Anthony Fry will join from Lehman Brothers, where he was head of UK Investment Banking and chairman of the Media Group and subsequently senior advisor. During his three years at Lehman Brothers, he established Lehman as a significant force in both investment banking, leading the successful defenses of The London Stock Exchange, and corporate broking, notably on behalf of Lloyds TSB.

Bernard Taylor, vice chairman of Evercore Partners and chief executive of Evercore Partners Limited, said: I am delighted to welcome Anthony to Evercore. Anthony will bring new relationships to the firm as well as more client and transactional experience to the business in Europe and his appointment caps what has been a very successful year for us. Evercore’s advisory business in Europe remains focused on providing the highest quality advice to clients and is able to recruit top quality individuals to the firm.