Nathaniel Robinson, a merger and acquisition banker at Morgan Stanley, has joined Virgo Capital as a vice president in the Austin office of this tech-focused private equity fund.
Morgan Stanley is understood to be in talks with potential replacements, an industry source tells G.E.R.
Robinson was in Morgan Stanley’s Global Technology M&A group in Menlo Park, Calif. In his five years at the firm he worked on a number of cleantech deals with David Chen, the head of West Coast clean technology banking. Robinson declined to comment.
Morgan Stanley’s cleantech practice has been racking in a number of high profile mandates lately. Along with Goldman Sachs it is advising thin-film photovoltaic maker Solyndra on its $300 million IPO. It also got an underwriting gig as part of the $100 million IPO filed by Tesla Motors, the electric sports car maker.