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The 2025 TOP 50 Investment Banks 
in the Middle MarketTM

Winning investment banks have deep market expertise
and deploy strategies that mitigate financial risks to sustain
long-term growth for their clients:

Allen & Co.

Lakeland ,
FL
Allen & Company’s longstanding heritage of personalized customer service spans more than 85 years. From our humble beginnings in J. Everett Allen’s windowless office in downtown Lakeland in 1932 to…
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Baird

Milwaukee ,
WI
Baird is a leading employee-owned financial services firm providing investment banking, capital markets, private equity, asset management, and wealth management services to corporations, institutional investors, and individuals worldwide. Through Baird…
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Brown Gibbons Lang and Co.

Cleveland ,
OH
Brown Gibbons Lang & Company (BGL) is a leading independent investment bank and financial advisory firm focused on the global middle market. The firm provides strategic advisory services, including mergers…
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Centerview Partners

New York ,
NY
Centerview Partners is a leading global independent investment banking advisory firm providing strategic advice to corporations, boards of directors, management teams, and shareholders worldwide. The firm specializes in mergers and…
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Copper Run

Columbus ,
OH
Copper Run is a middle market investment bank that delivers exceptional buy-side and sell-side M&A advisory through a relentless process, radical transparency and deep relationships. Founded in 2008, Copper Run…
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Dyal Co.

New York ,
NY
Founded in 2016, Gordon Dyal & Co. Advisory Group is an independent investment banking advisory firm providing strategic advice on mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, sales, portfolio restructuring, joint ventures, spin-offs,…
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ECHELON Partners

El Segundo ,
CA
ECHELON Partners is a boutique investment bank dedicated exclusively to the wealth and asset management industry. We provide investment banking, valuation, and strategic consulting services designed to help firm leaders…
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Equiteq

New York ,
NY
With over 20 years of experience, Equiteq is the only independent global advisor custom-built to deliver superior transaction outcomes in the technology services and consulting sector. Equiteq’s international presence and…
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Evercore

New York ,
NY
Evercore is a leading global independent investment banking advisory firm providing trusted, strategic advice to corporations, boards of directors, management teams, institutional investors, and shareholders. The firm specializes in mergers…
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The Raine Group

New York ,
NY
The Raine Group is a global independent merchant bank focused on providing strategic advisory and investment solutions across the technology, media, sports, entertainment, gaming, and consumer sectors. The firm advises…
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Footprint Capital

Columbus ,
OH
Footprint Capital provides comprehensive middle market investment banking services, inclusive of sell-side, buyside, and debt advisory services. Our team is comprised of entrepreneurial individuals with diverse financial and operational experience,…
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Financial Technology Partners (FT)

San Francisco ,
CA
Financial Technology Partners (aka “FT Partners”) is the only investment banking firm focused exclusively on the financial technology sector. We broadly define the sector as the dynamic convergence of technology-based…
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Harris Williams

Richmond ,
VA
Harris Williams is a global investment bank specializing in mergers and acquisitions, private capital advisory, and related strategic advisory services for middle-market companies. The firm advises clients across a wide…
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Houlihan Lokey

Los Angeles ,
CA
Founded in 1972, Houlihan Lokey is a leading global independent investment bank specializing in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, financial restructuring, and financial and valuation advisory services. The firm advises…
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Hyde Park Capital

Tampa ,
FL
Hyde Park Capital is a nationally recognized, leading middle market investment bank founded in 2000. The firm specializes in mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, and other financial advisory services for…
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Janney

Chicago ,
IL
Janney is a full-service financial services firm providing wealth management, investment banking, capital markets, and institutional services to individuals, families, businesses, and institutions. With a history spanning nearly two centuries,…
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Jefferies

New York ,
NY
Founded in 1962, Jefferies is a leading global investment banking and capital markets firm providing advisory, sales and trading, research, and asset management services to corporations, governments, institutional investors, and…
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Kingswood Capital Partners

San Diego ,
CA
Kingswood U.S. provides comprehensive investment banking support to companies across a focused set of core sectors, including Technology, Industrials, and Business Services. Our team combines deep sector expertise with transaction…
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Lazard

New York ,
NY
Lazard is one of the world’s leading independent financial advisory and asset management firms, serving corporations, governments, institutions, partnerships, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals across the globe. With operations spanning…
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Leerink Partners

Boston ,
MA
Leerink Partners is a leading independent investment bank dedicated exclusively to the healthcare sector. The firm provides strategic advisory, mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt capital markets, institutional equities, and…
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