ST. LOUIS – RubinBrown LLP has created a wholly-owned, investment banking entity, RubinBrown Corporate Finance, LLC, a client focused investment bank.

This entity will provide a full range of traditional investment banking services to new and existing clients including strategic advisory services related to growth or liquidity, mergers & acquisitions, divestitures, private capital raising, and valuation.

By creating this new entity, RubinBrown aims to establish long-term relationships with clients that will in turn create value for their stakeholders, families and founders.  

“The creation of RubinBrown Corporate Finance, LLC, as a client focused investment bank, reflects our firm’s commitment to providing superior quality and service to our clients,” said John Herber, Chairman of RubinBrown LLP. “RubinBrown Corporate Finance, LLC will allow us to continue to serve as our clients’ trusted advisors and ultimately assisting in achieving their vision for the business, whether that’s a liquidity event or executing a growth strategy.”

“Our goal with RubinBrown Corporate Finance, LLC is to serve our clients throughout the entire lifecycle of their business,” said Ben Barnes, CEO and Managing Director of RubinBrown Corporate Finance, LLC. “We are a client focused investment bank, meaning our goal is to always serve our clients’ best interests, not our own. We are focused on helping our clients monetize their life’s work.”  

RubinBrown Corporate Finance, LLC recently hired Bill Conway as Managing Director to run the everyday operations of the group, alongside Barnes.

Bill Conway has advised clients on mergers & acquisitions, capital raising and strategic advisory transactions totaling over $3.5 billion. He has over 28 years of investment banking experience previously serving as managing director, shareholder, and principal at nationally recognized investment banks. Bill has advised clients on transactions across a wide variety of industries including healthcare, manufacturing & distribution, and telecommunications, power and infrastructure, serving as a key advisor to families and founders in realizing their strategic objectives. He is a frequent speaker at numerous industry seminars and forums, and is an adjunct professor at Rockhurst University, Helzberg School of Management. Bill has an M.B.A. from Rockhurst University.

“I am looking forward to working with the incredible team at RubinBrown Corporate Finance, LLC,” said Conway. “Our team’s priority is client focused investment banking, meaning serving the best interest of our clients will always be our top priority.”

RubinBrown Corporate Finance, LLC is a registered broker-dealer and a member of FINRA (www.finra.org) and SIPC (www.sipc.org).

Published: 09/19/2023