Ducera Hires Greenhill’s Grubb to Open San Francisco Office

Ducera Partners, a boutique bank known for its work on distressed situations, has hired investment banker Christopher Grubb from Greenhill & Co. to lead its mergers and acquisitions business and open a San Francisco office.

New York-based Ducera has appointed Grubb as a partner, according to a statement Tuesday. Grubb most recently served as head of M&A and restructuring for the Western region for Greenhill. He had also been a co-head of US M&A and had been chief financial officer at the firm for four years, the statement showed.

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