Larry Grafstein

Larry Grafstein (born Laurence S. Grafstein^[1]) is an American investment banker and Mergers and Acquisitions advisor, currently the Deputy Chairman of the Global Investment Bank at RBC Capital Markets.^[2][3][4][5]

Larry Grafstein is the son of former Canadian senator Jerry Grafstein and Carole Grafstein, a member of the Order of Canada.^[3][6] He graduated from Harvard University with Bachelor of Arts in 1982 where he was Executive Editor of The Harvard Crimson.^[7][8]

He received his M.Phil degree from University of Oxford at Balliol, where he was a Rhodes Scholar and president of the Oxford Union.^[9][10] He received his Juris Doctor from University of Torronto Faculty of Law in 1988.^[11][3]

Grafstein began his Wall Street career at Wasserstein Perella & Co. in 1990.^[12] In 2001, he became the Managing Director and Co-head of Technology, Media and Telecommunications at the investment bank, Lazard Ltd.^[13][14][15] In March 2009, Grafstein helped lead the group that bought The New Republic magazine, together with its longtime editor Martin Peretz, from CanWest Communications.^[16][17] He also chaired The New Republic’s Advisory Board until its subsequent sale to Facebook co-founder, Chris Hughes in 2012.^{[18][19][20][21][22]}

Later in 2009, Grafstein joined Rothschild & Co. in New York as a Managing Director and Co-head of M&A.^[23][24][25] In September 2012, he left Rothschild & Co and joined Swiss financial services company, UBS Group AG as Co-head of M&A in the Americas.^[26][27][28] He worked at UBS as the co-head of M&A in the Americas.^[29][30][31] Since September 2018, Grafstein has served as the Managing Director and Deputy Chairman of the Global Investment Bank at RBC Capital Markets.^[32][33]

Larry Grafstein is also the Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Horace Mann School,^[7] a member of the executive committee of the Wall Street division of UJA-Federation of New York^[34] and a member of the Board of Trustees of the U.S. Foundation of Upper Canada College, his high school alma mater.^[35]

Grafstein has been married to Rebecca Weatherhead since 1989.^[36][37]