Veteran dealmaker Przygoda launches boutique investment bank

By David French

NEW YORK, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Alejandro Przygoda, a veteran dealmaker who built his career on advising insurance and other financial companies, is launching his own boutique investment bank, according to a statement on Wednesday.

Przygoda has spent more than three decades in investment banking, most recently as co-head of global investment banking and global head of the financial institutions group (FIG) at Jefferies Financial Group JEF.N.

His new firm, Przygoda & Co (PRZ), will be based in New York City and provide strategic advice to companies and investment firms on matters including mergers and acquisitions, shareholder activism and capital raisings, according to the statement.

"The differentiating factor is providing trusted advice, which is conflict-free, independent, tailor-made, and delivered with the benefit of significant experience," said Przygoda in an interview.

Przygoda left in May after nearly four years at Jefferies, having spent more than a decade prior as global head of FIG at Credit Suisse. His career has also included stints at UBS UBSG.S and Greenhill, according to his LinkedIn profile.

Joining Przygoda at PRZ's launch is Christian Reber, who will act as strategic adviser to the new bank, the statement said. Reber most recently led the global and European commercial insurance and reinsurance business at Boston Consulting.