BTIG announced today that Michael Baisley has joined the firm as a Managing Director in its Investment Banking group enhancing the firm's capabilities in cross-border transactions and bolstering its mid-market sponsor network. Mr. Baisley will be based in the firm’s New York office and will work closely with the M&A and Equity Capital Markets teams across BTIG’s global locations.

Mr. Baisley has more than twenty years of experience in investment banking, coupled with a rich background in M&A involving Japanese and other Asian clients, bringing invaluable expertise to BTIG. He joins BTIG from SMBC Nikko Securities (Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation) where he served as Head of M&A for the Americas. Previously, he was a Managing Director of TrueNorth Capital Partners and served as the head of its securities business. Prior to that, he was with Knox & Co., an affiliate of Mitsubishi UFJ Securities, and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

“We are thrilled to welcome Michael to our team,” said Jon Dever, Head of BTIG Investment Banking. “His extensive network with sponsors and deep understanding of cross-border dynamics will play a pivotal role in originating and executing buy-side and sell-side mandates for U.S. and multinational clients, particularly leveraging opportunities with Japanese companies in the U.S.”

BTIG’s Investment Banking team engages with clients and institutional investors on mergers and acquisitions, public offerings including IPOs and follow-on offerings, ATMs, SPACs, private placements and PIPEs, convertibles, debt and loans, buybacks, liquidity solutions, venture capital, and private equity transactions. BTIG’s Investment Banking expertise spans the consumer, energy, infrastructure and transportation, financial services, healthcare, industrials, aerospace and defense, real estate, technology, media, and telecommunications sectors. Aftermarket services include trading, corporate access, as well as proprietary research and strategy products.

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BTIG is a global financial services firm specializing in institutional trading, investment banking, research and related brokerage services. With an extensive global footprint and more than 700 employees, BTIG, LLC and its affiliates operate out of 20 cities throughout the U.S., and in Europe, Asia and Australia. BTIG offers execution, expertise and insights for equities, equity derivatives, ETFs and fixed income, currency and commodities. The firm’s core capabilities include global execution, portfolio, electronic and outsource trading, investment banking, prime brokerage, capital introduction, corporate access, research and strategy, commission management and more.

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