Avondale Partners Expands Research Coverage in Business Services Sector

NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Avondale Partners, a national investment banking firm headquartered in Nashville, today announced the continued expansion of its research department with the addition of James J. Janesky as a senior analyst focused on the Business Services sector.  

Janesky joins Avondale as a director and senior research analyst whose coverage includes the human capital solutions, healthcare staffing, professional consulting and process outsourcing industries. He has almost 20 years of sell-side research experience, most recently with Stifel Nicolaus.  Previously he was with Janney Montgomery Scott, Banc of America Securities (formerly Montgomery Securities) and Stephens Inc., where he founded the Business Services Research practice. Janesky began his career on the sell-side as an associate analyst with The Chicago Corporation.

Sarah Sherck, Avondale's director of research, said, "The addition of Jim Janesky continues Avondale's strategy of adding high caliber, senior analysts with the experience to enhance the value of Avondale's research product.  Given the high regard that so many in the institutional asset management world have for Jim's work, we are confident that he will immediately enhance Avondale's relationships with our clients."

Janesky has been frequently quoted in print, online and other publications and often presents at industry conferences.   He graduated from Penn State University with a BS in Finance and earned his MBA from The University of Houston. 

About Avondale Partners LLC

Avondale Partners is a leading, full-service institutional investment bank and private wealth management firm headquartered in Nashville, with offices in Baltimore, Boston, Philadelphia, San Francisco and St. Louis.  The firm focuses on providing M&A advisory services, debt and equity underwriting, and private placements of bank debt, mezzanine finance and equity capital for its corporate finance clients, wealth management and investment advisory services for individuals, foundations, endowments, defined benefit and defined contribution plans. In addition, Avondale offers high quality equity research and sales and trading execution to institutional clients throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe as well as institutional asset management.  Since its inception in 2001, Avondale Partners has executed 110 transactions for its clients exceeding $10.6 billion in total value.  More information is available at www.avondalepartnersllc.com.

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