Bio

Duncan Herrington is a Managing Director at Moelis & Company, where he specializes in advising corporates on preparing for and responding to contested situations, including shareholder activism. Mr. Herrington has over 10 years of investment banking experience, primarily in the activism and contested situations space. Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Mr. Herrington worked at Raymond James where he was a Managing Director and Head of the Activism Response & Contested Situations Group. Prior to Raymond James, he served in Credit Suisse’s contested situations practice, where he was responsible for advising both domestic and international clients on shareholder activism, takeover defense, contested M&A transactions and corporate governance matters. Prior to Credit Suisse, Mr. Herrington was an M&A lawyer based in the London office of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison, where he specialized in structuring and executing cross-border transactions. Mr. Herrington graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in Business Administration and Economics from Rhodes College, a J.D. from Harvard Law School, and an M.B.A from London Business School. He is also a CFA charterholder and a member of the State Bar of California.