Jul
27
LionTree Hires JPMorgan Banker to Lead European Division
ByFresh off helping Verizon buy Yahoo for $4.8 billion, the boutique investment bank LionTree Advisors has added a senior banker to its organization.
The firm has hired Jake Donavan, a high-ranking banker at JPMorgan Chase, as the president of its European operation.
The move is the latest by LionTree as it seeks to capitalize on a number of prominent assignments. The firm, founded by the former UBS senior banker Aryeh Bourkoff four years ago, has played a role in major takeovers like Charter Communications’s acquisition of Time Warner Cable, Starz’s sale to Lionsgate and Outerwall’s sale to Apollo Global Management…