Jonathan N. Santelli

Prior to joining Raymond James in 2016 as Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Jonathan Santelli was senior vice president and deputy general counsel of First Republic Bank, where he led legal and compliance coverage for the bank’s private wealth management business and advised on a variety of consumer, business banking and bank regulatory matters. Previously, at Bank of America, Mr. Santelli was general counsel for private wealth management, including U.S. Trust and Merrill Lynch Private Banking & Investments, and subsequently general counsel for preferred and small business banking. Prior to joining Bank of America, Mr. Santelli was with Merrill Lynch & Co., where he held a variety of positions in the office of the general counsel, including head of the strategic M&A and private equity counsel group. Mr. Santelli started his career as an associate at Rogers & Wells (subsequently Clifford Chance) in New York, in the corporate department where he practiced in the areas of M&A, private equity, and securities law.
Mr. Santelli obtained his Juris Doctor magna cum laude from St. John’s University School of Law and his Bachelor of Arts in economics and accounting from the College of the Holy Cross.