Perella Weinberg will open a new office in Los Angeles led by Christopher S. Mead, who joined the firm as a partner in the Advisory business.

Mead will be responsible for expanding the firm’s client coverage in the Western U.S.

Mead has more than 20 years of experience providing strategic and financing advisory services, including mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations, and equity, equity-linked, debt and preferred capital raising. He joins from Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where he was most recently a managing director in the Global Industrials Group of the Investment Banking division. He was responsible for coverage of engineering and construction companies globally, as well as a broad range of industrial companies in the Western U.S.

Peter Weinberg, founding partner and head of Advisory at Perella Weinberg, said, “Today’s announcement demonstrates our continued commitment to having resources and professionals in the regions where our clients are located. Chris is an experienced banker with deep knowledge of, and extensive relationships in, the region. His experience and relationships will be invaluable to the Firm and our clients as we enhance our presence in key industry verticals and expand our presence in this important market.”