Guggenheim Securities Hires Laurie Coben to Expand Power and Utilities Investment Banking Practice

Guggenheim Securities, the investment banking and capital markets division of Guggenheim Partners, announced today that Laurie Coben will join the firm as a Senior Managing Director in the Power and Utilities Investment Banking group.

NEW YORK, NY – Guggenheim Securities, the investment banking and capital markets division of Guggenheim Partners, announced today that Laurie Coben will join the firm as a Senior Managing Director in the Power and Utilities Investment Banking group.  Ms. Coben will commence work at Guggenheim this week.

Ms. Coben brings more than three decades of investment banking experience in the power and utilities sector to Guggenheim Securities. Ms. Coben joins Guggenheim from Evercore, where she most recently served as a Senior Managing Director in Power and Utilities Investment Banking. Prior to Evercore, Ms. Coben served in a number of leadership roles at Merrill Lynch and Bank of America Merrill Lynch, including as Co-Head of Energy & Power Investment Banking.  Ms. Coben began her investment banking career as a member of the M&A group at Salomon Brothers.  

“We are excited to welcome a banker of Laurie’s caliber to our firm,” said Mark Van Lith, Co-CEO of Guggenheim Securities and Head of Investment Banking. “Laurie is an investment banking luminary with an extensive track record as a trusted advisor to CEOs and Boards of Directors in the power and utilities sector. Laurie’s long-standing relationships and deep industry knowledge will be highly additive to our leading power and utilities franchise. We look forward to her continued success at Guggenheim.”

Ms. Coben earned her M.B.A from Harvard University and B.A. in history and economics from Colgate University. She will be based in Guggenheim’s New York office.

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¹Assets under management are as of 3.31.2020 and include consulting services for clients whose assets are valued at approximately $69bn.