Top Boutique Investment Banks

Below you will find a list of the largest boutique investment banks in the United States and worldwide.

  • Centerview Partners is one of the leading investment banking firms. It is headquartered in New York with additional offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Palo Alto and London.
  • Evercore Inc (formerly known as Evercore Partners) is a global boutique investment bank with around 2,000 employees and more than $5 trillion of M&A and restructuring transactions. It has a presence in 12 countries.
  • Financial Technology Partners (FT Partners), based in San Francisco, is a boutique investment bank that specializes exclusively in the fintech sector.
  • Qatalyst Partners, based in San Francisco, is a global and independent elite boutique investment bank with over $700 billion in transaction volume. It is a tech-focused boutique specializing in mergers and acquisitions.
  • Guggenheim Partners is a global investment banking firm with over 2,100 professionals and assets under management of more than $300 billion as of January 2024.
  • Lazard Ltd, headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda, is one of the leading investment banks with locations in over 40 cities around the world. Lazard’s shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol LAZ, with a market capitalization of $3.7 billion as of March 1, 2024.
  • Allen & Company LLC (Allen & Co.) is a family-run boutique financial adviser. It was established in 1922 and is headquartered in New York City.
  • Greenhill & Co is a leading boutique investment bank and advisory firm. It was founded by M&A veteran Robert Greenhill in 1996. The company was acquired by Japanese bank holding company Mizuho Financial Group in 2023.
  • LionTree is a prestigious investment and merchant banking boutique with more than $750 billion in total transaction value.
  • PJT Partners Inc, based in New York, is a leading advisory-focused elite boutique investment bank. PJT Partners was previously a M&A advisory arm of Blackstone Group.
  • Moelis & Company is an independent investment bank with global headquarters in New York and 23 offices worldwide. The company employs about 1,100 people.
  • Houlihan Lokey Inc is an American advisory-focused investment bank headquartered in Los Angeles, California. It is No. 1 Investment Bank for All Global M&A Transactions, the No. 1 global investment banking restructuring advisor and the No. 1 global M&A fairness opinion advisor.
  • Seabury Capital is boutique-style investment bank and management consulting firm specializing in structured finance.
  • Perella Weinberg Partners (Nasdaq: PWP) is the investment banking boutique offering advisory and asset management products to institutions, corporations, sovereign wealth funds and governments. The company has offices in New York, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Austin, Denver, Paris, Abu Dhabi and Munich, among others.
  • Rothschild & Co, established in 1810, is a global elite boutique investment bank.
  • Robey Warshaw LLP, founded in 2013, is a boutique advisory firm headquartered in London, UK.
  • Piper Sandler Companies, headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is one of the leading independent investment banks. The company’s shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange.

Last updated November 1, 2024