M&A Deal Summary

Cowen Acquires Portico Capital Advisors

On November 23, 2021, Cowen acquired business services company Portico Capital Advisors

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Cowen’s 3rd transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is Cowen’s 7th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Cowen’s 5th transaction in New York.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2021-11-23
Target Portico Capital Advisors
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) Cowen
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Advisor(s) Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft (Legal)

Target

Portico Capital Advisors

New York, New York, United States
Portico Capital Advisors provides independent strategic and financial advisory services in the areas of mergers & acquisitions (M&A), recapitalizations, and capital raisings exclusively to private and public companies providing verticalized software, data, and analytics. Portico Capital Advisors was founded in 2000 and is based in New York City.

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Buyer

Cowen

New York, New York, United States

Category Company
Founded 1918
Sector Financial Services
Employees1,534
Revenue 2.1B USD (2021)
DESCRIPTION

Cowen is a diversified financial services firm and, together with its consolidated subsidiaries, provides alternative asset management, investment banking, research, and sales and trading services. Cowen was founded in 1918 and is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 8
Sector: Business Services M&A 3 of 3
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 6 of 6
State: New York M&A 5 of 5
Country: United States M&A 7 of 7
Year: 2021 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-11-20 Quarton International

Berlin, Germany

Quarton International provides the global middle market with M&A advisory, private capital raising, and other corporate finance services. The principals of Quarton International have a combined track record of more than 1,000 transactions in more than 30 different countries with a total volume exceeding $50 billion.

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