Sandler O'Neill and Partners

Sandler O'Neill + Partners, L.P. ("SOP") is a New York City-based investment banking firm. It was founded by Thomas F. O'Neill and Herman S. Sandler in 1988. Located on the 104th floor of Two World Trade Center, it lost 68 of 177 employees in the September 11, 2001 attacks, including chief executive and co-founder Herman Sandler. Only 17 of SOP's World Trade Center employees escaped the tower's destruction.

The company lost its entire computer system in the destruction. However, by 17 September 2001 the company announced it was open for business, operating from two locations. One space was donated by Bank of America Securities, and the other was Sandler O'Neill Asset Management's office. By 22 October the company had secured a new headquarters location in Manhattan, and had hired 13 new employees.

SOP maintains offices in New York City, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, and San Francisco. Sandler O’Neill Mortgage Finance L.P. has offices in New York and Memphis.

See also

• Two World Trade Center tenants

References

• Company website

External links

• List of Sandler O'Neill and Partners September 11, 2001 victims
• Sandler O'Neill + Partners in the news
• THE MOURNER: In a Landscape of Sadness, Offering Just Her Presence, New York Times, 10/1/2001 the story of Carol O'Neill, wife of a founder of Sandler O'Neill