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Jonathan Knee is a Senior Managing Director of the firm’s corporate advisory business.
Prior to joining Evercore, Mr. Knee was a Managing Director and Co-head of Morgan Stanley's Media Group. He was previously Publishing Sector Head in the Communications, Media and Entertainment Group at Goldman Sachs. Prior to becoming an investment banker, Mr. Knee was Director of International Affairs at United Airlines and served as Adjunct Professor of Law at Northwestern University.
In recent notable transactions, Mr. Knee was involved in The Hearst Corporation’s investment in FitchRatings, the recapitalization of Freedom Communications, the purchase of CBS MarketWatch by Dow Jones, NTL’s acquisition of Telewest, the purchase of Sprint's directories by R.H. Donnelley, the stock merger of Instinet with Island, the purchase by Thomson of Primark, the purchase of Harcourt General by Reed Elsevier as well as the sale of VNU to the private equity consortia, J.D. Power and Associates to The McGraw-Hill Companies, Times Mirror to Tribune, Nielsen Media Research to VNU, World Color Press to Quebecor and Simon & Schuster to Pearson. Other transactions include the initial sale, subsequent IPO and two subsequent resales of Petersen Publishing and the IPO of BSkyB.
Mr. Knee is currently an Adjunct Professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business where he teaches Media Mergers and Acquisitions and Media Strategy and serves as the Director of the Media Program. Mr. Knee currently serves on the Board of Directors of Art Connection, Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York, National Women’s Law Center, New Alternatives for Children and the Yale Law School Fund. Mr. Knee received a J.D. from Yale University, an M.B.A. from Stanford University, an M.Sc. from Trinity College Dublin and a B.A. from Boston University | 