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Banker fined for WhatsApp lapse launches M&A firm

Christopher Niehaus, who left Jefferies in November 2016, has launched boutique business Hampstead Advisory

Banker fined for WhatsApp lapse launches M&A firm
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A former Jefferies managing director who left after sharing confidential client information on WhatsApp has become the latest senior investment banker to launch his own advisory boutique.

Christopher Niehaus set up Hampstead Advisory to work on deals in continental Europe and South Africa. At Jefferies, he covered industrials in Europe, the Middle East and Africa and South Africa.

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