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Experts in Growth
Deep domain expertise, powerful distribution and long-term relationships that produce results.
TOP FACTS
Organizational Overview
  • Founded in 1998 by Thomas W. Weisel, former Chairman and Chief Executive officer of Montgomery Securities
  • Acquired Westwind Partners in January 2008 and appointed Lionel F. Conacher, formerly Westwind’s CEO and President, as President and COO of Thomas Weisel Partners
  • Approximately 450 employees
  • Headquarters in San Francisco, with offices in Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, New York, Portland, Calgary, Toronto, London, and Zurich
  • Investment Banking
  • Bill McLeod & Brad Raymond - Co-Heads of Investment Banking
  • 1,263 total transactions for $255.8 billion in value
  • 706 transactions for $129.4 billion in public equity offerings
  • 257 transactions for $117.7 billion in M&A transactions
  • 300 transactions for $8.7 billion in private placements
  • Raises public and private equity for corporations and provides strategic advice and transaction specific advice for mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, spin-offs, privatizations and takeover defenses
  • Research
  • Keith Gay - Head of Research
  • 33 Analysts
  • Companies under coverage: 499
  • Provides independent equity research on publicly traded companies
  • Brokerage
  • Tom Carbeau - Head of Institutional Sales
  • Tony Stais - Head of Trading
  • Paul Slivon - Chairman, Wealth Management
  • Sales & Trading team provides equity and convertible sales and trading services to the nation's top institutional investors, middle markets and smaller accounts
  • Top trader for our corporate clients
  • Private Client Services team provides strategic wealth management and brokerage services to high net worth individuals. The team manages or administers more than $6.3 billion in client assets
  • Asset Management
    Board of Managers
    • Thom Weisel
    • Paul Slivon
    • Ken Korngiebel
    • Mark Fisher
    Private Equity Funds
    • Thomas Weisel Global Growth Partners —$840 million growth-oriented fund-of-funds
    • Thomas Weisel Healthcare Venture Partners —$122 million device-focused venture capital fund
    • Thomas Weisel Venture Partners —$253 million early-stage venture capital fund
    • Thomas Weisel Strategic Opportunities Fund —$82 million strategic opportunities venture capital fund
    Growth Portfolios
    Investment management of small and mid cap growth equity portfolios for institutions and high net worth individuals
    Distribution Management
    Actively manages securities distributions for private equity and venture capital funds
    Last updated December 31, 2009
    Investment Banking values include Westwind Partners historical transactions from 2002-2007.
    Thomas Weisel Partners
    One Montgomery Street
    San Francisco, CA 94104

    Tel: +1 415.364.2500
    Fax: +1 415.364.2695
    twpinfo@tweisel.com