Scotia Howard Weil is a boutique investment bank focused on the energy industry. The Firm offers a range of services in areas such as initial public offerings, follow-on public offerings, debt, equity, convertible securities, MLPs and LLCs, private placements, mergers and acquisitions, sales and divestitures, recapitalization, strategic alternatives, as well as fairness opinions and valuations. Scotia Howard Weil was formed in 1946 and in 2012 became a unit of Scotiabank.