![French connection: Jefferies' ex-investment banking chief in the country is going it alone](https://assets.fnlondon.com/2016/05/IMG011246_full4x3.jpg)
The former head of investment banking at Jefferies in France is setting up his own London-based advisory firm after leaving the US investment bank eight months ago.
Jean-Philippe Verdier, who left Jefferies last September, was one of a number of managing directors to leave the US investment bank's European arm over the past 12 months. He was replaced by Jerome Peltier, previously UBS's head of investment banking in France.