NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Evercore (NYSE: EVR) announced today that Steven C. Todrys has joined
the Firm's Investment Banking business as a Senior Advisor with a focus
on transactional tax and structuring solutions. He will be based in
Evercore's office in New York.
Mr. Todrys was most recently a partner at the law firm of Simpson
Thacher & Bartlett LLP, where he had served as the head of the firm's
tax practice. There, he provided tax advice on many significant and
complex transactions, including the sale by Vodafone of its indirect
interest in Verizon Wireless, the split-off of Mosaic from Cargill, the
acquisition by Mars of Wrigley, the sale of Wyeth to Pfizer, and
numerous buyout transactions by KKR, Hellman & Friedman and Silver Lake.
Mr. Todrys is a past chair of the Tax Section of the New York State Bar
Association. He holds a JD from the University of Chicago Law School and
a BA from the University of Rochester.
Ralph Schlosstein, Evercore's Chief Executive Officer, said, “We are
delighted to welcome Steve to Evercore where his experience and
expertise will help us to provide the most sophisticated transaction
structuring advice to our clients across all of the industry groups we
serve.”
Steven Todrys said, “I am looking forward to using the experience I have
developed in my 35 years as a tax lawyer to help Evercore's clients
achieve their business objectives. Evercore's client focus and
philosophy coupled with its leading advisory capabilities provide a
great platform to serve the clients' strategic needs.”
About Evercore
Evercore is a leading independent investment banking advisory firm.
Evercore's Investment Banking business advises its clients on mergers,
acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings, financings, public
offerings, private placements and other strategic transactions and also
provides institutional investors with high quality equity research,
sales and trading execution that is free of the conflicts created by
proprietary activities. Evercore's Investment Management business
comprises wealth management, institutional asset management and private
equity investing. Evercore serves a diverse set of clients around the
world from 28 offices in North America, Europe, South America and Asia.
More information about Evercore can be found on the Company's website at www.evercore.com.
