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Ensis Partners selects Intapp DealCloud with Celeste to build a best-in-class deal and relationship management infrastructure
Ensis Partners selects Intapp DealCloud with Celeste to build a best-in-class deal and relationship management
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Intapp (NASDAQ: INTA), the governed AI platform for professional firms in highly regulated industries, announces that Ensis Partners, a growing investment bank, has selected Intapp DealCloud with Celeste to build its relationship and deal management foundation for its growing investment bank. Building for the future Ensis Partners is a New York City–based investment bank specializing in restructuring and bankruptcy advisory — a highly specialized segment of the investment banking landscape. Founded by seasoned industry veterans Richard Shinder and Mark Buschmann — who collectively bring decades of experience from firms including PJT Partners, Perella Weinberg, Blackstone, and Citigroup — Ensis launched in February 2026 with a clear vision: to create a firm purpose-built for the restructuring vertical. From the outset, the firm’s founders recognized the importance of establishing a strong technology foundation before deals began to flow in earnest. Ensis Partners moved quickly to implement a platform capable of scaling with the firm, rather than waiting until data quality became a challenge. As both founders had direct prior experience with DealCloud, including evaluating and deploying it at previous firms, Shinder and Buschmann didn’t need to evaluate competing CRM platforms. DealCloud's track record within their professional networks made it the clear choice. "We knew from experience what good relationship and deal management infrastructure looks like, and we knew DealCloud was the right platform to build on,” said Shinder. “Starting with clean, structured data from day one means we're setting ourselves up for success as we grow, rather than trying to fix problems down the line." Addressing relationship intelligence and deal management Setting a foundation with AI in mind was a priority for the firm’s founders. Celeste, Intapp's agentic AI platform for financial and professional firms, is native to DealCloud — giving Ensis a single platform that structures its founders’ deep relationship networks and turns them into a competitive asset. Ensis will use DealCloud to navigate the firm's restructuring business with full visibility into their relationship ecosystem, deal pipeline, associated fees and structures, and the complex constituent dynamics that define restructuring engagements. With AI that understands the firm's deal and relationship context, profes...