Morgan Stanley named new heads of mergers and acquisitions for the Americas and for Europe on Friday after a management reshuffling brought on by the impending departure of a senior deal maker, Paul Taubman.
The company named Bob Eatroff and Jim Head the co-chiefs of mergers and acquisitions for the Americas, according to an internal memorandum reviewed by DealBook. And the bank named Colm Donlon and Johannes Groeller the co-heads of mergers for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
All four bankers, who will assume their new positions on Jan. 1, have worked at Morgan Stanley for more than 20 years.
Mr. Eatroff advised T-Mobile USA in its aborted attempt to sell itself to AT&T for $39 billion, as well as Comcast in its deal to buy control of NBC Universal. Mr. Head dispensed advice to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on matters relating to the American International Group during the financial crisis of 2008.
Mr. Groeller advised Porsche on its sale to Volkswagen. Mr. Donlon advised Ryanair in its bid for Aerlingus.
Other top deals bankers will stay put: Robert Kindler remains the company's global head of mergers. Michael Boublik will still be chairman of mergers and acquisitions for the Americas. Scott Matlock will stay chairman of the international side of mergers and acquisitions.
The latest changes were precipitated by the announcement that Mr. Taubman, a co-chief of Morgan Stanley's securities business and one of Wall Street's top deal makers, would leave the company by the end of the year.
His impending departure led to some shuffling among Morgan Stanley's deal ranks, including the promotion of Mark Eichorn from Americas head of mergers to global co-chief of in vestment banking.
Separately, the company said that Susie Huang would become a vice chairwoman of investment banking. A veteran mergers specialist who worked on transactions like Wyeth's sale to Pfizer, Ms. Huang will focus on making deals and maintaining relationships with crucial clients.
