Centerview Partners, an independent investment banking and advisory firm, has named Kenneth T. Berliner a partner in its New York office. Berliner brings over 30 years of investment banking experience to Centerview with industry leading expertise in retail and apparel, e-Commerce, consumer products and healthcare services.

At Centerview, Berliner will be responsible for the firm’s retail and apparel and e-Commerce activities and source and execute assignments across the firm’s other industry sectors. He will continue to advise clients on mergers and acquisitions, divestures, defense and special committee assignments, restructurings, leveraged investment transactions and general corporate strategic matters.

Berliner joins Centerview after spending 23 years with Peter J. Solomon Company, where he was president. Prior to PJSC, he worked in the Mergers and Acquisitions and Leveraged Buyout Groups at Salomon Brothers and Bank of America.

Robert Pruzan, co-founder of Centerview, said, “Ken is among the most senior bankers in the industry with a broad skill set serving clients in transactional and non-transactional matters. His experience will help us in all areas of our business. We are delighted that he is joining our firm.”

Centerview Partners, with offices in London, Los Angeles and San Francisco, operates an international investment banking advisory practice specializing in independent advice