Rothschild & Co hires Antoine de Guillenchmidt

Rothschild & Co is pleased to announce that Antoine de Guillenchmidt will join its Equity Markets Solutions business within Global Advisory, effective 20 January 2025.

Mr Guillenchmidt will play a key role strengthening and further enhancing the firm’s innovative approach to building its global equities business, as well as its innovative approach to addressing capital requirements for both listed and unlisted clients.

Mr Guillenchmidt brings over 20 years of investment banking and advisory experience to Rothschild & Co. He joins from Goldman Sachs where he was co-head of EMEA equity capital markets, responsible for driving origination and execution across equity and structured equity offerings, and involved in wide-ranging corporate and acquisition finance advisory assignments.

“The addition of Antoine demonstrates our continued commitment to building our global equities business,” said Robert Leitão, Managing Partner of Rothschild & Co. “Antoine is a highly regarded capital markets banker, and his experience and expertise will be highly valuable to our clients and our business. We are delighted to welcome him to the firm.” 

Antoine de Guillenchmidt said: “Rothschild & Co is an outstanding institution with a proud history, strong values and an ambitious global agenda. I am excited to partner with an extraordinarily talented team to drive forward the innovative approach which the firm is adopting to address capital requirements for both private and public clients and owners.”

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For further information:

Global Advisory, Rothschild & Co

Kim Nicholson
Tel: +44 20 7280 5422
kim.nicholson@rothschildandco.com

Brunswick Group

Ed Brown
Tel: +44 7823 527181
ebrown@brunswickgroup.com

About Rothschild & Co, Global Advisory

Rothschild & Co is a family-controlled and independent group and has been at the centre of the world's financial markets for over 200 years. With a team of c.4,200 talented financial services specialists on the ground in over 40 countries, Rothschild & Co's integrated global network of trusted professionals provide in-depth market intelligence and effective long-term solutions for our clients in Global Advisory, Wealth & Asset Management, and Five Arrows, its alternative assets arm.

Global Advisory, a division of the Rothschild & Co group, designs and executes strategic M&A and financing solutions, providing impartial, expert advice to large and mid-sized corporations, private equity, families and entrepreneurs, and governments.

Through its unrivalled network of 1,400 industry and financing specialists in 47 countries, Rothschild & Co's Global Advisory business combines the breadth of its advisory offering with a high volume of transactions to achieve a unique understanding and perspective into markets and participants worldwide.

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