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New York, April 05, 2023

Moelis (NYSE: MC), a leading global independent investment bank, today announced that Chrystalle Anstett has joined the Firm as a Managing Director based in New York. Chrystalle will be a senior member of the Firm’s Private Funds Advisory (PFA) team and will lead the advisory and management of PFA’s global fundraises.

Based in New York, Chrystalle brings over 20 years of experience in the investment management industry where she has worked with managers across all asset classes, including private equity, private credit, real estate, and natural resources. She joins from Sound Mark Partners where she was the Head of Capital Formation and Co-Chief Operating Officer. She previously held several leadership roles at Eaton Partners including Head of Direct Investments and Co-Head of Private Credit. Chrystalle’s arrival supports the Firm’s continued focus on fundraising solutions as it provides sponsor clients with strategic advice and unique access to global limited partners.

Rodney Reid, Managing Director and Global Head of Private Funds Advisory at Moelis commented, “Moelis has established a leading private funds platform offering sponsors broad capital solutions across the entire private equity lifecycle. We look forward to leveraging Chrystalle’s expertise to build upon our fundraising capabilities and further strengthen the bespoke advice and investor connections our clients’ desire. She brings deep industry knowledge, a global network of relationships, and significant experience launching strategies across all major asset classes.”

Zaid Abdul-Aleem, Managing Director and Head of Investor Coverage for Moelis’s PFA group added, “I’m excited to partner with Chrystalle as we collaboratively explore our holistic offerings across primary fundraising, secondary market advisory, and capital raise solutions to help clients optimize their outcomes.”

About Moelis & Company

Moelis & Company (“Moelis”) is a leading global independent investment bank that provides innovative strategic advice and solutions to a diverse client base, including corporations, governments and financial sponsors.  The Firm assists its clients in achieving their strategic goals by offering comprehensive integrated financial advisory services across all major industry sectors.  Moelis & Company’s experienced professionals advise clients on their most critical decisions, including mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations and restructurings, capital markets transactions, and other corporate finance matters.  The Firm serves its clients from 23 locations in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia.  For further information, please visit: www.moelis.com or follow us on Twitter @Moelis.

New York, March 09, 2023

Moelis & Company (NYSE: MC), a leading global independent investment bank, today announced the appointment of Elizabeth Crain to Vice Chair and the promotion of Kate Pilcher Ciafone to Chief Operating Officer (COO), both effective October 1, 2023.

Elizabeth Crain is a Founding Partner at Moelis & Company where she has led the Firm’s global strategy and operations as COO since 2007. Elizabeth has been an integral member of the Firm’s leadership team since its inception driving the Firm’s growth and expansion of its advisory capabilities. She has been in the investment banking and private equity industries for almost 35 years as a banker, principal and operating executive.

In her new role as Vice Chair, Elizabeth will focus on positioning the Firm for its next phase of growth by leading Moelis’s most critical strategic and client initiatives and providing senior sponsorship to clients globally.

Kate Pilcher Ciafone is a Co-Founder and has been the Chief Operating Officer of Investment Banking at Moelis since 2019, where she has played a critical role in driving the Firm’s business strategy and helping to build its operational infrastructure. Kate has over 20 years of experience in the investment banking industry both as a banker and as an operating executive. Kate will succeed Elizabeth and assume all COO responsibilities for the Firm, including oversight of its corporate operations.

Elizabeth Crain commented, “Kate exemplifies the values of our Firm and is exceptionally well qualified to take the helm as COO. We have worked together for nearly the past 20 years, and I look forward to our continued partnership and building on Moelis’s many great successes.”

Ken Moelis commented, “We are fortunate to have a profound depth of expertise, leadership and talent in Elizabeth and Kate. Elizabeth has been a driving force behind our growth and success and will be vital as we further enhance how we bring the highest quality advice and solutions to our clients around the globe. This transition represents our focus on building for the future and developing the next generation of leaders to uphold the tenets on which we founded the Firm—trust, partnership and long-term relationships—as we deliver differentiated advice to our global clients.”

