Evercore Inc., formerly known as Evercore Partners, is a global independent investment banking advisory firm founded in 1995 by Roger Altman, David Offensend, and Austin Beutner. The firm has advised on over $4.7 trillion of merger, acquisition, and restructuring transactions since its founding. Evercore is widely considered one of the most prestigious and elite investment banking advisory firms. Evercore's Investment Banking business advises its clients on mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings, financings, public offerings, private placements and other strategic transactions and also provides institutional investors with macro and fundamental equity research, sales and trading execution through Evercore ISI. Evercore's Investment Management business comprises wealth management, institutional asset management and private equity investing. Evercore is headquartered in New York City and serves clients from 28 offices in 11 countries across North America, Europe, South America and Asia, with approximately 1,950 employees globally. Wikipedia