Guggenheim Partners LLC, a US-based privately owned investment manager, has hired Barclays Plc’s Andrew Taussig, the London-based bank’s head of investment banking for retail companies.

Taussig, who was also a vice chairman, left Barclays in February 2013 and his employment at Guggenheim was effective by March 28, according to Wall Street’s self-funded watchdog.

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Taussig joined a predecessor to Credit Suisse Group AG in 1982 and moved to Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. in 2005.

In 2005, he managed Toys "R" Us Inc.’s US$7.5 billion sale to a group of buyout firms and advised Reebok International Ltd. in its sale to Adidas-Salomon AG for about U$3.8 billion. Taussig has worked with Home Depot Inc., Best Buy Co. and Staples Inc.

Additionally, Guggenheim has appointed Ross Levinsohn to oversee a newly formed digital media unit.

 

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