{{Short description|US investment bank}} {{Multiple issues| {{Notability|1=Companies|date=March 2025}} {{Cleanup press release|1=article|date=March 2025}} }} '''Capstone Partners''' is a full service middle market investment bank headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 2001, at that time a wholly owned subsidiary of Arthur Andersen. In 2002 the firm's current President John Ferrara legally incorporated the group as Capstone Partners. <ref>{{cite news|url=http://boston.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2003/11/17/story6.html|title=Capstone stands alone after Andersen's demise M&A shop closes four deals and has up to six others near completion|last=Mason |first=Edward |date= November 14, 2003|work= Boston Business Journal |access-date=21 January 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-24880890_ITM|title=Capstone Partners Launches Today. |date=November 3, 2003 |work=Mergers & Acquisitions Report |access-date=21 January 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://boston.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2005/01/17/focus3.html|title=Boutiques expect to hold their own in busy sector |last=Pratt |first=Mary K. |date= January 14, 2005 |work=Boston Business Journal |access-date=21 January 2010}}</ref> Having completed eight transactions over the past 20 years, including the acquisition of Denver, Colorado–based investment bank Headwaters MB,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-01-08|title=Capstone Partners and Headwaters MB Join Forces to Create a Middle Market Investment Banking Leader|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180108006791/en/Capstone-Partners-and-Headwaters-MB-Join-Forces-to-Create-a-Middle-Market-Investment-Banking-Leader|access-date=2021-06-17|website=www.businesswire.com|language=en}}</ref> the firm now has over 350 employees across multiple offices in the United States with a particular focus on serving the full business lifecycle needs of business owners, investors and creditors in the middle market. On June 16, 2022, Capstone Partners was acquired by Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (Nasdaq: HBAN).<ref>{{Cite press release |last=Inc |first=Huntington Bancshares |title=Huntington Bancshares completes acquisition of Capstone Partners |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/huntington-bancshares-completes-acquisition-of-capstone-partners-301569370.html |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=www.prnewswire.com |language=en}}</ref>
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==Further reading== *{{cite news|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-118898031/sungard-corbel-acquires-sbpa.html|title=SunGard Corbel acquires SBPA Systems. |date=July 5, 2004 |work=Health & Medicine Week |access-date=21 January 2010}} *[http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2004/06/08/42964.htm ''Insurance Journal''] *[http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2003/11/17/story6.html?page=all ''Boston Business Journal''] *[http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/inq-phillydeals/Merger_bankers_target_Philly_firms.html ''Philly.com''] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20140611072922/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-109565180.html ''Mergers and Acquisitions Report''] {{subscription required}} *[http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2008/08/25/story6.html ''Boston Business Journal''] *[http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2010/01/18/daily50.html ''Boston Business Journal'']
==External links== * {{Official|https://www.capstonepartners.com}}
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