Omar Jaffrey has joined New York-based boutique investment bank TAP Advisors as a vice chairman. Jaffrey joins TAP from UBS where he was managing director of global telecom, media and technology investment banking as well as co-head of the Americas…
Omar Jaffrey has joined New York-based boutique investment bank TAP Advisors as a vice chairman. Jaffrey joins TAP from UBS where he was managing director of global telecom, media and technology investment banking as well as co-head of the Americas special situations group.
During his tenure at UBS, Jaffrey worked on a number of high profile satellite deals including Loral’s acquisition of Telesat, Liberty Media’s investment in SiriusXM, the US$1.2bn of financing raised by O3b Networks and the US$2.5bn of capital raised by LightSquared.
Prior to UBS, Jaffrey held similar positions at Bear Stearns, Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch.
Karim Tabet, a founding partner at TAP, commented: “We worked with Omar for over six years at UBS and we are delighted to be working with him again. Omar’s deep global experience advising a broad range of companies in special situation fund raising and transactions will be extremely valuable to our clients as we continue to provide them with the knowledge, expertise and judgment they need.”
