients navigate their most challenging strategic and financial situations. Roopesh's global expertise advising on and arranging financing for a broad array of complex restructuring transactions will further enhance our restructuring business."

Roger Altman, Evercore's Founder and Senior Chairman, said, "Evercore has one of the truly leading restructuring and debt advisory practices in the world and Roopesh will strengthen these capabilities even further. He brings an extensive network of relationships, along with substantial restructuring and debt advisory experience across a wide range of industries and geographies, and an impeccable reputation for providing creative advice and high-quality execution."

Mr. Shah has a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and is currently an Associate Fellow of Finance at the Saïd Business School of the University of Oxford.

About Evercore
Established in 1995, Evercore is a leading global independent investment banking advisory firm. Evercore advises a diverse set of investment banking clients on a wide range of transactions and issues and provides institutional investors with high quality equity research, sales and trading execution that is free of the conflicts created by proprietary activities. The Firm also offers investment management services to high net worth and institutional investors. With 28 offices and affiliate offices in North America, Europe, South America and Asia, Evercore has the scale and strength to serve clients globally through a focused and tailored approach designed to meet their unique needs.  More information about Evercore can be found on the Company's website at www.evercore.com.

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