& co. type private industry investment banking predecessor dresdner kleinwort wasserstein founded 2002 headquarters citigroup center new york new york united states products corporate restructuring mergers and acquisitions parent stifel financial website www.millerbuckfire.com miller buckfire & co. is an investment banking firm that provides various advisory services focused on corporate restructurings . in addition to its core restructuring business the firm provides merger and acquisition advisory and valuation services as well as capital raising and private placements of debt and equity . the firm specializes in the transportation retail media and communication entertainment power food and consumer and financial services sectors . the firm is based in new york city . the various investment bankers of miller buckfire collectively have represented more than 100 companies restructured approximately 210 billion of debt advised on over 15 billion of mergers and acquisitions and raised more than 41 billion in financing . 1 since its founding in 2002 miller buckfire has served as restructuring advisers on several major bankruptcies including calpine dura automotive systems dana holding corporation general growth properties kmart mirant polaroid reader s digest and the weinstein company . history edit miller buckfire was founded in july 2002 as miller buckfire lewis & co. by henry miller kenneth buckfire and martin lewis who previously led the restructuring groups at dresdner kleinwort wasserstein and wasserstein perella & co. following the acquisition of wasserstein perella by dresdner kleinwort benson in 2001 miller buckfire and lewis found they were being precluded from many restructuring assignments due to conflicts with dresdner s loan portfolio . as a result the trio acquired their business through a spinout from dresdner and launched miller buckfire as an independent firm . 2 in 2003 the firm added a fourth partner david ying to form miller buckfire lewis ying & co. but following the 2004 departure of martin lewis and the 2005 departure of david ying the name of the firm was shortened to its current miller buckfire & co. 3 4 in 2007 sal . oppenheim acquired 10 % of miller buckfire as part of a strategic partnership between the two firms . 5 6 former american express chairman and ceo harvey golub was appointed chairman of miller buckfire in october 2011 . in 2012 the company was acquired by stifel financial . references edit about miller buckfire company website dresdner kleinwort wasserstein announces spin off of restructuring advisory group . april 24 2002 miller buckfire lewis adds david ying as fourth partner . april 18 2003 miller buckfire lewis ying announces departure of martin lewis . october 4 2004 willkommen miller buckfire new york restructuring firm hangs shingle in germany through partnership with sal . oppenheim . investment dealers digest april 23 2007 miller buckfire & co. llc of the u.s. and sal . oppenheim jr. & cie. of germany announce strategic alliance . external links edit miller buckfire company website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title miller buckfire % 26 co. & oldid 740522104 categories financial services companies of the united statescompanies based in new york city 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 21 september 2016 at 15 54 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view