In 2022, Elizabeth was named one of the 100 Most Influential Women in U.S. Finance by Barron’s Magazine. She is a Director Nominee to the Nokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK) and serves on the Board of Directors of Exscientia Ltd. (NASDAQ: EXAI) and the Graduate Executive Board of The Wharton School. Earlier this year, Kate was named to the 2023 Class of David Rockefeller Fellows by the Partnership for New York City. She serves on the Board of Directors of MA Financial Group Limited (ASX: MAF).

About Moelis & Company

Moelis & Company is a leading global independent investment bank that provides innovative strategic advice and solutions to a diverse client base, including corporations, governments and financial sponsors. The Firm assists its clients in achieving their strategic goals by offering comprehensive integrated financial advisory services across all major industry sectors. Moelis & Company’s experienced professionals advise clients on their most critical decisions, including mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations and restructurings, capital markets transactions, and other corporate finance matters. The Firm serves its clients from 23 locations in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia. For further information, please visit: www.moelis.com or follow us on Twitter @Moelis.

New York, February 08, 2023

New York and Los Angeles, February 06, 2023

Moelis & Company (NYSE: MC), a leading global independent investment bank, today announced that Evan Green has joined the Firm as a Managing Director. Based in Los Angeles, Evan joins Moelis & Company’s Capital Markets team where he will lead West Coast Capital Markets efforts and expand the Firm’s capital-raising capabilities.

Previously Evan worked at Goldman Sachs where he served as Head of PIPEs. There he was responsible for global origination, execution and structuring of private financings. Prior to Goldman Sachs, he held investment banking and private capital markets roles at Barclays and Lehman Brothers.

Angus Whelchel, Managing Director and Head of Private Capital Markets commented, “With record amounts of capital being allocated to the private markets, Evan’s wealth of transaction experience and strong relationships will help us offer creative solutions to clients as they look to alternative sources of capital to achieve their strategic goals.”

Navid Mahmoodzadegan, Co-President, added: “Clients continue to seek unconflicted sources of financing alongside strategic advice to help fund growth and position themselves for the future. We are pleased to welcome Evan to our Capital Markets team which is an integral part of the holistic advisory and execution services we offer globally.”

Moelis’ Capital Markets team, comprised of nearly 30 bankers globally, has helped clients raise nearly $60 billion of capital across over 100 transactions since 2020.

About Moelis & Company

Moelis & Company is a leading global independent investment bank that provides innovative strategic advice and solutions to a diverse client base, including corporations, governments and financial sponsors.  The Firm assists its clients in achieving their strategic goals by offering comprehensive integrated financial advisory services across all major industry sectors.  Moelis & Company’s experienced professionals advise clients on their most critical decisions, including mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations and restructurings, capital markets transactions, and other corporate finance matters.  The Firm serves its clients from 21 locations in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia.  For further information, please visit: www.moelis.com or follow us on Twitter @Moelis.

New York and London, January 19, 2023

Moelis & Company (NYSE: MC), a leading global independent investment bank, today announced that Skip Fahrholz has joined the Firm as a Managing Director.  Based in London, Skip will expand Moelis & Company’s Private Funds Advisory (PFA) team with a focus on growing its global secondary and co-investment advisory capabilities.

Skip brings over 16 years of M&A, secondary advisory and private equity investment experience.  He joins from UBS Global Wealth Management where he recently served as Head of Private Equity Co-Investments and Secondaries and as Head of Discretionary Multi-Vintage Private Equity. Skip previously led UBS Investment Banks’ EMEA Secondary Advisory business. He started his career in M&A investment banking in Frankfurt.

Rodney Reid, Managing Director and Global Head of Private Funds Advisory at Moelis & Company commented, “Skip’s experience across secondaries and co-investments helps us expand the advice and capital alternatives we bring to sponsors for existing and new investments. In addition, his background in M&A makes him well-placed to collaborate with our product and sector bankers as we deliver the Firm’s full suite of capabilities to sponsor clients globally.”

