Moelis and Richard Orders join hands

Independent investment bank Moelis Company has acquired Asia Pacific Advisers APA, a financial advisory firm founded by former ABN AMRORoyal Bank of Scotland banker Richard Orders. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Moelis provides financial advisory, capital raising and asset management services to clients, which include corporations, institutions and governments. It has around 470 employees across offices in New York, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Dubai, London, and Sydney. Moelis is 90% owned by its partners.

Ken Moelis started Moelis in 2007 and since then the New York-headquartered firm has worked with clients such as Anheuser-Busch, Yahoo, the Government of Dubai and others....