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Michael Young
Managing Director
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Financial Institutions Group
We provide investment banking, research, sales and trading, asset and wealth management, public finance, insurance, private capital, and family office services.
We are a family-owned financial services firm that values client relationships, long-term stability, and supporting the communities where we live and work.
The idea of family defines our culture, because each of us knows that our reputation is on the line as if our own name was on the door.
Our reputation as a leading independent financial services firm is built on the stability of our longstanding and highly experienced senior executives.
We are committed to corporate philanthropy; economic and financial literacy advocacy; and diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
Stephens is proud to sponsor the PGA TOUR, LPGA Tour, and PGA TOUR Champions careers, as well as applaud the philanthropic endeavors, of our Brand Ambassadors.
Stephens is the official investment banking partner of Williams Racing, one of the most winning teams in F1 history. We share that tradition of success.
We host many highly informative meetings each year with clients, industry decision makers, and thought leaders across the U.S. and in Europe.
Managing Director
Michael is a Managing Director in Stephens' London office in the Financial Services Group, with a particular focus on the challenger or specialist bank and non-bank finance sector. He has over 15 years’ corporate finance experience, advising a range of private and public clients on national and cross-border transactions including mergers, acquisitions, disposals and IPOs.
Prior to joining Stephens in 2020, Michael spent 15 years at Lazard in London. Illustrative transaction experience includes various disposals for Barclays and RBS, the sales of Cazenove, NewDay and Vocalink, the IPO and subsequent sale of Aldermore and the IPO of Nordax.
Michael holds a BSc in Economics & Finance from the University of York.