Centerview Partners said on Wednesday that it had poached two senior media bankers from Morgan Stanley in the latest hiring by the boutique investment bank.
The two, Alex Glantz and Todd J. Davison, were most recently the co-heads of Morgan Stanley’s North American media team. Among their clients are CBS, McGraw-Hill, Time Warner and the Warner Music Group.
“Todd and Alex have built successful careers by giving their clients unvarnished advice and judgment and by focusing on the long-term strategic needs of a business,†Blair Effron, a co-founder of Centerview, said in a statement. “They are a perfect fit culturally with the client-centric principles that Centerview adheres to and promotes.â€
Centerview has been busy of late, advising on deals like the $23 billion takeover of H. J. Heinz, the $16.7 billion sale of General Electric‘s remaining stake in NBC Universal and the sale of a 45 percent stake in Alliance Boots to Walgreen.
