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“Nick brings extensive and diversified experience providing strategic, financial and capital markets advice to public and private companies in both the depository and non-depository sectors of the financial services industry,” said Michael McFadden, co-CEO of Lazard Middle Market.
“Nick has established a reputation in the financial institutions sector, having advisedon many of the most notable middle market transactions in the sector in recent years and in designing and implementing growth plans and achieving capital structure goals,” added Lazard Middle Market’s co-CEO David Solomon.
Mr. Sheumack’s clients include banks, asset and wealth management firms, securities broker-dealers, investment banks, exchanges, insurance companies, real estate investment trusts, business development companies, specialty finance, and financial technology firms.
Prior to joining Lazard, Mr. Sheumack held senior positions at investment banks specializing in the financial sector. He was a Partner at Sandler O’Neill + Partners, LP where he oversaw the Diversified Finance investment banking effort and was a Managing Director at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods for over a decade. While at KBW, he was active in client management and new business origination, founded, built and led the Diversified Finance Coverage Group, as well as the Financial Sponsor Advisory Group.
About Lazard Middle Market
Lazard Middle Market LLC (lazardmm.com), a subsidiary of Lazard Ltd (NYSE:LAZ), provides strategic advice on M&A, restructuring, and public and private capital raising to the middle market. Our senior professionals focus exclusively on mid-cap companies, bringing to bear all the industry expertise,
senior board-level relationships and local perspectives of Lazard’s bankers worldwide.
About Lazard
Lazard (lazard.com), one of the world's preeminent financial advisory and asset management firms, operates from 42 cities across 27 countries in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, Central and South America. With origins dating back to 1848, the firm provides advice on mergers and acquisitions, strategic matters, restructuring and capital structure, capital raising and corporate finance, as well as asset management services to corporations, partnerships, institutions, governments, and individuals.
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