private industry financial services founded 2006 ; 10 years ago 2006 founder joseph r. perella peter weinberg headquarters general motors building new york new york united states key people robert k. steel ceo products financial advisory asset management aum approximately 8.6 bn number of employees 450 jan 2015 1 website www.pwpartners.com perella weinberg partners l.p. is an independent privately owned global financial services firm providing corporate advisory and asset management services to clients around the world . launched in 2006 by joseph r. perella peter weinberg terry meguid and several other partners from financial institutions the firm is a private partnership with approximately 450 employees . 2 it is headquartered in new york city with offices in london abu dhabi dubai denver and san francisco . perella weinberg partners agility fund was named outsourced cio of the year by institutional investor in 2015 and 2014 3 and by foundation & endowment intelligence in 2013 . 4 perella weinberg partners was named european boutique financial adviser of the year at the european m & a awards 2012 hosted by financial times and mergermarket in december 2012 . 5 the company was also named independent adviser of the year in november 2012 at the investment banking awards 2012 hosted by financial news . 6 contents 1 history 2 business units 2.1 corporate advisory 2.2 asset management 3 partners 4 references 5 external links history edit perella weinberg partners was launched in june 2006 . 7 to help establish the firm s operations and to seed investment initiatives perella weinberg partners raised over us 1.2 billion from a group of investors 8 including leading financial institutions and family investor groups from the americas europe japan and the middle east . during its first year of operation perella weinberg partners established an advisory council . the advisory council is chaired by william h. donaldson 9 10 former chairman of the securities and exchange commission . its other members include ibrahim dabdoub ceo of the national bank of kuwait ; 11 walter isaacson president and ceo of the aspen institute ; and daniel yergin chairman of ihs cambridge energy research associates . business units edit perella weinberg partners has two business units corporate advisory providing services to decision makers in business and government and asset management which consists of investment vehicles catering to institutional investors . corporate advisory edit corporate advisory is divided into practices mergers & acquisitions financial restructuring private capital raising pension advisory services and government advisory services . the corporate advisory business provides independent advice and transaction execution including mergers and acquisitions exclusive sales defense advisory financial restructuring and special committee advisory . the corporate advisory group focuses on advising public and private companies global institutions and investors . asset management edit the global asset management business comprises a suite of alternative investment strategies as well as outsourced cio services . 12 13 investments made through this business include most major asset classes on a global basis including equities fixed income asset based investments distressed securities private investments and real estate . the firm counts pension funds endowments foundations sovereign wealth funds family offices high net worth individuals and fund of funds as its clients and including affiliates has capital commitments and managed assets of approximately u.s. 8.6 billion as of october 1 2015 . 14 partners edit some of the firm s partners include joseph r. perella former vice chairman at morgan stanley and founding partner of wasserstein perella & co. peter weinberg former ceo of goldman sachs international daniel arbess founder of xerion capital partners ivan seidenberg former chief executive officer of verizon communications david schiff former cio at broadworth capital bruce h. mendelsohn former head of restructuring for the americas at goldman sachs references edit onewire . interview with joe perella min 7 48 . https www.youtube.com watch v w1eju9nihtg . external link in website help ; missing or empty url help ; access date requires url help http www.pwpartners.com media 96109 pwp % 20release % 20 3.8.12 . pdf http pwpartners.com media 143486 pwp % 20agility % 20press % 20release % 20 7.1.14 . pdf http pwpartners.com media 139138 agility % 20release % 20 % 20foundation % 20 % 20endowment % 20intelligence % 20award % 20 final % 20 % 206 % 204 % 2013 . pdf http mergermarketgroup.com wp content uploads 2012 12 ft mergermarket awards winners press release private equity 2012.pdf utm medium email & utm source remark mergermarket & utm campaign 1864874 press release % 2c private equity % 3a european m % 26a awards 2012 v2 & utm content pepressrelease & dm i 1d5j 13yy2 8gh57z 3hd20 1 http www.efinancialnews.com story 2012 11 26 investment banking awards 2012 the full list of winners reed stanley bringing banking back to the future fortune june 15 2006 . http www.businessweek.com investor content jun2006 pi20060615 425857.htm sorkin andrew ross the pressure of great expectations the new york times ; april 27 2007 . http www.nytimes.com 2007 04 27 business 27perella.html scp 1 & sq pressure % 20of % 20great % 20expectations & st cse thomas helen donaldson joins perella weinberg financial times february 9 2008 . http ftalphaville.ft.com blog tag perella weinberg former sec chair donaldson to join perella weinberg the new york times february 8 2007 . http dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com 2007 02 08 former sec chair donaldson to join perella weinberg http pwpartners.com our team professionals pwp advisory council http www.institutionalinvestor.com popups printarticle.aspx articleid 2855573 http www.pehub.com 684 5 questions for bob boldt http www.pwpartners.com media 96109 pwp % 20release % 20 3.8.12 . pdf external links edit official website official launch press release boutique bank lands ex goldman star bringing banking back to the future bloomberg perella weinberg raises more than 1 bln for boutique transcript financial times reporter chrystia freeland interviews joseph perella how london can close the gap on wall street financial times peter weinberg march 29 2006 . boardroom culture must embrace directors financial times peter weinberg november 16 2006 . a book full of blank checks institutional investor dan freed january 17 2008 . perella says boutiques can thrive amid lbo bust joseph giannone april 3 2008 . perella boutiques look set to outperform reuters elinor comlay november 11 2008 . perella sees boom in restructuring work reuters joseph giannone november 11 2008 . sovereign funds offer a wealth of benefits financial times peter weinberg may 22 2008 . swimming upstream the big fish among the boutique investment banks financial times meghan murphy and helen thomas september 27 2010 . perella weinberg heads for abu dhabi financial times helen thomas september 22 2010 . v t e investment banks bank divisions of universal banks bulge bracket bank of america merrill lynch barclays citi institutional clients group credit suisse deutsche bank corporate and investment bank j.p. morgan & co. j.p. morgan cazenove ubs investment bank other berenberg bank bmo capital markets boc international bnp paribas corporate & institutional banking brown shipley cibc world markets citic securities clsa commerzbank corporates & markets cr dit agricole corporate and investment bank daiwa securities capital markets everbank world markets harris williams & co. hsbc global banking and markets ing commercial banking is investment kbc bank korea development bank daewoo securities lloyds bank corporate markets mitsubishi ufj securities mizuho corporate bank natixis nomura securities rbc capital markets rbs markets & international banking sberbank cib soci t g n rale corporate & investment bank standard chartered td securities unicredit corporate & investment banking vtb capital wells fargo securities independents bulge bracket goldman sachs morgan stanley other allen & company blackstone group brewin dolphin btg pactual centerview partners china international capital corporation close brothers group evercore partners everbright fbr capital markets galaxy greenhill & co. haitong securities houlihan lokey investec jefferies keefe bruyette & woods lazard macquarie group mediobanca moelis & company n m rothschild & sons oppenheimer & co. perella weinberg partners piper jaffray raymond james financial renaissance capital roth capital partners salam investment ltd. sandler o neill and partners stifel nicolaus stone key partners william blair & company category list retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title perella weinberg partners & oldid 741749304 categories banks based in new york cityinvestment banksbanks established in 2006hidden categories cs1 errors external linkspages using web citations with no urlpages using citations with accessdate and no url 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 29 september 2016 at 12 23 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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