ROTH MKM announced that Gil Ottensoser will be joining the firm as managing director and head of SPAC Investment Banking. In addition to Gil, ROTH MKM recently hired Anthony Mazzurco, managing director, senior SPAC trader.
The addition of these SPAC-focused professionals will strengthen and enhance ROTH MKM’s existing banking and trading capabilities for institutional and corporate clients beyond SPACs, including IPOs, Follow-on Offerings, M&A Advisory, Research, Corporate Access, ATMs, Private Placement and Debt/Convertibles Offerings, the firm said in a press release.
Ottensoser has a long history with SPACs and is well-known within the SPAC banking community. The firm he co-founded, Legend Merchant Group, was one of the more prolific SPAC underwriters and market participants. After Legend Merchant Group, he then went on to Deutsche Bank, where he was managing director, Head of SPAC Sales and Distribution. Most recently, Ottensoser led BTIG’s SPAC effort, as head of SPAC Banking and Capital Markets.
Mazzurco brings over 25 years of trading experience, most recently with BTIG, where he was a managing director responsible for building out their SPAC desk. His prior firms include GMP Securities and Bear Stearns Securities. Read more.
