MOVES-Jefferies appoints Jason Lam from China Renaissance as Asia TMT investment banking head

SINGAPORE, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Jefferies JEF.N has appointed Jason Lam as head of Asia technology, media and telecommunications investment banking based in Hong Kong, the investment banking and capital markets firm said on LinkedIn over the weekend.

New York-headquartered Jefferies said Lam was joining the company from China Renaissance 1911.HK, where he was executive director and vice chairman responsible for the Chinese financial institution's investment banking and equities business.

"With extensive experience in M&A advisory and equity and debt capital markets transactions in the TMT sector, Jason will further expand our TMT franchise across Asia," Jefferies said in the post.

Lam has more than 25 years of investment banking experience and was previously co-head of Asia technology investment banking coverage at Credit Suisse and head of China investment banking technology at UBS UBSG.S, according to Jefferies.

(Reporting by Yantoultra Ngui; Editing by Kate Mayberry)

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