Finnie was most recently a managing director and head of mergers and acquisitions for Scotia Waterous in the US, focusing on oil and gas acquisition and divestiture transactions.
Prior to that, he was an oil and gas banker at Goldman Sachs. Finnie began his career as a corporate lawyer specializing in oil and gas transactions and has been advising oil and gas exploration and production companies as a lawyer and banker for over 20 years.
Evercore has also appointed Lance Dardis as a managing director in the firm’s Oil and Gas Acquisition and Divestiture advisory business based in Houston.
Dardis will join Evercore from Scotia Waterous, where he has been responsible for managing client relationships and leading deal teams, primarily involving acquisitions and divestitures for exploration and production clients.
Evercore chairman Roger Altman said they believe that the oil and gas industry is absolutely central to global economics and these hires demonstrate their commitment to further building a world-class effort in that sector.
"The oil and gas acquisition and divestiture business will be a strong complement to our existing corporate advisory business for our upstream and midstream clients," Altman said.
