Prior to joining Morgan Keegan, Ladeveze was an investment banker with Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Ladeveze spent three and a half years with Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Global Energy and Power Investment Banking Group, where he executed mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and financing transactions totaling more than $7bn.

Prior to starting his career in investment banking, Ladeveze served five years in the US army as a field artillery officer.

In February 2003, he was deployed to Iraq and served a year-long combat tour in support of operation Iraqi Freedom.

Morgan Keegan Energy Investment Banking provides a full range of advisory and capital raising services for exploration and production as well as energy service and equipment companies.