Security & Safety Investment Banking

Standing on the strength of our ideas and strategies.

The Raymond James Security & Safety Investment Banking team is among the most experienced and active in the industry. As the first major investment bank to focus on the industry, Raymond James has built a dedicated team of investment bankers and research analysts. The team’s extensive experience and network of relationships allows it to provide a full range of highly customized capital raising and M&A solutions to clients around the world. Our coverage of the industry is broad, ranging from companies engaged in residential security, automation technologies, commercial security and homeland security. These attributes have resulted in an impressive track record of transactions, including some of the largest and most highly valued transactions in the history of the industry.

Security & Safety Subsector Expertise

  • Access Control
  • Authentication & Identification
  • CBRNE
  • Connected Home
  • Fire & Life Safety
  • Guarding
  • Industrial Automation
  • PERS / Telehealth
  • Physical Security
  • Public Safety Technology
  • Risk Mitigation
  • Safety Products
  • Security Monitoring
  • Systems Integration
  • Track & Trace
  • Video Surveillance

Senior Banking Team

Alper Cetingok
Alper Cetingok
Head of Diversified Industrials
Memphis
   
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John Mack
John Mack III
Managing Director
Los Angeles
   
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Sherif Abdel-Aziz
Sherif Abdel-Aziz
Managing Director
Munich
   
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Maxim Tsolov
Managing Director
Chicago
   
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Nathan Ritterband
Director
St. Petersburg
   
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Navid Hourfar
Navid Hourfar
Vice President
Munich
   
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Transaction History

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

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