Next‑Gen Dealmakers
Fifty rising bankers: the vice presidents, directors, and newly minted managing directors behind this cycle's sharpest deals, from founder-owned exits in the heartland to $90 billion mega-mergers. Selected from desks across the industry, and weighted toward the middle market, where most of the deals actually get done.
Arjun Murthy
Cascade Partners
Managing Director and Partner
Chris Nee
The Raine Group
Vice President
Daniela Cardona
RBC Capital Markets
Global Investment Banking Director (CME)
Sam Matlin
Capstone Partners
Managing Director
Jack Blomfield
William Blair
Managing Director and Partner
Oriane Durvye
Alantra
Managing Partner
Jack Levendoski
JPMorgan
Managing Director, Mergers & Acquisitions
Katherine Bellows
BMO Capital Markets
Managing Director
Ben Stenson
Objective Investment Banking & Valuation
Vice President
Aman Mittal
Moelis & Company
Managing Director, Head of Data Centers & Emerging Telecom
Graham Hurtt
Raymond James
Managing Director - Investment Banking
Chad Comroe
Generational Group
Managing Director - Mergers & Acquisitions
Edward Nie
Raymond James
Managing Director, Technology & Services
Ty Denoncourt
Harris Williams
Managing Director
Rob Wedinger
Portage Point Partners
Managing Director
Jenson Dunn
Harris Williams
Managing Director, Industrial Technology
Jeff Gasbarra
Portage Point Partners
Managing Director
Thomas Artner
Raymond James
Managing Director
Corey Painter
Generational Group
Managing Director
Jesse Betzner
Capstone Partners
Director
Dan Bowman
MelCap Partners
Director
Christopher Cardinale
Capstone Partners
Director - Investment Banking, Industrials M&A
Evan J. Lyons
MelCap Partners
Director & Principal
Tristan Keeffe
Generational Group
Senior Vice President
Christian Clifford
Raymond James
Managing Director, Technology & Services Investment Banking
Steven Shenker
Portage Point Partners
Managing Director
Kevin Harper
Harris Williams
Managing Director
Jackie Shepherd
Morgan Stanley
Executive Director, Separations & Structured Solutions
Josef Menasche
Goldman Sachs
Managing Director, Global Co-Head of Secondaries Advisory
Mary-Grace Papatheodorou
Morgan Stanley
Managing Director, Equity Syndicate
Jelena Djuric
Goldman Sachs
Managing Director
Elliott Yousefian
Harris Williams
Managing Director
Kevin Roman
Portage Point Partners
Managing Director
Grady McConnell
Raymond James
Managing Director - Technology & Services Investment Banking
Joshua Young
Generational Group
Senior Manager, M&A Buyer Coverage
Anthony Melchiorre
MelCap Partners
Managing Director & Principal
Erik Larson
Capstone Partners
Director
Cody McPherson
Objective Investment Banking & Valuation
Vice President
William (Tré) Clayton
Loop Capital
Vice President
Florian Plath
JPMorgan
Managing Director, Technology M&A
Craig Kolwicz
Moelis & Company
Managing Director, M&A
Phil Pizzurro
Generational Capital Markets
Senior Managing Director
Joe Slevin
Jefferies
Managing Director
Alejandro Barrera
Lincoln International
Managing Director, M&A
Julia McMillan (O'Loughlin)
Industria Partners
Vice President
Chris Nicholas
Shields & Company
Managing Partner
Tom Erlich
Barclays
Managing Director, Head of EMEA Media and Internet Banking
Sandip Dhillon
UBS
Managing Director
Swati Rao
BNP Paribas
Managing Director - Head of North America Transportation & Infrastructure Banking
Sean Corwen
SierraConstellation Partners
Director
No honorees match this combination.
How this list was made
The Next-Gen Dealmakers list is ArcaLabs's editorial selection of the fifty rising investment bankers we believe will define the next decade of dealmaking. Candidates were evaluated on the deals they have executed, the pace of their rise, the franchises they are building, and the regard of the market around them. Every profile was independently researched and fact-checked against the public record.
The class of fifty is balanced across firm type, practice, sector, and geography — and deliberately weighted toward middle-market and boutique advisors, the desks where most of the market's transactions get done, alongside an upmarket cohort that rounds out the full picture of the next generation.
Honorees are listed in no particular order. No one paid to be considered, and no one can. Titles and firms are as verified at publication; corrections are welcome at dealmakers@arcalabs.ai.
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