Evercore (NYSE: EVR) announced today that Richard Hoyle has joined the firm as a Senior Managing Director in its Information and Media practice. Based in London, he will work alongside team members Jason Sobol, Nathan Graf and Jonathan Knee.

Mr. Hoyle was previously global co-head of information services and head of U.K. TMT at Lazard. He has over 25 years of advisory experience, particularly around information services, marketing services, financial market platforms and related software.

“We are thrilled to have Richard join our team in London to help accelerate the globalization of our advisory efforts with a focus on this fast-growing sector,” said Matthew Lindsey-Clark, Head of European Advisory.

Jason Sobol, Co-Head of U.S. Advisory, said, “In addition to helping the Information and Media team gain more global reach, Richard’s M&A experience combined with his expertise in TMT will help the team gain more depth, particularly around vertical data and information, media, marketing and advertising services.”

Mr. Hoyle said, “I have worked opposite and alongside the Evercore team for many years and know them to be the smartest and most experienced sector team in the global market. I am honored to be establishing Evercore’s Information and Media presence in Europe and I look forward to collaborating across the firm to deliver extraordinary results for our clients for years to come.”

Mr. Hoyle graduated with first-class honors in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Pembroke College, Oxford University.

About Evercore

Evercore (NYSE: EVR) is a premier global independent investment banking advisory firm. We are dedicated to helping our clients achieve superior results through trusted independent and innovative advice on matters of strategic significance to boards of directors, management teams and shareholders, including mergers and acquisitions, strategic shareholder advisory, restructurings and capital structure. Evercore also assists clients in raising public and private capital and delivers equity research and equity sales and agency trading execution, in addition to providing wealth and investment management services to high-net-worth and institutional investors. Founded in 1995, the firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices and affiliate offices in major financial centers in North America, Europe, South America, the Middle East and Asia. For more information, please visit www.evercore.com.

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