William Ortner to join UBS as Managing Director and Co-Head OF Structured Equity Capital Markets, Americas

UBS Investment Bank announced today that William Ortner will join the firm's Investment Banking Department as a Managing Director in Equity Capital Markets, where he will co-head Structured Equity Capital Markets for the Americas. He will be based in New York and report to Mary Ann Deignan, Head of Equity Capital Markets for the Americas.

Prior to joining UBS, Ortner, 42, headed Structured Finance at Structured Investment Management, a New York-based mutual fund advisor. Previously, he was at Barclays Capital, where he headed Equity-Linked Capital Markets for the Americas. Before joining Barclays, he was a Managing Director at Citigroup responsible for corporate equity derivatives. Earlier in his career, Ortner was an associate in the corporate department of the law firm Shearman & Sterling.

"We are seeing strong growth in the number of companies raising capital through equity transactions and expect that to increase even further in 2010,” said Deignan. "Bill’s combination of experience and skill in helping companies achieve their equity objectives using derivatives and other structured products, will be of great benefit to our growing client base."

Ortner holds a JD from Boston University School of Law and a BA from Tufts University.




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