RHK Capital named Jim Stearns to its investment banking and capital markets team as senior managing director.

Stearns comes to RHK Capital with more than 42 years of investment banking and advisory experience. He spent the last 23 years of his career as a managing director and partner of Roth Capital Partners, where he initiated and managed corporate finance activities, first in the Pacific Northwest and then later initiated the firm’s national Industrials Group.

He initiated and led the firm’s domestic and international OTCQX initiatives and executed a wide variety of transactions, including M&A advisory, initial public offerings, follow on offerings and corporate debt.

“Jim’s 40 plus years of investment banking wisdom impress all who know him. RHK Capital’s investment banking team will be much stronger with Jim Stearns on board,” said David Walters, West Coast president and co-head of Capital Markets. “We couldn’t be prouder of the investment banking team that we are assembling here at RHK Capital.”

Advisory Group Equity Services (dba RHK Capital) was founded in 1984. RHK Capital is a boutique investment banking firm specializing in small to medium-sized transactions. In addition to investment banking, RHK has grown to include businesses in general securities, emerging market securities, distressed and high yield debt securities, investment management, mortgages and business lending.