Ensis Partners selects Intapp DealCloud with Celeste to build a best-in-class deal and relationship management infrastructure

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--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, professionals can put that intelligence to work through natural conversation — surfacing insights on demand, automatically extracting key details from engagement documents, and keeping data current without manual data entry.

Partnering for success

To facilitate a smooth deployment of DealCloud, Ensis is working with Monarch, an Intapp partner that helps firms implement and derive long-term value from DealCloud. Monarch will leverage its proven implementation playbook and hands-on deployment approach to drive high-quality outcomes and long-term success for Ensis Partners' investment professionals.

"We're thrilled to be partnering with Ensis Partners at such an exciting stage of its journey,” said Brian Bissonette, Industry Principal, Investment Banking at Intapp. “The firm's founders bring exceptional experience and relationships in the restructuring space, and we look forward to helping them build an intelligent, scalable foundation — one that turns their relationships and deal activity into a real competitive advantage as the firm grows."

About Ensis Partners

Ensis Partners is a boutique, New York City–based investment banking and restructuring advisory firm founded by Richard Shinder and Mark Buschmann. The firm provides comprehensive restructuring and liability management advice relevant to complex capital structures and financial situations. With a focus on the upper-middle market, Ensis offers senior-level expertise across a range of transaction formats, including LMEs, special situations financings, Chapter 11 proceedings, and cross-border engagements. For more information, visit ensispartners.com.

About Intapp

Intapp (NASDAQ: INTA) is the governed AI platform for professional firms in highly regulated industries. Intapp's vertically tailored agentic solutions are built for the specialized workflows, complex relationship networks, and professional compliance requirements of accounting, consulting, investment banking, law, private capital, and real assets firms. By applying Firm AI to core processes and data, Intapp helps partners, dealmakers, and advisors drive firm growth, manage compliance, and improve profitability. Learn why the world's top firms trust Intapp's industry-specific enterprise solutions at intapp.com.