Goldman Sachs Redistributes Its M&A Manpower

Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) did a little musical chairs but didn’t leave any seats empty, spreading out the strength of long-time partners across a key sector of its business.

The biggest changes happening are for Goldman Sachs’ mergers and acquisitions divisions.

First, Gregg Lemkau, who has been head of M&A in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, has been promoted to join Gene Sykes as a joint head of Goldman Sachs’s global M&A division. Lemkau will be filling a seat that had been empty since Yoel Zaoui’s departure last year left Sykes the sole head of global M&A.

Lemkau will be bringing with him more than 10 years of experience as a partner in the company. He had formerly been a global co-head of the Technology, Media, and Telecom Group and the chief operating officer of the Investment Banking Division at Goldman Sachs…