Mergers & Acquisitions Biographies
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Jeff Porphy
Managing Director
Head of Mergers & Acquisitions and Financial Sponsors Coverage
jeffrey.porphy@cowen.com
Mr. Porphy is Head of M&A and Financial Sponsors Coverage at Cowen and Company. He joined the firm in 2010 from Barclays Capital where he was Head of Corporate Advisory M&A and Financial Sponsors Idea Generation. Previously, Mr. Porphy spent 14 years at Credit Suisse as Head of Financial Sponsors M&A and Co-Head of Middle Market M&A. Mr. Porphy has over 20 years experience working with middle market private equity firms and corporate clients on strategic advisory and capital raising issues across multiple industries. He began his investment banking career at Lazard Freres & Co.
Mr. Porphy received a BA from Muhlenberg College, where he is currently a member of The Board of Trustees and Chairman of the Finance and Investment Committee. Mr. Porphy is also a Guest Lecturer on "M&A and Ethics" at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania for first year MBA students.
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Owen L. Hart
Managing Director
Head of Consumer M&A
owen.hart@cowen.com
Mr. Hart is a Managing Director in the Consumer Investment Banking Group as well as overseeing Cowen's Consumer M&A practice. In his more than 24 years in investment banking, Mr. Hart has advised clients on over 200 engagements. Prior to joining Cowen, he was a Founding Partner of Thomas Weisel Partners and Head of Consumer, Business Services and Semiconductor M&A. Prior to founding Thomas Weisel Partners, Mr. Hart served as Senior Managing Director at Montgomery Securities, overseeing M&A in the Consumer and Business Services sectors. He began his investment banking career at Drexel Burnham Lambert and also worked at Lazard Freres & Co before joining Montgomery Securities in 1994.
Mr. Hart holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, an M.L.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. from Tufts University.
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David C. Istock
Director
david.istock@cowen.com
Mr. Istock is a Director focused on Technology Mergers & Acquisitions based in San Francisco. Mr. Istock has fifteen years of experience in mergers and acquisitions and the technology industry. Prior to joining Cowen and Company, he was an Executive Director at UBS Investment Bank focused on Technology M&A working in San Francisco and New York. Prior to UBS, Mr. Istock co-founded Bluefish Ventures, an early-stage technology-focused venture capital fund. Prior to Bluefish, he was a Vice President in PaineWebber's M&A Group based in New York.
Mr. Istock received a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Edward Rubin
Director
edward.rubin@cowen.com
Mr. Rubin joined Cowen and Company's Mergers & Acquisitions group focused on Telecommunications transactions in April 2008. Prior to joining Cowen, Mr. Rubin was Director at Deutsche Bank's Mergers & Acquisitions Group. Previously, Mr. Rubin was Vice President in UBS Investment Bank's Mergers & Acquisitions Group. Mr. Rubin has significant cross-border merger advisory experience over his nine years working on Wall Street. Prior to working at UBS Investment Bank, Mr. Rubin spent three years at KPMG focusing on tax consulting. Mr. Rubin's transaction experience in telecom includes transactions for XO Communications, Deutsche Telekom, iBasis and several other communications companies.
Mr. Rubin holds a B.A., cum laude in Business from Boston University.
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