Moelis continues to invest in the growth of its European business. The Firm recently announced five Managing Director promotions within the region and hired Chris Raff to provide strategic advice on mergers and acquisitions across EMEA.

About Moelis & Company

Moelis & Company is a leading global independent investment bank that provides innovative strategic advice and solutions to a diverse client base, including corporations, governments and financial sponsors.  The Firm assists its clients in achieving their strategic goals by offering comprehensive integrated financial advisory services across all major industry sectors.  Moelis & Company’s experienced professionals advise clients on their most critical decisions, including mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations and restructurings, capital markets transactions, and other corporate finance matters.  The Firm serves its clients from 21 locations in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia.  For further information, please visit: www.moelis.com or follow us on Twitter @Moelis.

New York, January 18, 2023

Moelis & Company (NYSE: MC), a leading global independent investment bank, will release its fourth quarter and full year 2022 financial results after the market closes on Wednesday, February 8^th, 2023.

Ken Moelis, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Joe Simon, Chief Financial Officer, will also host a related conference call at 5:00pm ET on the same day (February 8, 2023) to review the financial results. Following the review, there will be a question and answer session.

Investors and analysts may participate in the live conference call by dialing 1-844-200-6205 (domestic) or 1-929-526-1599 (international) and using access code 478354. Please dial in 15 minutes before the conference call begins. The conference call will also be accessible as a listen-only audio webcast through the Investor Relations section of the Moelis & Company website at www.moelis.com.

For those unable to listen to the live broadcast, a replay of the call will be available for one month via telephone starting approximately one hour after the live call ends. The replay can be accessed at 1-866-813-9403 (domestic) or +44 204 525 0658 (international); the conference number is 606717.

About Moelis & Company

Moelis & Company is a leading global independent investment bank that provides innovative strategic advice and solutions to a diverse client base, including corporations, governments and financial sponsors.  The Firm assists its clients in achieving their strategic goals by offering comprehensive integrated financial advisory services across all major industry sectors.  Moelis & Company’s experienced professionals advise clients on their most critical decisions, including mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations and restructurings, capital markets transactions, and other corporate finance matters.  The Firm serves its clients from 21 locations in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia.  For further information, please visit: www.moelis.com or follow us on Twitter @Moelis.

New York and Los Angeles, January 12, 2023

Moelis & Company (NYSE: MC), a leading global independent investment bank, today announced that Marcus Lollie has joined the Firm as a Managing Director in its Media group, based in Los Angeles.

Marcus joins from the Canon Media Group, an operationally focused investment firm, where he developed and oversaw the media, entertainment and tech practice as a Co-Founder and Managing Partner. He previously spent nearly two decades in the Private Fund Group at Credit Suisse and Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ) where he focused on providing capital solutions to private equity and other alternative asset managers.

Navid Mahmoodzadegan, Co-Founder and Co-President at Moelis & Company, commented: “We are delighted to welcome Marcus into our Media group. His focus on sports and the breadth of his transaction experience will help us support our clients’ increased activity and growing opportunities in the sector.”

Over the past year, the Firm has advised on landmark transactions in the sports sector including the announced sale of the Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury and the acquisition of Chelsea F.C.

Marcus holds a B.A. in Economics from Stanford University, where he was a member of the university’s Division 1 Men’s Basketball team.

About Moelis & Company

Moelis & Company is a leading global independent investment bank that provides innovative strategic advice and solutions to a diverse client base, including corporations, governments and financial sponsors.  The Firm assists its clients in achieving their strategic goals by offering comprehensive integrated financial advisory services across all major industry sectors.  Moelis & Company’s experienced professionals advise clients on their most critical decisions, including mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations and restructurings, capital markets transactions, and other corporate finance matters.  The Firm serves its clients from 21 locations in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia.  For further information, please visit: www.moelis.com or follow us on Twitter @Moelis.

New York and London, January 05, 2023

Moelis & Company (NYSE: MC), a leading global independent investment bank, today announced that Chris Raff has joined the Firm as a Managing Director. Based in London, Chris will provide strategic and financial advice on mergers and acquisitions to clients across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), as he helps to expand Moelis & Company’s strong franchise across the region.

