Jefferies Financial Group Expands APAC FIG Deals with JPMorgan's Melly Hire

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. has hired JPMorgan's Melly as APAC FIG Deals Head. Jefferies is a global investment banking and capital markets company that provides financial advisory, equity underwriting, and debt underwriting services across various industry sectors in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific. Its business segments include Investment Banking and Capital Markets and Asset Management.

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. has appointed Michael Melly from JPMorgan Chase & Co. as the Asia-Pacific head of its financial institutions group investment banking franchise [1]. The move underscores Jefferies' strategic expansion in the region to compete with larger Wall Street banks.

Melly, who has over 11 years of experience at JPMorgan, most recently served as head of Southeast Asia FIG and APAC head of asset management. He will lead transactions involving banks, insurers, asset managers, and other clients in the region, continuing to be based in Hong Kong [1]. His appointment is expected to commence later this year.

Jefferies' hiring spree in Asia includes the recent additions of Lars Aagaard from Barclays Plc as head of financial sponsors, Jason Lam as head of Asia technology, media and telecommunications investment banking, and Abhinandan Jain as head of infrastructure and industrials in India [1]. The company has also brought in senior rainmakers such as Rizal Gozali and Rehan Anwer from Credit Suisse, and Christopher Laskowski from Citigroup Inc. as head of Asia investment banking in 2021 [1].

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. has also expanded its partnership with Jefferies in the APAC region, aiming to more than double the number of clients [1].

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[1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-18/jefferies-is-said-to-tap-jpmorgan-s-melly-as-apac-fig-deals-head