Many Blackstone M&A bankers expected to depart ahead of spin off to Taubman
March 18, 2015 at 07:00 AM EDT
NEW YORK, March 18 (Reuters) - More than half of the 17 senior managing directors working in Blackstone Group LP's mergers and acquisitions advisory arm may leave as the business is combined with the advisory firm headed by star Wall Street investment banker Paul Taubman, according to people familiar with the matter.