SMBC taps Adams, Burke as heads of high yield, leveraged finance

By Marisa Wong

Los Angeles, Feb. 5 – Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp., Americas division announced the appointment of Clarke Adams as head of high-yield capital markets and Matt Burke as head of leveraged finance origination. Additionally, Clarke joins Miguel Roman as co-head of leveraged capital markets.

Managing directors based in New York, Adams and Burke will continue to grow SMBC Americas’ capabilities across the origination, underwriting, structuring and distribution of leveraged loans and high-yield bonds for corporate and financial sponsor issuers, according to a press release.

“[Adams and Burke] bring extensive relationships with a range of large-cap sponsors and corporations,” Hirofumi Otsuka, chief executive officer, SMBC Americas, said in the release.

“In addition, they will significantly enhance our ability to help our clients in APAC and EMEA access the U.S. leveraged capital markets.”

Adams joins SMBC from Morgan Stanley, where he was most recently head of high-yield bond and loan syndicate for North America. Previously, he held senior roles across high-yield capital markets and sponsor coverage at Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse.

Burke brings experience across leveraged finance, corporate and investment banking and financial advisory. He joins SMBC from Citigroup, where he most recently led industrials leveraged finance.

SMBC is a Tokyo-based financial group.

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