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BMO Capital Markets, the investment and corporate banking arm of BMO Financial Group (NYSE, TSX: BMO), has hired Thomas D. Dale as Managing Director of the firm's U.S. Leveraged Finance Group.
Based in New York, Mr. Dale will be responsible for originating, structuring and executing on a wide range of leveraged financings for the firm's clients. Mr. Dale will also work with BMO Capital Markets' industry and M&A investment banking teams that provide an integrated approach to delivering solutions to financial sponsor and corporate clients.
“Tom brings more than 20 years of experience in debt, equity and M&A transactions,” said Jim Moglia, Executive Managing Director, and Co-Head of BMO Capital Markets' U.S. Leveraged Finance Group. “As part of the Leveraged Finance team's overall mandate, we believe Tom will be an excellent asset as we look to increase our lead roles in arranging and executing leveraged loans and high yield bond transactions, particularly with financial sponsors.”
Mr. Moglia heads the Group with Surjit Rajpal, Executive Managing Director. Mr. Dale will report jointly to Jim Goll and Eric Schubert, Managing Directors, who head the Group's Origination & Structuring team.
Mr. Dale was most recently with G.C. Andersen Partners, a New York merchant banking firm. His investment banking experience includes senior positions at Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown and PaineWebber, where he focused on the telecommunications and media industries, as well as Chase Manhattan Capital Markets Corp., where he was a founding member of its M&A group. Mr. Dale is a graduate of the University of Virginia and earned his MBA at the Wharton School.
About BMO Capital Markets' Leveraged Finance Group
The U.S. Leveraged Finance Group provides an integrated approach to support clients at every step of the issuance process. The group also works closely with BMO Capital Markets' Financial Sponsors and Debt Capital Markets Groups to provide clients with convenient, one-stop financial structuring solutions. With the depth and breadth of experience, the Leveraged Finance Group can originate both publicly and privately offered debt securities, for corporate and government issuers.
About BMO Capital Markets
BMO Capital Markets is a leading full-service North American financial services provider, with over 2,000 employees operating in 14 North American offices and 26 worldwide, offering corporate, institutional and government clients access to a complete range of investment and corporate banking products and services. BMO Capital Markets is a member of BMO Financial Group (NYSE, TSX: BMO), one of the largest diversified financial services providers in North America with more than US$329 billion in total assets and 35,000 employees as of April 30, 2007. For more information, visit www.bmocm.com.
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