Bhattal scotches PE rumours, joins Lazard as adviser
The veteran Nomura and Lehman Brothers dealmaker, who had been expected to join a PE firm, has been appointed to help Lazard grow its Southeast Asia M&A activities.
Jasjit “Jesse” Bhattal has been named a senior adviser at Lazard in Singapore, a year after his sudden departure from Nomura, where he had served as head of its Asian wholesale unit and was the bank’s most senior non-Japanese executive.
Bhattal is a veteran dealmaker in Asia, having served as a chief executive of Lehman Brothers in Asia-Pacific. He was instrumental in negotiating the sale of Lehman's Asian and European operations to Nomura in 2008.
The appointment of Bhattal is …
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