Analysis of Indian transactions for Lehman Brothers IBD: Lehman Brothers Securities Private Limited, New York

Abstract

Lehman Brothers, an innovator in global finance, serves the financial needs of corporations, governments and municipalities, institutional clients, and high net worth individuals worldwide. Founded in 1850, Lehman Brothers maintains leadership positions in equity and fixed income sales, trading and research, investment banking, private investment management, asset management and private equity. The Firm is headquartered in New York, with regional headquarters in London and Tokyo, and operates in a network of offices around the world. Lehman Brothers' Investment Banking Division provides comprehensive financial advisory and capital raising services to corporations and governments worldwide. Lehman Brothers takes an integrated approach to client coverage, organizing bankers into industry, product and geographic groups. This structure provides clients with bankers who have industry- and geography-specific expertise across all investment banking products. The Firm's bankers work with product specialists in M and A and Capital Markets to help clients meet their strategic and financial objectives. Lehman Brothers' presence in Asia dates back more than a century, to a time when Kuhn, Loeb first established investment banking relationships in the region. With regional headquarters in Tokyo, the Firm continues to extend its reach throughout Asia. Lehman Brothers is making significant investments to broaden its global franchise, and in-step with its strategy to increase its footprint in Asia opened the office in Mumbai last year. The main impetus of the top management of Lehman Brothers India has been to concentrate on the significant industries and business ventures which show maximum fee generation potential. The firm is also in a relationship building phase so as to establish its presence in India as an end-to-end bulge bracket firm and a first choice for customers with investment banking needs.