PJC Piper Jaffray Companies

MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Piper Jaffray has expanded its financial restructuring team with the addition of David Sweig to the firm's Chicago office. Sweig, a managing director, joins the six-person financial restructuring team in New York. "We are pleased to have David join our restructuring team as we continue to expand our capabilities and the breadth of our service offering," said Joseph Radecki, head of Restructuring at Piper Jaffray. "In addition to David's significant experience working with clients on financial restructurings, his background in retail and consumer products will leverage the outstanding Piper Jaffray franchise in these industry segments. We look forward to adding his knowledge and capabilities to our team and providing our clients additional expertise." Sweig joins the firm with more than 17 years of experience advising clients on financial restructurings. Most recently, he worked at Giuliani Capital Advisors LLC in Chicago, where he was a managing director focused on financial restructurings. During his career, Sweig has worked with companies such as ANC Rental, Boston Market, Chart Industries, EaglePicher Holdings, Fruit of the Loom, Kmart Corp., Revlon, Salton and Southern States Cooperative. Sweig earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Tufts University in Medford, Mass., and a master's degree in management from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Business at Northwestern University in Chicago. About Piper Jaffray Piper Jaffray Companies is a leading, international middle market investment bank and institutional securities firm, serving the needs of middle market corporations, private equity groups, public entities, nonprofit clients and institutional investors. Founded in 1895, Piper Jaffray provides a comprehensive set of products and services, including equity and debt capital markets products; public finance services; mergers and acquisitions advisory services; high-yield and structured products; institutional equity and fixed- income sales and trading; and equity and high-yield research. With headquarters in Minneapolis, Piper Jaffray has 25 offices across the United States and international locations in London, Madrid and Shanghai. The firm's UK operating subsidiary, Piper Jaffray Ltd., is authorized and regulated by the Financial Services Authority and is a member of the London Stock Exchange. Piper Jaffray & Co. is the firm's principal operating subsidiary. (NYSE:PJC) (http://www.piperjaffray.com/ ) Since 1895. Member SIPC and NYSE. DATASOURCE: Piper Jaffray Companies CONTACT: Susan Beatty of Piper Jaffray & Co., +1-612-303-5680 Web site: http://www.piperjaffray.com/

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