Chris joins Moelis & Company from Deutsche Bank where he spent 18 years in a variety of roles. He most recently served as Head of UK M&A and worked on a number of high profile public M&A transactions during this time.  He previously led the bank’s EMEA financial sponsors M&A efforts.

Yorick van Slingelandt, Managing Director and Co-Head of Europe, commented: “Chris brings best-in-class M&A capabilities, an extensive track record of advising clients on both public and private M&A, and a focus on financial sponsors to our growing team in EMEA. As our momentum across the region continues and European companies increasingly turn to M&A, Chris will be integral as we help our clients navigate their most important strategic decisions.”

Anton Sahazizian, Global Head of M&A, commented: “With continued uncertainty and volatility forcing companies to rethink their footprint and global exposure, cross-border transactions remain a key tool at their disposal. We are delighted to have Chris join the Moelis team as we collaborate across our global network to connect corporates and sponsors with their next opportunities, both at home and abroad.”

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About Moelis & Company

Moelis & Company is a leading global independent investment bank that provides innovative strategic advice and solutions to a diverse client base, including corporations, governments and financial sponsors.  The Firm assists its clients in achieving their strategic goals by offering comprehensive integrated financial advisory services across all major industry sectors.  Moelis & Company’s experienced professionals advise clients on their most critical decisions, including mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations and restructurings, capital markets transactions, and other corporate finance matters.  The Firm serves its clients from 21 locations in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia.  For further information, please visit: www.moelis.com or follow us on Twitter @Moelis.

New York, December 15, 2022

Moelis & Company (NYSE: MC), a leading global independent investment bank, today announced the appointment of Laila J. Worrell to its Board of Directors, effective January 1, 2023.

Ms. Worrell has served as CEO of Altran Americas, now known as Capgemini Engineering, and previously as COO and CEO of KKR-owned Aricent. She has been an operating executive and senior advisor to some of the largest private equity investors in the world. Most recently, she was appointed an Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School and leads HBR Global as CEO. Previously, she spent nearly 20 years in management consulting, holding numerous leadership roles at Accenture and Boston Consulting Group.

Ken Moelis, Chairman and CEO of Moelis & Company, said, “We are delighted to welcome Laila to our Board of Directors. Her experience leading global and collaborative teams is a natural fit for Moelis & Company, and her expertise across technology, media, and business services adds additional depth to our Board.”

Ms. Worrell is the fourth independent director to be appointed to Moelis & Company’s Board. She will serve alongside existing independent directors John Allison, Yolonda Richardson and Kenneth Shropshire.

Ms. Worrell has longstanding board and advisory involvement with organizations including the American Museum of Natural History, the Harvard Business School Club of New York, and previously the Corporate Leadership Council for Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. She has been active in the Partnership for New York City and was elected a David Rockefeller Fellow. Ms. Worrell holds an MBA from Harvard University and a BA from the University of Texas at Austin.

About Moelis & Company

Moelis & Company is a leading global independent investment bank that provides innovative strategic advice and solutions to a diverse client base, including corporations, governments and financial sponsors.  The Firm assists its clients in achieving their strategic goals by offering comprehensive integrated financial advisory services across all major industry sectors.  Moelis & Company’s experienced professionals advise clients on their most critical decisions, including mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations and restructurings, capital markets transactions, and other corporate finance matters.  The Firm serves its clients from 21 geographic locations in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia.  For further information, please visit: www.moelis.com or follow us on Twitter @Moelis.

New York, November 29, 2022

Moelis & Company (NYSE: MC), a leading global independent investment bank, today announced that Ken Moelis, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, is scheduled to speak at the Goldman Sachs US Financial Services Conference on Tuesday, December 6^th at 1:40p.m. Eastern Time.

The presentation and a live webcast will be available through the Investor Relations section of the Moelis & Company website at www.moelis.com. For those unable to listen to the live webcast, a replay will be available for 90 days on the same website following the conference.

