Michael Grimes and Morgan Stanley obliged even at the cost to their own franchise.

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The bank's global tech banking team, led by Michael Grimes and Paul Chamberlain, is also based in Menlo Park.

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Add to that fact Morgan Stanley's leading players, CEO James Gorman and Michael Grimes, the lead banker on the deal, aren't household names.

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