Roman Friedrich Joins MLV to Head Metals and Mining Investment Banking Sector

NEW YORK, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- McNicoll, Lewis & Vlak LLC (MLV), a boutique investment bank focused on capital intensive industries, announced today that Roman Friedrich has joined the firm as Senior Managing Director, head of the firm's global Metals and Mining investment banking group, and member of the firm's Board of Directors. Mr. Friedrich joins the firm from Roman Friedrich & Company Ltd., a financial advisory group based in Vancouver which he founded and headed for the last 13 years.

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"Roman is a highly respected investment banker and senior adviser known to CEOs, CFOs, and Boards of Directors throughout the metals and mining industry.  He has advised on some of the most significant and transformational deals in the sector," said Patrice McNicoll, President of MLV. "His unique skill set and unparalleled industry knowledge will be of tremendous benefit to both to our clients and our firm.  With Roman leading our efforts, we expect to rapidly grow our metals and mining business.  Most importantly, we are thrilled to be able to attract someone of Roman's stature to our dynamic and growing team."

Mr. Friedrich will focus on building out the metals and mining team and increasing the firm's visibility throughout the sector.  The addition of Mr. Friedrich complements MLV's previous activities in the sector as it recently added Imaru Casanova as lead Equity Research Analyst in metals and mining.  Additionally, earlier in September, MLV opened up a Denver office headed by founding partner Brent Lewis to focus on metals and mining, among other sectors.

"By joining this unique and vibrant group that Patrice has put together, I expect to be able to substantially expand and diversify my traditional M&A and advisory business," commented Mr. Friedrich. "Moreover, I am very excited to be going back to my capital markets roots in New York and am particularly enthusiastic about MLV's leadership in the ATM or at-the-market offering space. MLV's leadership in ATM differentiated the firm to me from other investment banks focused on the sector.  I believe that ATM is a product whose time has come for the metals and mining industry."

Most recently, Mr. Friedrich was President of Roman Friedrich & Company Ltd. (RFC), which he established in 1997.  Prior to founding RFC, he was a Managing Director at TD Securities where he was responsible for its global mining M&A business. Earlier in his career, Mr. Friedrich spent ten years at the Chase Manhattan Bank where he held a variety of positions, including, President of Chase Manhattan Canada Limited, Managing Director responsible for North American investment banking, and Vice President for Latin America.  Subsequent to his time at Chase, Mr. Friedrich was a partner at Burns Fry and at Wood Gundy. He also was a founding partner of the New York office of Lancaster Financial Corporation, which, during his tenure, was acquired by TD Securities. Mr. Friedrich lives in Vancouver with his wife Stephanie.

ABOUT MLV:

MLV is a boutique investment bank and institutional broker-dealer focused on providing independent financial advice and unique capital markets expertise to corporate and institutional clients in capital intensive industries such as metals and mining, healthcare and life sciences, and energy and infrastructure. With a focus on raising money efficiently for clients, MLV has rapidly become a leader in the At-the-Market (ATM) transaction market. Please visit our website: www.mlvco.com.

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