LONDON - A longtime media and telecommunications banker at Morgan Stanley in London has decided to retire after 25 years with the investment bank, according to a person briefed on the matter.
Scott Matlock, who most recently held the title of chairman of international mergers and acquisitions, informed Morgan Stanley last week that he was leaving, said the person who was not authorized to comment publicly.
Mr. Matlock, 48, was largely a specialist in the media and telecommunications sector, counting John C. Malone’s Liberty Global and British Sky Broadcasting among the clients he advised over the years.
He also spent several years as chairman of mergers and acquisitions in Asia for Morgan Stanley before he named being named chairman of international mergers and acquisitions in 2010. He had previously served as global head of media and communications mergers and acquisitions before moving to Asia.
Mr. Matlock, most recently based in London, hasn’t decided on his next move, the person said.
The Wall Street Journal reported Mr. Matlock’s departure earlier  on Tuesday.
Morgan Stanley has served as an adviser on some of the largest deals in an active market for European telecommunications deals in the past year, including Verizon Communications’ $130 billion buyout of the stake of Vodafone of Britain in its American wireless unit and the Spanish telecommunications company Telefónica’s purchase of Germany’s smallest mobile operator, E-Plus.
