Imperial Capital Hires Peter Schellbach as a Senior Credit Trader to Further Expand Its Distressed and Special Situations Trading Capabilities

LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwired - Jun 4, 2015) - Imperial Capital Group, LLC ("Imperial Capital") announced that Peter Schellbach has joined the Firm as a Managing Director and Senior Credit Trader based out of Imperial's New York Office. Mr. Schellbach is responsible for driving the franchise's distressed and special situation trading capabilities. Mr. Schellbach is an industry veteran with approximately nineteen years of securities industry experience specializing in distressed debt trading.

"We were looking to add an established distressed debt trading professional to help take our credit trading business to the next level," said Tom Corcoran, President of Imperial Capital, LLC. "Peter brings to Imperial Capital extensive credit trading experience and an established track record within distressed products. The addition of Peter underscores our commitment to serving the global institutional community."

Mr. Schellbach most recently served as a Portfolio Manager at Ingalls and Snyder LLC. Previously, he spent over fifteen years in sell side distressed debt trading roles, most recently as a Managing Director and head of credit sales and trading at Macquarie Capital, Inc. Mr. Schellbach ran the distressed trading business at Barclays/Lehman Brothers and traded distressed debt for Goldman, Sachs and Co. and Deutsche Bank. He began his career in credit trading at Bankers Trust Alex Brown Inc. Mr. Schellbach earned a Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University.

"I am excited to join Imperial Capital and grow its credit trading business," said Peter Schellbach. "I look forward to working on Imperial's distressed debt platform, recruiting additional global credit sales and sourcing talent that helps to execute Imperial's growth plans."

About Imperial Capital, LLC
Imperial Capital is a full-service investment bank offering a uniquely integrated platform of comprehensive services to institutional investors and middle market companies. We offer sophisticated sales and trading services to institutional investors and a wide range of investment banking advisory, capital markets and restructuring services to middle market corporate clients. Paired with our proprietary research and sales & trading desk analysis, we provide investment analysis across an issuer's capital structure, including bank loans, debt securities, the hybrid/bank capital marketplace (through our ELP Framework), post-reorganization equities, special situations claims and listed and unlisted equities. Our comprehensive and integrated service platform, expertise across the global capital structure, and deep industry sector knowledge enable us to provide clients with research driven ideas, superior advisory services, and trade execution. We are quick to identify opportunities under any market conditions and we have a proven track record of offering creative, proprietary solutions to our clients. Imperial Capital has three principal businesses: Investment Banking, Institutional Sales & Trading and Institutional Research. More information about Imperial Capital can be found at www.imperialcapital.com.

About Imperial Capital (International), LLP
Imperial Capital International, founded in 2011, is an affiliate of Imperial Capital, LLC with an office in central London. Complementing Imperial Capital's existing fixed income sales and trading franchise, Imperial Capital International expanded the Imperial Capital franchise into the EEA. The company focuses on selling the entire credit spectrum and capital structure to its European institutional clients.