New York’s NewOak Capital recently announced the appointment of William Denton as managing director, head of client development for its integrated advisory, asset management, and capital markets businesses.Denton will be responsible for coordinating all client development efforts for advisory and capital markets areas of the firm. “Bill will make a great impact in leveraging NewOak Capital’s client reach to deepen and broaden our relationships globally,” said Ron D’Vari, CEO and co-founder of NewOak Capital. “We are fortunate to have Bill join the team.”

NewOak Capital’s president and co-founder, James Frischling, added, “Bill brings a tremendous amount of product knowledge, as well as client coverage to NewOak Capital and we’re thrilled to continue to be able to attract such experienced and successful professionals. Bill’s prowess in risk analysis for the banking, asset management, and insurance space will be a value-add for our clients as they continue to navigate through these difficult markets. Denton has over 28 years of global corporate and investment banking experience at leading U.S. and European banks, building relationships within the financial institutions industry. Prior to his hiring at NewOak Capital, Denton had been managing director at Credit Agricole, head of the financial institutions group at Calyon Securities Inc., and a member of the executive committee of Calyon Americas in New York. Previously he had a 20-year career at JP Morgan Chase. “We are very excited to increase our market penetration with financial institutions clients for our capital markets and advisory business,” commented Shad Quraishi, vice chairman and head of business development at NewOak Capital. “NewOak Capital has continually been able to hire the ‘best’ in class as a leading advisory/solutions provider in the distressed asset space.”