Kevin Phillips

Kevin is Managing Partner of PEI, having launched the company in 2022. Kevin most recently served as Senior Managing Director and Global Co-Head of Power, Energy & Infrastructure at Cantor Fitzgerald. Kevin founded the Power, Utilities & Infrastructure team at Jefferies, where he served as Joint Global Head. Prior to Jefferies, Kevin was Managing Director in the Corporate Finance and Power & Utilities Groups at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and a Vice President in the Restructuring and Power & Utilities Groups at Lazard. He started on Wall Street in 2000 as an Associate in the famed Global Energy Group (the “Bayosphere”) at Credit Suisse First Boston. Prior to Wall Street, Kevin began his career as an Associate at Sullivan & Cromwell in New York. Kevin is a member of the Board of Visitors of the Georgetown University Law Center and of the Board of Trustees of the Tampa Preparatory School.

areas of expertise

  • Power & Infrastructure M&A and Equity

  • Credit Markets and Fixed Income Product Design

  • Capital Structure Optimization

  • Special Situations and Distress

career

  • Cantor Fitzgerald, Co-Global Head and Senior Managing Director – Power, Energy & Infrastructure Group

  • Jefferies, Joint Global Head and Managing Director – Power, Utilities & Infrastructure Group

  • Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Managing Director – Corporate Finance and Power & Utilities Groups

education

  • JD, Georgetown University Law Center

  • MBA, Georgetown University, McDonough School of Business

  • BSFS, Georgetown University, Walsh School of Foreign Service