Firm continues momentum in Southeast with growing Financial Institutions Group
D.A. Davidson & Co. announced today that Chuck Stubbs has joined the firm’s financial institutions investment banking group as managing director.
Stubbs joins from Raymond James & Associates, Inc., where he provided investment banking services to community banks and thrifts. He brings 20 years of experience serving financial institution clients with mergers and acquisitions, valuations, fairness opinions and financings of debt and equity for public and private institutions. Stubbs will be based in Atlanta.
“The addition of Chuck is a huge win for us as we continue to strengthen our FIG franchise in the Southeast,” said Rory McKinney, head of investment banking at D.A. Davidson. “He is a proven and talented investment banker with a track record of success and a wealth of relationships with financial institutions.”
“I’m excited to join D.A. Davidson’s highly successful financial institutions investment banking team,” Stubbs said. “D.A. Davidson has established itself as a top advisor to community banks and thrifts through its wealth of transaction experience, full-service platform, client-first approach and strong culture. I look forward to helping the firm grow its financial services practice, particularly across the South and Gulf Coast regions.”
Stubbs joins the firm just a couple of months after the announcement of its Financial Institutions Group’s expansion into the Southeast. The platform consists of:
- Over 50 equity capital markets, fixed income and corporate services professionals;
- Equity Research team of 11 professionals who follow more than 190 banks;
- Active market maker in over 600 banks;
- More than 20 investment banking professionals that have completed over 104 M&A and capital offering transactions since 2016; and
- One of the largest annual U.S. investor conferences with more than 100 institutional investors and over 100 private and public companies in attendance.
D.A. Davidson has been one of the most active advisors to banks nationwide; to date in 2019, the firm’s financial institutions investment banking group has announced 15 M&A transactions with an aggregate transaction value of over $1.5 billion.
About D.A. Davidson Companies
D.A. Davidson Companies is an employee-owned financial services firm offering a range of financial services and advice to individuals, corporations, institutions and municipalities nationwide. Founded in Montana in 1935, with regional headquarters in Great Falls, Denver, Los Angeles, Portland and Seattle, the company has approximately 1,350 employees and offices in 26 states coast to coast.
Subsidiaries include: D.A. Davidson & Co., the largest full-service investment firm headquartered in the Northwest, providing wealth management, investment banking, equity and fixed income capital markets services, and advice; Davidson Investment Advisors, a professional asset management firm; D.A. Davidson Trust Company, a trust and wealth management company; and Davidson Fixed Income Management, a registered investment adviser providing fixed income portfolio and advisory services.
For more information, visit dadavidson.com.