KeyBanc Capital Looks to Northwest With Hiring of Father-and-Son Team

ALAMEDA, Calif. — KeyBanc Capital Markets announced this week that it has hired the father-son team of John Urbina and Geoff Urbina to open a new Seattle office for the firm.

“Their expertise into the public sector and local markets will enable us to foster new relationships in the Western region,” David Sylvan, head of the KeyBanc Capital Markets public finance and derivatives group, said in a statement. “Having spent most of their career assisting municipalities within the Western region and Alaska, John and Geoff are the right team to help Key in this exciting expansion.”

The new Seattle office marks the fifth public finance location for the Cleveland-based KeyBanc Capital Markets, the broker-dealer subsidiary and investment banking arm of KeyCorp.

John Urbina has more than 30 years of experience serving clients in the Northwest and in Alaska.

He has served as lead banker on a wide array of deals, including so-called 63-20 financings for state-level nonprofits as well as lease-lease back, sewer revenue, housing revenue, certificate of participation, and general obligation bond transactions, according to KeyBanc.

Geoff Urbina’s experience includes deals in the transportation, airport, utility, pipeline, water and sewer, housing, tobacco securitization and pension obligation bonds sectors.

Both men join as managing directors. The Urbinas most recently worked for Siebert Brandford Shank & Co. after moving over from Wachovia in 2008.

They launched the Seattle office of A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc. in 2005, ­before that firm was absorbed by ­Wachovia.

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