Rothschild & Co Hires Timothy Lufkin as Managing Director in North America

Senior hire furthers ongoing expansion of Global Advisory business in the Americas

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rothschild & Co today announced that Timothy Lufkin has joined its Global Advisory business in North America as a Managing Director in the Financial Sponsors Group. Mr. Lufkin brings more than 25 years of investment banking and sponsor coverage experience to Rothschild & Co, where he will help manage and grow the firm’s relationships with private equity clients. He will be based in New York.

“Tim is an authority on private equity and he is consistently recognised for his leadership in the industry. He is an innovative dealmaker and his experience and expertise will provide immense value to our clients,” stated Jimmy Neissa, Head of Rothschild & Co North America. “Tim’s proven ability to develop business-oriented solutions for clients and to create deep long-term relationships makes him a strong fit with our culture. We welcome him to the firm.”

Previously, Mr. Lufkin was a Managing Director in the Financial Sponsors Group with Truist Securities. Prior to this he worked with private equity clients at American Capital Ltd. where he was a Managing Director in the firm’s Sponsor Finance Group; Mr. Lufkin also served as a Managing Director at Cowen Inc. in New York where he originated and executed mid-market M&A deals for private equity backed companies. Mr. Lufkin spent the early part of his career with DLJ Securities, working for over 10 years with both public and private middle market companies. Over the course of his career, he has helped advise on or originate over 75 private equity-related transactions. He is a graduate of the University of Alabama with a B.S. in corporate finance.

Mr. Lufkin stated, “Rothschild & Co has built an impressive platform globally and established a strong and growing business in the U.S. I am excited to cultivate and deepen the firm’s distinct and diverse client base in North America and further expand the Financial Sponsors franchise by advancing and broadening the firm’s relationships in the private equity industry.”

About Rothschild & Co, Global Advisory

Rothschild & Co is family-controlled and independent and has been at the centre of the world’s financial markets for over 200 years. With a team of c.3 600 talented financial services specialists on the ground in over 40 countries, Rothschild & Co’s integrated global network of trusted professionals provides in-depth market intelligence and effective long-term solutions for our clients in Global Advisory, Wealth & Asset Management, and Merchant Banking.

Global Advisory, a division of the Rothschild & Co group, designs and executes strategic M&A and financing solutions, providing impartial, expert advice to large and mid-sized corporations, private equity, families and entrepreneurs, and governments.

Through its unrivalled network of 1,000 industry and financing specialists in over 40 countries, Rothschild & Co’s Global Advisory business combines the breadth of its advisory offering with a high volume of transactions to achieve a unique understanding and perspective into markets and participants worldwide.