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David Burton

  • Managing Director
  • Investment Banking
  • Strategic Advisory
  • New York

David Burton is a managing director in Evercore’s strategic advisory business focused on the industrials sector.

Notable transactions include advising BorgWarner on the spinoff of PHINIA, Teledyne Technologies on its acquisition of FLIR Systems, Duff & Phelps on its sale to Stone Point Capital, Esterline Technologies on its sale to TransDigm Group, Veritas Capital on its sale of Abaco Systems to Ametek, Snyder’s-Lance on its acquisition of Diamond Foods, HeidelbergCement on its sale of Hanson Building Products to Lone Star, and Hanon Systems on its acquisition of Magna International’s fluid pressure and controls group.

Other advisory and M&A clients include ABC Technologies, AB InBev, Apollo, Blackstone, Cerberus, Constellium, Emerson, Honeywell, J.F. Lehman & Co., The Jordan Company, Kroll, Lone Star, OpenGate Capital, Tecomet and VIA Motors.

Prior to joining Evercore in 2017, Mr. Burton was at Deutsche Bank in the M&A group.

Mr. Burton earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance and accounting from Emory University.