By Milana Vinn
-Moelis has hired veteran technology banker Timothy Roepke from Jefferies as the boutique investment bank continues to expand its technology M&A franchise, according to people familiar with the matter.
Moelis and Jefferies declined to comment.
Roepke is expected to start at Moelis in early 2026 and will report to Moelis’ Global Head of Technology Investment Banking Jason Auerbach, the sources said.
Roepke joined Jefferies as a managing director in 2017 with a focus on software and services. At Jefferies, some of his notable deals included the $10 billion sale of QTS Realty Trust to Blackstone, the sale of cybersecurity software provider A-Lign to Hg, and an acquisition of cloud provider Couchbase by Haveli Investments.
Moelis has doubled the size of its technology investment banking franchise since it appointed Auerbach as the global head of tech investment banking in 2023 and hired 10 managing directors to focus on different areas of technology M&A.
Moelis recently advised Core Scientific on its all-stock sale to Coreweave in July; Acumatika, a portfolio company of EQT AB, on its sale to Vista Equity Partners in May, and Neogov, a portfolio company of Warburg Pincus and Carlyle Group, on its sale to EQT AB and CPP Investments in July.
Moelis announced on Wednesday that it advised Park Place Technologies, a portfolio company of Charlesbank Capital Partners and GTCR, on its sale to Warburg Pincus.
Ken Moelis is stepping down as CEO of his namesake investment bank. He co-founded Moelis & Co. in 2007 with longtime partner Navid Mahmoodzadegan, who will take the helm, and Co-President Jeffrey Raich. Moelis will become executive chair on October 1.
In May, Reuters reported that Jefferies had lured away four of Guggenheim Partners’ senior-most technology bankers on the West Coast, citing sources familiar with the matter.
(Reporting by Milana Vinn in New York; Editing by Dawn Kopecki, Alexandra Hudson)
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