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Credit Suisse has hired Chris Gaertner fromBank of America Merrill Lynch as a high-ranking technology banker, the firm announced in an internal memorandum obtained by DealBook on Tuesday.

When he starts in July, Mr. Gaertner will become a managing director and the head of global corporate finance for the tech group, according to the memo from Mark Simonian and David Wah, Credit Suisse’s global co-heads of technology, media and telecom investment banking.

At Merrill Lynch, which he joined in 2005, Mr. Gaertner advised Autonomy when it sold itself to Hewlett-Packard and Lawson Software when it was sold to Golden Gate Capital. He led Merrill’s tech group from 2006 to 2008.

A Credit Suisse spokesman confirmed the contents of the memo, but declined further comment.

Here’s the memo:

Chris Gaertner Joins the Technology GroupWe are pleased to announce that Chris Gaertner will join Credit Suisse as a Managing Director and Head of Global Corporate Finance for the Technology Group, effective in July. Chris will be based in San Francisco and will report to us.

Chris most recently was a Managing Director in the Technology Group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Chris joined Merrill Lynch in 2005 and was Head of Merrill’s Technology Group from 2006 to 2008. He has client relationships with many of the leading software, enterprise systems and Internet companies in the technology industry, including Adobe, Autodesk, BMC Software, eBay, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Infor, Intuit, Microsoft, Oracle, Rovi, SAP, Symantec, Active Network and OpenTable. In 2011 Chris advised Autonomy on its $11bn sale to HP, Lawson Software on its $1.9bn sale to Golden Gate Capital, Solera on its $520mn acquisition of Explore Information and Ansys on its $310mn acquisition of APACHE. Chris has his CFA and received his M.B.A from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, his M.S.E.E. from Columbia and his B.S.E.E. from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

With the addition of Chris, we are gaining a respected adviser to the technology industry who will provide senior leadership and help shape the coverage strategy and priorities for the Group globally. Please join us in welcoming Chris to Credit Suisse, and wishing him success in his new role.

Mark SimonianDavid Wah