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Jefferies Hires Dealmaker Philip Yates for U.K. Investment Bank

Jefferies headquarters in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. — Jefferies headquarters in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022.
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Dinesh Nair and

January 5, 2022, 5:28 PM UTC

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. has hired City of London veteran Philip Yates to strengthen its U.K. investment banking business.

Yates joins as a vice chairman, the U.S. bank said in an emailed statement Wednesday. In a career spanning more than 30 years, he’s held senior investment banking roles at SG Warburg, Merrill Lynch and Perella Weinberg Partners.