BGL names new managing director in services

Brown Gibbons Lang & Co. (BGL), a Cleveland-based independent investment bank and financial advisory firm, has added Brandon Dobell as a managing director within its Services vertical. Dobell, who has more than 20 years of experience in merger and acquisition (M&A) advisory and equity research, will lead BGL’s investment banking activities in Real Estate Services & Technology as part of the firm’s Professional Services coverage.

“Brandon’s experience in technology-enabled services, and more specifically, in real estate services and technology, is highly synergistic to our expanding Services investment banking team,” says Effram Kaplan, head of the firm’s Services and Infrastructure and Environment verticals. “We are very pleased to welcome him to the firm and excited to leverage his sector expertise and network for the benefit of BGL’s product bankers and clients.”

Prior to joining BGL, Dobell was a partner and managing director at William Blair & Co., Chicago, where he worked in M&A and capital markets for the firm’s real estate services, tech-enabled services, and education services teams. Previously, he spent nearly 20 years in equity research, providing insights on public companies, industry trends and competitive dynamics to institutional investors across a variety of sectors. Brandon holds a master’s of business administration from the University of Southern California and earned his bachelor of arts from the University of California, San Diego.

“It’s an exciting time for BGL, and I’m thrilled to join a team of this caliber. I look forward to bringing my expertise in real estate services and technology to the firm, as well as adding to BGL’s broader professional, business and commercial services ecosystems,” Dobell says.

Dobell is the most recent addition to BGL’s senior banker ranks in a year marked by significant growth, including the addition of Kevin R. Nowaskey, who joined the firm earlier this year as managing director with the Capital Markets Advisory group, and David L. Koch, who helps lead BGL’s Capital Markets Group.