Credit Suisse Said to Hire Deutsche M&A Banker Birchenough

May 27, 2011, 11:32 AM EDT By Serena Saitto

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May 27 (Bloomberg) -- Credit Suisse Group AG hired Deutsche Bank AG’s Don Birchenough as co-head of mergers and acquisitions for the telecommunications, media and technology group in the Americas, said a person with direct knowledge of the situation.

Birchenough, who most recently was head of telecom and media M&A at Deutsche Bank in New York, will start at Credit Suisse in August, said the person, who declined to be identified because the move hasn’t been made public. John Gallagher, a spokesman for Deutsche Bank, confirmed Birchenough’s departure. Duncan King, a spokesman for Credit Suisse, declined to comment.

Birchenough, 43, will lead the Credit Suisse team together with Steve Geller and report to Boon Sim, global head of mergers and acquisitions. Birchenough, who started his banking career at Salomon Brothers in 1995, advised Deutsche Telekom AG on its $39 billion sale of T-Mobile USA to AT&T Inc. Last year he advised Qwest Communications International Inc. on its purchase by CenuryLink Inc. In 2009 he advised Time Warner Inc. on its spinoff of AOL Inc.

--Editors: Jennifer Sondag, Sarah Rabil

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