BRADENTON, Fla. — Raymond James has hired Jack Dudick in the firm’s healthcare finance group.
Dudick, managing director and head of healthcare real estate, has worked more than 15 years in the industry. He is based in Chicago.
“Jack’s experience in the real estate and healthcare finance sectors make him a natural fit for our team and a strategic partner to clients,” Rob Baird, executive vice president and head of public finance and debt investment banking at Raymond James, said in a release.
Dudick has facilitated more than $1 billion of transactions in healthcare real estate acquisition, development, joint venture, and mergers and acquisitions, according to Raymond James.
Most recently, he worked at HFF in Chicago, where he established a national healthcare capital market platform comprised of investment sales, debt and equity placement, and real estate advisory services.
Prior to HFF, Dudick worked as senior vice president of investments at Lillibridge Healthcare Services Inc., and as a senior consultant in Arthur Andersen’s real estate services group.
Dudick is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame.
“Jack has been successful at quickly growing practices and is a great fit to shepherd our continued steady growth,” said Joe Beck, managing director and co-head of the healthcare finance group. “His unique perspective will be a great asset to clients and to the team as we expand the reach of our full-service platform.”
Raymond James Financial Inc., headquartered in St. Petersburg, Fla., is a diversified financial services company. The Healthcare Finance group has bankers in six offices whose services include investment banking with a focus on nonprofit healthcare.
In the first nine months of the year, Raymond James ranked ninth as senior manager serving as the book-runner on 650 bond issues with par value of $13.47 billion, according to Thomson Reuters.
