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Keith Labbate

Keith is a Director in the BMO Capital Markets Private Placements group. Keith has more than 15 years of banking experience, primarily in private placements and leveraged finance, raising capital for companies across a broad spectrum of industries. His experience includes originating, structuring, underwriting and distributing both debt and equity. He maintains strong relationships with numerous institutions who invest throughout the capital structure.

Prior to joining BMO Capital Markets, Keith was a Senior Vice President at Houlihan Lokey Howard and Zukin, where he was the senior member of the New York private placement group. Prior to Houlihan Lokey, he spent over 10 years at CIBC World Markets, where he was an Executive Director in both the private placement and leveraged finance group with a focus on media and telecommunication companies. Keith began his career in corporate banking at Manufacturers Hanover Trust.

Keith received an MBA in Finance from Hofstra University and a BA in Economics from the University at Albany.

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Amy Melody

Amy is a Director in the BMO Capital Markets Private Placements group. Amy has more than 15 years of banking experience, primarily in private placements. She joined BMO Capital Markets in 1998 and has a breadth of capital raising and structuring experience across the core credit products (e.g. bank loans, bridge loans, high yield debt, mezzanine debt, private equity) for middle-market companies. She has worked on raising capital for companies across a diverse array of industries. Amy has longstanding relationships with private placement investors that include insurance companies, mezzanine funds, hedge funds and private equity funds. Prior to joining BMO Capital Markets, she was a Relationship Manager with ABN AMRO and LaSalle Bank with a focus on commercial lending.

Amy has an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting (with high honors) from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She is a CPA.


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Main Contacts

Keith Labbate
(212) 702-1144

Amy Melody
(212) 702-1860