About Moelis & Company

Moelis & Company is a leading global independent investment bank that provides innovative strategic advice and solutions to a diverse client base, including corporations, governments and financial sponsors.  The Firm assists its clients in achieving their strategic goals by offering comprehensive integrated financial advisory services across all major industry sectors.  Moelis & Company’s experienced professionals advise clients on their most critical decisions, including mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations and restructurings, capital markets transactions, and other corporate finance matters.  The Firm serves its clients from 21 locations in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia.  For further information, please visit: www.moelis.com or follow us on Twitter @Moelis.

New York, November 02, 2022

New York, Beijing and Hong Kong, November 01, 2022

Moelis & Company (NYSE: MC), a leading global independent investment bank, today announced that Hang Yuan has joined the Firm as a Managing Director providing strategic and financial advice to clients across a broad range of sectors, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions. Hang will help the Firm further scale its business in China and enhance its global connectivity and cross-border expertise.

Hang brings more than 15 years of experience across investment banking and private equity. Previously he was Managing Director at SINO-CEEF Capital Management Company, an affiliate of ICBC, where he led the fund’s cross-border investments into Europe. Earlier in his career, Hang spent a decade in investment banking roles at Merrill Lynch Asia Pacific and Deutsche Bank.

“As our clients look to deploy capital globally, they increasingly need high quality, independent advice to navigate cross-border transactions,” said Xiuping Zhang, Head of China at Moelis & Company. “Hang’s expertise on cross-border transactions across a broad range of sectors and his buy-side experience make him well positioned to provide the kind of senior counsel that clients in China have come to expect from a leading independent firm like Moelis. We look forward to adding his expertise to our global franchise, and continuing to invest in our business in China and globally.”

About Moelis & Company

Moelis & Company is a leading global independent investment bank that provides innovative strategic advice and solutions to a diverse client base, including corporations, governments and financial sponsors.  The Firm assists its clients in achieving their strategic goals by offering comprehensive integrated financial advisory services across all major industry sectors.  Moelis & Company’s experienced professionals advise clients on their most critical decisions, including mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations and restructurings, capital markets transactions, and other corporate finance matters.  The Firm serves its clients from 21 locations in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia.  For further information, please visit: www.moelis.com or follow us on Twitter @Moelis.

New York, October 18, 2022

Moelis & Company today announced the appointments of Arek Kurkciyan and Dennis Crandall as Managing Directors providing strategic and financial advice to clients in the life sciences and outsourced pharmaceutical services sectors. Based in New York, they will join Moelis & Company’s growing healthcare team on November 22, 2022.

Arek and Dennis bring extensive investment banking experience, having helped clients respond to some of the most significant shifts in the pharmaceutical landscape.  These include a particular focus on mergers and acquisitions that facilitate the convergence of the life sciences and outsourced pharmaceutical services industries, as well as the rise of new technologies that fuel the development of cutting-edge therapies.

Arek joins from Morgan Stanley where most recently he was a Managing Director in the Healthcare Investment Banking group. Previously he held investment banking roles at Deutsche Bank, and he began his career with various roles in the pharmaceutical industry at GlaxoSmithKline and Novartis.

Dennis was previously a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley in the Healthcare Investment Banking group. Prior to that, he worked on the M&A team at UBS Investment Bank. Earlier in his career, he held various roles at KPMG and was an investment analyst at Jacobsen Capital Management.

“The explosion of innovation in biologics, including cell and gene therapies, represents a significant source of growth for both corporates and sponsors in the life sciences sector and beyond.  Robust continued investment in expanding R&D and production expertise should continue to drive M&A activity and reshape the healthcare landscape,” said Jeff Raich, Co-President of Moelis & Company. “Arek and Dennis bring strong relationships with both large-cap corporates and private equity investors that are core to our Firm’s strategy.  Their addition to our collaborative platform expands the high quality, bespoke advice we can offer not only our healthcare clients, but also those across a diverse range of industries with a broad and strategic interest in the life sciences.”

