On July 23, 2024, KKR, a leading global investment firm, and The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company announced the signing of a definitive agreement under which investment funds managed by KKR will acquire Janney Montgomery Scott LLC from Penn Mutual. Tracing its roots to 1832, Janney is a leading wealth management, investment banking and asset management firm. Janney has over $150 billion in assets under administration, with more than 900 financial advisors providing financial planning, asset allocation, retirement planning and other financial advice and services to clients across 135 offices in the US.
The WilmerHale team advising Penn Mutual was led by Stephanie Evans, Andy Alin and Susan Schroeder and includes JC Minko, Virginia Pavlick, Wei Xiao, Bruce Newman, Tim Silva, Bill Caporizzo, Laura Schneider, Scott Kilgore, Ciara Baker, Lee Greenfield, Chalyse Robinson, Michael Held, Jeff Johnson, Simona Altshuler, Makenzie Way, Isabel Dai, Eliza Gonzalez and Oliver Fleischmann.