Sagent Advisors Expands Its Aerospace, Defense And Technology Practice

NEW YORK, June 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sagent Advisors, LLC, a leading independent investment banking firm, announced today that Jeremy Parker has joined the firm as Managing Director, effective immediately.  Mr. Parker and Chris Oliver will jointly lead the firm's Aerospace, Defense and Technology ("ADT") practice.  Mr. Parker will be based in Sagent's New York headquarters while Mr. Oliver will continue to be based in Sagent's Tysons Corner office.

Prior to joining Sagent, Mr. Parker was a Managing Director and Head of Aerospace, Defense & Government at Gleacher & Company (including its predecessor company Gleacher Partners).  During his tenure there, Mr. Parker advised numerous domestic and international clients on a variety of mergers & acquisitions and financing transactions, including recent assignments such as Evolvent Technologies' sale to ManTech International, New Mountain Capital's acquisition of a majority stake in SNL Financial, CKX's sale to Apollo Global Management and Mercury Systems' equity offering.  Prior to Gleacher, Mr. Parker was a Principal in the Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions group of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), a Fortune 500^® science, engineering, and technology company.  Mr. Parker began his investment banking career at Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette. 

"We are thrilled to have Jeremy join us at Sagent," said Hal Ritch, Sagent Advisors' Chief Executive Officer. "He is a high-caliber investment banker who is dedicated to the interests of his clients.  Furthermore, this important hire demonstrates our commitment to strengthening Sagent's presence in the Aerospace, Defense and Technology sector."

"I am excited about partnering with Jeremy to expand Sagent's ADT investment banking practice," said Mr. Oliver, "We share a common commitment to helping our clients' achieve continued success."

Mr. Parker received his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and his BA from Georgetown University.

ABOUT SAGENT ADVISORS, LLC

Sagent Advisors is an independent investment banking firm that provides merger, acquisition and financial advice to its clients.  Sagent provides broad industry and execution expertise through its offices in the U.S. and its significant global reach is bolstered through alliances with Daiwa Securities Capital Markets in Asia and DC Advisory in Europe. At Sagent, we embody the principles of thoughtful advice - free of structural conflicts - with dedicated, senior attention to our clients' most important challenges and opportunities.

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