Jefferies to Hire Up to Four Bankers for Russian Expansion

Jefferies Group LLC, the investment bank that sold itself to Leucadia National Corp., is hiring as many as four investment bankers for its first office in Moscow as international competitors retreat from Russia.

The U.S. bank lured Ildar Iksanov from Deutsche Bank AG in June to lead the business, which will focus on mergers and acquisitions, high-yield financing and global equity distribution, according to Peter Bacchus, co-head of Europe investment banking at Jefferies in London.