''Quarterdeck Investment Partners, Inc.'' is a

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headquartered in

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which focuses exclusively on advising clients in the global

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and

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sectors. The company was founded in 1992 by Jon B. Kutler, a former U.S. Naval officer and veteran

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. Quarterdeck was one of the early pioneers in the successful concept of industry focused investment banking boutiques. The firm quickly grew to four offices and the leading position in global league tables for aerospace and defense merger and acquisition transactions. Quarterdeck advised both global prime contractors such as

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and

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and well as mid-sized consolidators such as

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. In March, 2001, Kutler sold a minority investment in two subsidiaries, Quarterdeck Investment Partners, LLC and Quarterdeck Investment Partners, LTD to NYSE listed investment banking firm Jefferies Group Inc. As part of that transaction a joint venture company, Jefferies Quarterdeck LLC, was created to pursue capital market opportunities in the aerospace and defense sectors In December 2002, Kutler sold the remaining shares of these Quarterdeck entities to Jefferies and remained as Chairman of the Jefferies Quarterdeck. In 2002, Quarterdeck was the first recipient of the annual Boutique Middle-Market Merger & Acquisition Firm of the Year award by Mergers and Acquisitions Advisor. In March, 2006, Kutler resigned to focus on the principal investment affiliate of Quarterdeck (Quarterdeck Equity Partners, Inc.) which he renamed Admiralty Partners, Inc. He was replaced by Michael Richter and William Farmer, as Co-Heads of the Jefferies Quarterdeck group.Kutler launches private investment firm - Washington Technology
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External links

Quarterdeck Investment Partners, Inc. websiteJefferies Quarterdeck website
Financial services companies based in California