Brown Gibbons Lang & Company (BGL) has hired Dan Gardella as a managing director within its financial sponsor coverage group. Mr. Gardella will be based in BGL’s New York City office.
Mr. Gardella has over 20 years of professional experience working with financial sponsors. Prior to joining BGL, he was with the financial sponsors group at William Blair since 2017, most recently serving as a managing director. From 2012 to 2016, he worked in the financial sponsors group at Morgan Stanley, and from 2003 to 2010, he was a manager at Deloitte & Touche. Mr. Gardella holds a BBA degree in finance and investments and an MS degree in accounting from Baruch College. He also earned an MBA degree from the University of Chicago.
“We are excited to welcome Dan to the BGL team,” said Heather Reiner, who leads BGL’s financial sponsor coverage group. “Dan is well known for his extensive investment banking experience and the quality of his relationships in the industry, and we know that he will add significantly to BGL’s ability to provide best-in-class coverage to our private equity clients.”
“Throughout my career, I have had an emphasis on M&A and sponsor-led transactions, with a significant portion of that time dedicated to working with middle-market sponsors and companies,” said Mr. Gardella. “I look forward to partnering with the BGL’s sector coverage bankers and providing unique insights and investment opportunities to the firm’s private equity clients.”
Brown Gibbons Lang is a mid-market investment bank that specializes in mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, capital markets, financial restructurings, valuations, and fairness opinions.
Over the past 18 months, BGL has been actively expanding its coverage areas and senior banker headcount. In 2024, the firm expanded its capabilities in its healthcare and technology verticals; and in 2023 expanded its capabilities in professional services; technology; digital infrastructure; aerospace, defense and government services; transportation and logistics; and capital markets.
BGL was founded in 1989 and has investment banking offices in Chicago, Cleveland, Los Angeles, and New York City.
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