Boutique firms that are active in the space. Most bulge bracket firms will have a dedicated energy practice.
Simmons & Company
Founded in 1974. One of the largest investment banking practices serving the energy industry. During 2009 Simmons closed 19 M&A transactions worth $2 billion and co-managed 8 offerings worth nearly $1 billion.
Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co., LLC
Relatively new firm started by former Goldman, Sachs bankers offering capital markets and advisory services.
Johnson Rice & Company LLC
Founded in 1987. New Orleans energy banking firm.
Morgan Keegan
Founded in 1969 in Memphis, Tennessee, Morgan Keegan & Company is today one of the nation's largest regional investment firms offering full-service investment banking, securities brokerage, wealth and asset management. 300 offices in 19 states and more than 4,400 employees, $135 billion in assets.
Baird
Baird is an employee-owned wealth management, capital markets, asset management and private equity firm with client assets of more than $78 billion.
Howard Weil
Well established energy investment boutique that provides equity research, institutional sales and trading, and investment banking services.
Energy Spectrum Advisors
Small, young firm focused on oil & gas property sales, private capital placement and advisory services to upstream oil and gas companies.
Private Equity
Kayne Capital
Well known alternative investment group in energy space. Manages $9.9 billion.
Quantum E&P
With more than $5.7 billion in assets under management, Quantum targets investment opportunities between $100 and $400 million with proven management teams that possess a clear vision and whose companies have sustainable competitive advantages within well-defined segments of or strategies in the energy industry.
