Rafael A. Polanco
Managing Director
Rafael Polanco is a Managing Director of the firm’s Corporate Advisory business.
Prior to joining Evercore, Mr. Polanco worked in the investment banking group at Credit Suisse First Boston focusing on mergers and acquisitions in the technology industry.
In recent transactions at Evercore, Mr. Polanco has been involved in the sale of a minority ownership stake of Silver Lake to CalPERS, the $2.6 billion capital raise and ABS portfolio sale by E TRADE to Citadel Investment Group, the $8 billion acquisition by Swiss Re of General Electric's reinsurance assets, the $10 billion sale of Credit Suisse's Winterthur business to AXA, the sale of Center for Financial Research to TA Associates, the $500 million acquisition by Dow Jones of MarketWatch, the $2.7 billion capital raise by MGM Mirage in conjunction with restructuring alternatives affecting approximately $14 billion of debt, the $9 billion sale of Realogy to Apollo Management, the $4.3 billion sale by Cendant of Travelport to The Blackstone Group, and the $13 billion in spin-offs by Cendant of Realogy and Wyndham Worldwide that resulted in a standalone Avis Budget Group. Mr. Polanco has also worked with such companies as General Motors, Reuters, RiskMetrics, CA (formerly Computer Associates), VeriSign, Synopsys, and Edison Schools.
Mr. Polanco serves on the Advisory Board of the College of Arts and Science at New York University. He received a B.S. in Biology and a B.E. in Environmental Engineering from the Dual Degree Program in Science and Engineering at New York University.