DC ADVISORY PARTNERS APPOINTS NEW MANAGING DIRECTOR TO ITS EUROPEAN BUSINESS SERVICES TEAM

Appointment is one of six senior hires this year, in preparation for a busy 2012

8 December 2011, London - DC Advisory Partners (‘DC’), the leading pan-European corporate finance adviser, has appointed Joel Hope-Bell as Managing Director in its Business Services team. Based in London, Joel will join a team of twelve dedicated European Business Services bankers who have so far completed sixteen transactions in the sector in 2011.

Previously a Managing Director at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Joel has advised on a range of M&A, Capital Markets and Financing transactions. His fifteen year career in corporate finance has been Business Services focused since 2005 and includes five years with Morgan Stanley and a further five with UBS. Joel has actively covered and worked with a number of the key public and privately owned companies in the sector.

Commenting on Joel’s appointment, Richard Madden, UK CEO of DC Advisory Partners, said: “Every time we hire a new member of staff, we strive to improve the overall quality of our team; with Joel we have certainly achieved that goal and we look forward to many fruitful years working together”.

Joel Hope-Bell said: “I am very excited to be joining DC Advisory Partners. The Business Services team has a strong, well-established track record of providing excellent advice to its clients and I am looking forward to helping them continue to develop.  Given DC’s independence and international network, I firmly believe it is uniquely positioned to provide valuable advice to clients.”

DC Advisory Partners advised LSL Property Services on the acquisition of Marsh & Parsons in November 2011.  Joel is the fourth managing director to be appointed to the London office this year.

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