Peter Shawn

Peter D. Shawn is a Portfolio Manager at Tocqueville Asset Management L.P.  He joined Tocqueville in 2005 and is a member of the U.S., International, and Global Multi Cap Equity Investment Committees.  He is also the Assistant Portfolio Manager of The Tocqueville Fund.  Mr. Shawn also sits on the Alternative Investments Committee and is Portfolio Manager for the Tocqueville Qualified Opportunity Zone Funds.  Mr. Shawn was the Director of Research at Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. from 2006–2019. 

Prior to joining Tocqueville, Mr. Shawn was a Partner at Lazard Frères & Co. LLC in investment banking where he spent nearly twelve years advising corporate and financial sponsor clients on a variety of transactions including mergers, acquisitions, restructurings, private placements, and public offerings. Prior to Lazard, Mr. Shawn spent almost five years in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group at Merrill Lynch.  During his tenure in investment banking, Mr. Shawn advised on announced or completed transactions in excess of $100 billion in aggregate consideration. 

Mr. Shawn also sits on the Board of Directors of CapZone Analytics LLC, a provider of tax compliance and impact investment reporting software and consulting services to Qualified Opportunity Zone Funds and Qualified Opportunity Zone Businesses. Mr. Shawn earned a B.A. in Economics from Wesleyan University.