JPMorgan Brings BofA’s Jay Harris Back for Its Mid-Cap M&A Group

JPMorgan Chase & Co. hired mergers-and-acquisitions banker Jay Harris from Bank of America Corp. as Wall Street’s largest lender pushes to more thoroughly cover smaller and midsize companies.

Harris is rejoining New York-based JPMorgan, where he began his career, to focus on industrials within its mid-cap M&A group, according to a memo seen by Bloomberg News. Harris, who has more than 25 years of M&A advisory experience, worked at Wells Fargo & Co. before BofA, and was previously an associate with JPMorgan’s industrial M&A team, according to his LinkedIn profile. He has a particular focus on building products, industrial distribution and paper and packaging, according to the memo.