Transportation Investment Banking

Using industry-leading insight to make crucial connections for clients.

For more than 20 years, Raymond James has had one of the leading transportation practices in the investment banking industry. The group employs a knowledge-driven approach to the aviation, logistics, trucking, rail, maritime, transportation leasing and infrastructure sectors. Our group has bankers based in North America and Europe with significant cross-border M&A and capital raising experience, giving us a uniquely global perspective on and access to global clients in the transportation sector. Our efforts are complemented by the firm’s award-winning transportation research team which covers more than 35 public companies in these same sectors, seeking out new sources of industry data to drive better decision-making. Our investment bankers have handled more than 200 completed equity, debt, M&A and restructuring transactions and have formed deep ties with senior executives and private equity firms while showing an understanding of the business challenges and opportunities that clients’ companies face. Our focused, effective business model and our understanding of these sectors have contributed to our track record of success.

Transportation Subsector Expertise

  • Airlines
  • Aviation Services
  • Aerospace
  • Trucking
  • Logistics
  • Rail
  • Maritime
  • Public Transportation
  • Equipment Manufacturing
  • Leasing
  • Transportation Technology and Services
  • Infrastructure

Senior Banking Team

Chip Grayson
Managing Director
Memphis
   
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David Fowkes
David Fowkes
Managing Director
Houston
   
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Alexander Setness
Managing Director
New York
   
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Crutcher Reiss
Crutcher Reiss
Director
St. Petersburg
   
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Forrest Baty
Vice President
Memphis
   
Turner Fisher
Vice President
Memphis
   
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Transaction History

Transaction history may include a transaction completed by a Raymond James banker while at a former firm.

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