About Moelis & Company

Moelis & Company is a leading global independent investment bank that provides innovative strategic advice and solutions to a diverse client base, including corporations, governments and financial sponsors.  The Firm assists its clients in achieving their strategic goals by offering comprehensive integrated financial advisory services across all major industry sectors.  Moelis & Company’s experienced professionals advise clients on their most critical decisions, including mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations and restructurings, capital markets transactions, and other corporate finance matters.  The Firm serves its clients from 21 locations in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia.  For further information, please visit: www.moelis.com or follow us on Twitter @Moelis.

New York, October 12, 2022

Moelis & Company (NYSE: MC), a leading global independent investment bank, will release its third quarter 2022 financial results after the market closes on Wednesday, November 2^nd, 2022.

Ken Moelis, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Joe Simon, Chief Financial Officer, will also host a related conference call at 5:00pm ET on the same day (November 2, 2022) to review the financial results. Following the review, there will be a question and answer session.

Investors and analysts may participate in the live conference call by dialing 1-844-200-6205 (domestic) or 1-929-526-1599 (international) and using access code 820407. Please dial in 15 minutes before the conference call begins. The conference call will also be accessible as a listen-only audio webcast through the Investor Relations section of the Moelis & Company website at www.moelis.com.

For those unable to listen to the live broadcast, a replay of the call will be available for one month via telephone starting approximately one hour after the live call ends. The replay can be accessed at 1-866-813-9403 (domestic) or +44 204 525 0658 (international); the conference number is 525366.

About Moelis & Company

Moelis & Company is a leading global independent investment bank that provides innovative strategic advice and solutions to a diverse client base, including corporations, governments and financial sponsors.  The Firm assists its clients in achieving their strategic goals by offering comprehensive integrated financial advisory services across all major industry sectors.  Moelis & Company’s experienced professionals advise clients on their most critical decisions, including mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations and restructurings, capital markets transactions, and other corporate finance matters.  The Firm serves its clients from 21 locations in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia.  For further information, please visit: www.moelis.com or follow us on Twitter @Moelis.

New York and San Francisco, October 10, 2022

Moelis & Company (NYSE: MC), a leading global independent investment bank, today announced that Rick Polhemus has joined the Firm as a Managing Director, providing strategic and financial advice to companies across a range of growth-driven technology, sustainability and services sectors.  He is based in San Francisco.

Rick brings nearly 25 years of investment banking experience and has provided advice throughout the corporate lifecycle and across disciplines, with experience in M&A, leveraged buyouts, IPOs, debt and equity capital raising, shareholder defense and other strategic transactions.  Most recently he served as a Managing Director and Head of Western Region Investment Banking at Morgan Stanley where he led coverage across industrial technology, tech-enabled services, environmental and sustainability services, infrastructure and industrial services.

Navid Mahmoodzadegan, Co-President of Moelis & Company commented: “In the current environment, companies across a broad range of sectors are responding to important themes such as digitalization and sustainability.  Rick’s extensive experience helping companies navigate the changing landscape of technology and energy transition make him well-placed to collaborate with our strong team of bankers to help clients grow and shape their businesses for the future.”

Jeff Raich, Co-President of Moelis & Company added: “Clients are increasingly looking to technology and digitalization to drive growth and operational efficiencies. These dynamics create a tailwind for deal activity across a number of sectors, and Rick brings a long history of advising corporate clients and financial sponsors on the types of transformative and tech-focused transactions that help innovate and fuel growth.”

About Moelis & Company

Moelis & Company is a leading global independent investment bank that provides innovative strategic advice and solutions to a diverse client base, including corporations, governments and financial sponsors.  The Firm assists its clients in achieving their strategic goals by offering comprehensive integrated financial advisory services across all major industry sectors.  Moelis & Company’s experienced professionals advise clients on their most critical decisions, including mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations and restructurings, capital markets transactions, and other corporate finance matters.  The Firm serves its clients from 21 locations in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia.  For further information, please visit: www.moelis.com or follow us on Twitter @Moelis.