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JPMorgan Chase's Jimmy Lee Goes the Distance for Clients

Jayne Jung • March 2012

Goldman Sachs was spanked this week by a retiring employee for riding roughshod over the client. But for Jimmy Lee, vice chairman of JPMorgan Chase & Co., the client is no muppet.

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In September, Goldman Sachs Group named London-based 'geek' Gregg Lemkau head of mergers and acquisitions for Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific.
Eric Bischof Helped New York Fed Avoid AIG Disaster

Co-head of Morgan Stanley’s financial institutions group, New York–based Eric Bischof advised the New York Fed on its epic restructuring of American International Group.
Scott Milleisen Quarterbacks Sports Finance For JPMorgan

Ever since it looked like the National Football League would lock out players at the start of the 2011 season in September, Scott Milleisen has been helping several teams prepare for the worst. Mindful that the NFL has a cap of $150 million in secured debt per club, Milleisen, new head of the sports finance group at JPMorgan Chase & Co., is working with his clients to set up term loans or credit lines so they can meet payments and cover potential losses.
Why Did Carl Icahn Bid For Clorox?

You have to hand it to Carl Icahn. He is one of the only investors who can determine their exit price from an investment if it does not fare as well as he had hoped. Case in point: Clorox, which the 75 year-old offered the purchase for $76.50 in a $10.2 billion deal disclosed on Friday.
The Disrupters: Institutional Investor's Tech 50

Though not neglecting their day-to-day concerns of maximizing efficiency and minimizing costs, the executives who rise to distinction in the Institutional Investor Tech 50 have longer-range ambitions: to gain a competitive edge by catching the next wave of disruptive innovation.
Steve Cohen Funds Pediatric Emergency Department In New York Hospital

If he were a doctor instead of a hedge fund manager, the hyper-intense Steve Cohen would probably not be known for his bedside manner. But he seems determined to make up for this deficiency in charitable impulses. A $50 million grant from his family foundation underwrote a newly opened pediatric emergency department at New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital on 166th Street.
David Einhorn Plays Good Defense In May

David Einhorn played much better defense in May than the team he is about to buy into. The Greenlight Capital hedge fund manager—who is on the verge of becoming a major investor in the sloppy New York Mets — was up 0.3 percent in May. This was better than the S&P 500, which lost 1.13 percent for the month.
JPMorgan’s Americas Co-Heads of Equity Capital Markets Seek New Opportunities

Bill Contente and Elizabeth Myers aim to get their firm back on top of the equity issuance game.

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