Credit Suisse Hires Veteran Tech Banker From Merrill - NYTimes.com

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Credit Suisse Hires Veteran Tech Banker From
Merrill - NYTimes.com

• The Tyler Group

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Credit Suisse has hired Chris Gaertner fromBank
of America Merrill Lynch as a high-ranking
technology banker, the firm announced in an
internal memorandum obtained by DealBook on
Tuesday.
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When he starts in July, Mr. Gaertner will become
a managing director and the head of global
corporate finance for the tech group, according
to the memo from Mark Simonian and David Wah,
Credit Suisses global co-heads of technology,
media and telecom investment banking.
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At Merrill Lynch, which he joined in 2005, Mr.
Gaertner advised Autonomy when it sold itself
to Hewlett-Packard and Lawson Software when it
was sold to Golden Gate Capital. He led Merrills
tech group from 2006 to 2008.
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A Credit Suisse spokesman confirmed the contents
of the memo, but declined further comment.
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Heres the memo Chris Gaertner Joins the
Technology GroupWe are pleased to announce that
Chris Gaertner will join Credit Suisse as a
Managing Director and Head of Global Corporate
Finance for the Technology Group, effective in
July. Chris will be based in San Francisco and
will report to us.
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Chris most recently was a Managing Director in
the Technology Group at Bank of America Merrill
Lynch. Chris joined Merrill Lynch in 2005 and was
Head of Merrills Technology Group from 2006 to
2008. He has client relationships with many of
the leading software, enterprise systems and
Internet companies in the technology industry,
including Adobe, Autodesk, BMC Software, eBay,
Hewlett Packard, IBM, Infor, Intuit, Microsoft,
Oracle, Rovi, SAP, Symantec, Active Network and
OpenTable. In 2011 Chris advised Autonomy on its
11bn sale to HP, Lawson Software on its 1.9bn
sale to Golden Gate Capital, Solera on its 520mn
acquisition of Explore Information and Ansys on
its 310mn acquisition of APACHE. Chris has his
CFA and received his M.B.A from The Wharton
School at the University of Pennsylvania, his
M.S.E.E. from Columbia and his B.S.E.E. from the
U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
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With the addition of Chris, we are gaining a
respected adviser to the technology industry who
will provide senior leadership and help shape the
coverage strategy and priorities for the Group
globally. Please join us in welcoming Chris to
Credit Suisse, and wishing him success in his new
role. Mark SimonianDavid Wah