Evercore is headquartered in New York City and has 28 offices in 11 countries across North America, Europe, South America and Asia, with approximately 1,950 employees.[5]
Altman began his career in investment banking at Lehman Brothers, serving as general partner until 1977. After a role as assistant secretary of the U.S. Treasury until 1981, Altman returned to Lehman as co-head of global investment banking.[citation needed]
In 2009, Evercore advised Wyeth in the largest deal of the year. In 2010 the firm advised Genzyme in the largest healthcare deal of the year.[7]
In August 2011, the firm completed its acquisition of Lexicon Partners, an independent UK-based investment banking advisory firm.[8]
In October 2011, Evercore and Kotak Mahindra Capital Company Limited ("Kotak Investment Banking") (a subsidiary of Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited), announced that the two firms had entered into an exclusive strategic alliance for cross-border M&A advisory services between India and the United States, the United Kingdom, and Mexico.[8]
In November 2011, the firm announced that it had agreed to purchase a 45% non-controlling interest in ABS Investment Management, an institutionally focused equity long/short hedge fund of funds manager.[8]
In 2012, Evercore advised Kraft in the largest Consumer/Retail deal of the year, as well as TNK-BP in the largest Energy deal of the year.[9][10]
In 2013, Evercore advised Dell in the largest technology deal of the year.[11]
In April 2014, former Evercore banker Perkins Hixon pleaded guilty to insider trading in the securities of Evercore, Westway Group Inc. and Titanium Metals Corporation[12] from 2010 to 2013. He resigned from the company earlier in 2014.[13]
In August 2014, Evercore announced the acquisition of International Strategy & Investment ("ISI") Group for $440 million.[14][15] The deal was closed the following October to create Evercore ISI Institutional Equities, offering Macro and Fundamental Research, Sales, and Trading execution. In 2014, the firm secured the second highest number of Institutional Investor #1 positions, after J.P. Morgan, and also ranked No. 5 in total II positions.[16] The same year, Evercore advised AstraZeneca in its defense against Pfizer's hostile takeover.
Other M&A assignments include advising DuPont on its $68 billion merger of equals with The Dow Chemical Company to create DowDuPont;[17] Medivation on its sale to Pfizer Inc., and Abbott Laboratories on its $31 billion acquisition of St. Jude Medical in the two largest Healthcare transactions of 2016.[18] In addition, the company advised Qualcomm on its pending acquisition of NXP Semiconductors NV in the largest Technology transaction of that year. Evercore also advised Centurylink on its pending acquisition of Level 3 Communications Inc. in the largest Telecom transaction of 2016, and Tesla, Inc. on its $2 billion acquisition of SolarCity.[19]
Also in 2016, John S. Weinberg joined Evercore from Goldman Sachs as Chairman of the Board and Executive Chairman.[20]
In 2017, Evercore advised Coach, Inc. on its $2 billion acquisition of Kate Spade New York;[21]Whole Foods Market on its $14 billion sale to Amazon;[22]CVS on its acquisition of Aetna in the largest Healthcare deal of the year; and Qualcomm on its successful defense against Broadcom in the largest contested Technology deal ever.[23]