Eaton Partners Enhances North American Private Funds Distribution Team With Key West Coast Hires
May 23 2023 - 8:45AM
Eaton Partners, one of the largest placement agents and financial
advisory firms and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Stifel Financial
Corp. (NYSE: SF), today announced a significant enhancement of its
North American Private Funds Distribution effort with two key West
Coast hires.
Grant Saul and Louis Kleist have been named Directors,
responsible for leading the firm’s Private Funds sales and
origination efforts in the Western United States. Mr. Saul is based
in San Francisco while Mr. Kleist operates from Spokane,
Washington.
“Both Grant and Louis join Eaton Partners with extensive fund
placement experience and deep knowledge of the institutional
marketplace in the Western United States,” said Jeff Eaton, Global
Co-Head and Managing Director at Eaton Partners. “Their addition
signals our continued commitment to growing the Private Funds
Distribution team and strengthening our local market presence.”
Prior to joining Eaton Partners, Grant Saul, who has more than
two decades of relevant industry experience, was an Executive
Director on the Private Funds Advisory team at Moelis &
Company. In that role, he focused on distributing middle-market
offerings spanning buyouts, growth equity, alternative yield,
secondaries, and real asset strategies to institutional investors
across the Western region of the U.S. Previously, Mr. Saul spent 12
years at Hamilton Lane, where he most recently was a Principal for
Business Development in the Western Region.
Louis Kleist joins Eaton Partners from Credit Suisse, where he
was a Director and co-lead of the PFG origination and diligence
efforts. In this role, he was responsible for business development
and managing the pipeline of PFG opportunities across geography,
strategy, and size. Previously, he was Research Director of the
Global Private Markets team at DiMeo Scheneider & Associates,
and a Senior Research Analyst for Private Equity and Private
Capital at Verus. Mr. Kleist also worked at UBS for nine years in
multiple roles, including alternative investment product
development and management.
“The addition of Grant and Louis to the team is a testament to
our successful track record in providing best-in-class execution
and distribution services to leading LPs and GPs, as well as the
strength of our brand as one of the world’s leading placement
agents,” noted Christopher Maduri, Managing Director, North America
Private Funds Distribution, at Eaton Partners. “It’s important to
be close to clients and also to opportunities that make sense for
our platform. I look forward to working with Grant and Louis to
further expand our presence on the West Coast and beyond.”
About Eaton PartnersEaton Partners, a Stifel
Company, is one of the world’s largest capital placement agents and
fund advisory firms, having raised more than $130 billion for over
175 highly differentiated alternative investment funds and
offerings. Founded in 1983, Eaton advises and raises institutional
capital for investment managers across alternative strategies –
private equity, private credit, real assets, real estate, and hedge
funds/public market – in both the primary and secondary markets.
Eaton Partners maintains offices and operates throughout North
America, Europe, and Asia.
Eaton Partners is a division of Stifel, Nicolaus & Company,
Incorporated, Member SIPC and NYSE. Eaton Partners subsidiary Eaton
Partners (UK) LLP is authorized and regulated by the Financial
Conduct Authority (FCA). Eaton Partners subsidiary Stifel Hong Kong
Limited, doing business as Eaton Partners Hong Kong, is approved as
a Type 1-licensed company under the Securities and Futures
Commission (SFC) in Hong Kong. Eaton Partners and the Eaton
Partners logo are trademarks of Eaton Partners, LLC, a limited
liability company. ® Eaton Partners, 2023. For more information,
please visit https://eaton-partners.com/.
Stifel Company Information
Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF) is a financial services
holding company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, that conducts
its banking, securities, and financial services business through
several wholly owned subsidiaries. Stifel’s broker-dealer clients
are served in the United States through Stifel, Nicolaus &
Company, Incorporated, including its Eaton Partners business
division; Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.; Miller Buckfire &
Co., LLC; and Stifel Independent Advisors, LLC. The Company’s
broker-dealer affiliates provide securities brokerage, investment
banking, trading, investment advisory, and related financial
services to individual investors, professional money managers,
businesses, and municipalities. Stifel Bank and Stifel Bank &
Trust offer a full range of consumer and commercial lending
solutions. Stifel Trust Company, N.A. and Stifel Trust Company
Delaware, N.A. offer trust and related services. To learn more
about Stifel, please visit the Company’s website at www.stifel.com.
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