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DC Advisory is the trade name for the following entities and teams: Daiwa Corporate Advisory Limited, registered in England and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority; Daiwa Corporate Advisory LLC, a broker-dealer registered with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission and a FINRA member; Daiwa Corporate Advisory GmbH, registered in Germany; Daiwa Corporate Advisory Austria GmbH, registered in Austria; IBI Corporate Finance Holdings Limited, registered in Ireland; Daiwa Corporate Advisory S.R.L., registered in Italy, Daiwa Corporate Advisory SL, registered company in Spain, Daiwa Corporate Advisory GmbH Sp. z o.o. Oddział w Polsce, registered in Poland, and a branch office of Daiwa Corporate Advisory GmbH, Daiwa Corporate Advisory B.V., registered in the Netherlands, and Daiwa Corporate Advisory India Private Limited, registered in India, and a subsidiary of Daiwa Corporate Advisory LLC’s parent company, Daiwa Corporate Advisory Holdings Inc. (collectively, the “DC Advisory Group”) along with the M&A teams within Daiwa Securities Group Inc. across Asia.  

The entities listed above are also referred to by the following respective trade names corresponding to their respective countries of origin: 

DC Advisory UK, DC Advisory US, DC Advisory Germany, DC Advisory Italy, DC Advisory Netherlands, DC Advisory Spain, DC Advisory Poland, DC Advisory India, DC Advisory Ireland (IBI Corporate Finance), and DC Advisory Austria  

DC Advisory US was formed in 2018 by combining Sagent Advisors and Signal Hill. 

Daiwa Corporate Advisory European Holdings Limited, which is the parent company of the DC Advisory Group entities located in the UK and Europe, acquired IBI Corporate Finance in 2023.

Daiwa Securities Group Inc. is the common owner of the DC Advisory Group. 

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