Barclays Appoints David King as Global Head of Technology M&A
22 Mai 2024 - 10:39PM
Business Wire
With approximately 25 years of Investment Banking experience,
Mr. King brings to Barclays deep client relationships and industry
knowledge that will further strengthen the firm’s M&A platform
and Technology Investment Banking franchise
Barclays today announces the appointment of David King as Global
Head of Technology M&A. Mr. King will be based in San
Francisco, will report to Ihsan Essaid, Global Head of M&A, and
will work in close partnership with Kristin Roth DeClark, Global
Head of Technology Investment Banking.
Mr. King has approximately 25 years of investment banking
experience advising management teams and boards on M&A
transactions in the Technology sector. He joins Barclays from Bank
of America where he was Global Co-Head of TMT M&A. He joined
Bank of America, then Merrill Lynch, in 2000 to focus on Technology
M&A. Prior to rejoining Bank of America in 2020, Mr. King spent
three years at Deutsche Bank, where he helped grow their Technology
M&A franchise in his role as Co-Head of Technology M&A.
Over the course of his career Mr. King has advised on over
$300bn in transactions for Technology companies across the
Software, Hardware, Semiconductor and Internet sectors, having
worked with clients on well over a hundred acquisitions, sales and
divestitures. He recently advised Intel on the sale of a minority
stake in their IMS Nanofabrication business to Bain and TSMC and
the sale of their NAND memory business to SK Hynix. He also
recently advised Amazon on the acquisition of MGM, Alphabet on the
investment in Bharti Airtel, Lumentum on the acquisitions of Cloud
Light and Oclaro, and Cisco on the acquisition of ThousandEyes. Mr.
King has further advised on successful transactions for Salesforce,
Broadcom, Seagate, HPE, eBay, Dell, AMD and Western Digital,
amongst others.
“Technology is of critical importance to our M&A franchise
and is an area where we are laser focused on succeeding and
delivering for our clients,” said Ihsan Essaid. “David’s long-term
connectivity with the Tech community, combined with his extensive
transaction execution experience and proven leadership qualities,
make him a tremendous addition to our team.”
“David’s amazing reputation in the Technology industry and his
deep M&A expertise will help us further accelerate the strong
momentum in our business,” added Kristin Roth DeClark. “This
appointment demonstrates our continued investment in Technology
Investment Banking, and our ability to attract the leading talent
in the market to best serve our clients.”
Barclays has played key roles in a number of notable recent
Technology transactions, including serving as Exclusive Financial
Advisor to Nuvei Corporation in its take private by Advent
International in a deal valued at $6.0bn. Barclays also served as
Financial Advisor to IBM in its acquisition of HashiCorp for
$7.7bn, as Active Joint Bookrunner on Rubrik Inc.’s $752m IPO, and
as Lead Left Bookrunner on OpenText Corporation’s $2.2bn Term Loan
B repricing.
About Barclays Investment Bank
Barclays Investment Bank is comprised of the Investment Banking,
International Corporate Banking, Global Markets and Research
businesses. It provides money managers, financial institutions,
governments, supranational organisations and corporate clients with
services and advice for their funding, financing, strategic and
risk management needs. For further information about Barclays
Investment Bank, please visit our website
www.ib.barclays.
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