Bio

Ashish Contractor is a Managing Director at Moelis & Company, where he advises specialty, generic pharmaceutical and biotech clients. Ashish has more than 20 years of experience advising companies, primarily across the pharmaceutical and biotech space, on a broad spectrum of corporate finance matters including M&A, debt and equity financings, hostile takeovers, corporate defense, and private placements. Previously, he was a Managing Director at Greenhill & Co., leading the firm’s Life Sciences coverage. Prior to Greenhill & Co., Ashish worked in Lehman Brothers’ Private Equity Group. He began his career in the Financial Institutions Group at Lehman Brothers. Ashish graduated cum laude with a B.S. in Finance and International Business from New York University’s Stern School of Business and holds an M.B.A with honors from Harvard Business School.