Evercore announced that Bill Anderson has joined the Firm's Investment Banking business as a Senior Managing Director and Global Head of its Strategic Shareholder Advisory Business, including its activist and hostile defense practice. Mr. Anderson is based in New York and will focus on advising clients in connection with shareholder activism, raid defense, corporate governance issues, board advisory, shareholder reaction to transactions, and M&A across all sectors globally. Mr. Anderson also will meaningfully contribute to Evercore's successful special committee advisory practice.

Mr. Anderson was most recently a partner in the M&A Group of Goldman, Sachs & Co.