Mizuho Financial Group is hiring more bankers to capitalize on its recent acquisition of Greenhill and benefit from a gradual recovery in mergers and acquisitions.
The Tokyo-headquartered bank has recruited dealmakers from bulge bracket competitors for its leverage financing business, and is hiring more across verticals including financial institutions, healthcare and infrastructure, said Michal Katz, head of corporate and investment banking in America, in an interview.
“We’ve definitely seen an uptick in M&A, private equity LBOs, and also some inflows into the IPO markets,” Katz said. Still, “activity has not developed as expected” in 2024, with most of it heavily concentrated in megadeals, especially in energy, technology and financial services, she said.
