26 2016 c.w. downer & co. and n 1 adopted a new global brand alantra . with this decision the partners of the 19 countries and different businesses in which the group operates are putting behind brands that have been in the market between 15 and 40 years n 1 c.w. downer & co. swiss capital daruma dinamia . this is another critical step in the firm s goal to become a global financial services institution specialized in the mid market segment . alantra s 57 partners and 345 professionals operate from 25 global offices . in the us alantra plans to add 15 bankers and open 2 new offices . paul colone managing director & partner with alantra commented we are excited to unite behind our new brand and what it stands for in terms of growing our us presence . wade aust joe downing and i received enthusiastic and unanimous support from our global partners on our us growth strategy . over the next 12 months we will add to our us team both geographically and in terms of sector specialization and we are confident that our growth project will be attractive for new candidates . 1 alantra formerly c.w. downer & co. industry investment banking predecessor c.w. downer & co. downer & company founded 2016 founder charles w. downer headquarters boston massachusetts united states products mergers & acquisitions number of employees 345 website www.alantra.com c.w. downer & co. is a boston based global investment bank specializing in comprehensive middle market m & a advisory services . the firm assists both strategic and private equity clients with acquisition divestiture and capital raising assignments . c.w. downer & co. was founded in boston massachusetts in 1975 and has additional offices in dublin frankfurt madrid mumbai oslo paris shanghai and sydney . 2 the firm is named for company founder charles w. downer and operated as downer & company until a rebranding effort was completed in 2008 . on april 27 2016 c.w. downer & co. completed its previously announced merger 3 with n 1 a global investment bank and asset management firm headquartered in madrid spain . in addition to m & a advisory n 1 offers debt advisory restructuring and equity & debt capital market services . the combined entity will employ a team of 240 investment banking professionals across 14 offices in 13 countries . history edit charles w. downer founded c.w. downer & co. in 1975 to provide cross border m & a advisory services with a primary focus on middle market transactions . in 1980 the firm opened its first international office in paris providing a strong base for sourcing and executing m & a services in europe . as the company grew it established offices in sydney dublin frankfurt shanghai and most recently in madrid oslo and mumbai . today c.w. downer & co. is recognized as one of the leading providers of m & a advisory services for middle market companies 20 500 million and subsidiaries of larger corporations . 4 in april 2008 the firm changed its name from downer & company to c.w. downer & co. the firm trademarked its tagline because the middle market is global with the us patent and trademark office to emphasize the company s focus and commitment to the international middle market . 5 charles w. downer was recently awarded the association for corporate growth s 6 2010 lifetime achievement award during acg intergrowth in miami fl . 7 references edit alantra . n 1 and c.w. downer become alantra . www.prnewswire.com . retrieved 2016 10 06 . company overview of c.w. downer & co. . bloomberg businessweek . october 28 2015 . boston investment bank c.w. downer acquired by larger spanish firm n 1 group boston business journal . boston business journal . retrieved 2016 05 19 . 2003 m & a awards m & a advisor united states patent & trademark office acg global home page http www.acg.org userfiles file global press % 20releases meritoriousrelease2010vfinal % 20 2 . pdf external links edit company website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title c.w. downer % 26 co. & oldid 742988524 categories investment banksfinancial services companies of the united statescompanies established in 1975 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 7 october 2016 at 02 36 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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