Lehman Brothers

Lehman Brothers

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (former NYSE ticker symbol LEH) ( /ˈliːmən/) was a global financial services firm. Before declaring bankruptcy in 2008, Lehman was the fourth largest investment bank in the US (behind Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Merrill Lynch), doing business in investment banking, equity and fixed-income sales and trading (especially U.S. Treasury securities), research, investment management, private equity, and private banking.

At 1:45AM on September 15, 2008, the firm filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection following the massive exodus of most of its clients, drastic losses in its stock, and devaluation of its assets by credit rating agencies. Lehman Brothers' bankruptcy filing is the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history, and is thought to have played a major role in the unfolding of the late-2000s global financial crisis. The following day, Barclays announced its agreement to purchase, subject to regulatory approval, Lehman's North American investment-banking and trading divisions along with its New York headquarters building. On September 20, 2008, a revised version of that agreement was approved by US Bankruptcy Court Judge James M. Peck. The next week, Nomura Holdings announced that it would acquire Lehman Brothers' franchise in the Asia-Pacific region, including Japan, Hong Kong and Australia, as well as Lehman Brothers' investment banking and equities businesses in Europe and the Middle East. The deal became effective on October 13, 2008.

Read more about Lehman Brothers:  Merger and Acquisition History, Board of Directors, Former Officers, In Popular Culture, Principal Locations (first Year of Occupancy)

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... (1985) 745 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY (2002) * Henry Lehman established his first store location on Commerce Street, in Montgomery, in 1845 ... In 1848, one year after Emanuel's arrival, the brothers moved "H ... Lehman Bro." to 17 Court Square, where it remained when Mayer arrived in 1850, forming "Lehman Brothers" ...
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