Lawrence Chu

Jefferies LLC, Vice Chairman

Speaker Bio

Name: Lawrence Chu


Title: Vice Chairman, Jefferies LLC


Biography:



  • Lawrence S. Chu is Vice Chairman of Jefferies LLC.

  • At Jefferies, Mr. Chu provides financial and strategic advice to large cap companies globally. Mr. Chu has over 25 years of experience in this role and has advised on over $700 billion of strategic transactions.

  • Prior to Jefferies, Mr. Chu was Managing Director and Head of Large Cap TMT at Moelis & Company.

  • Before Moelis, Mr. Chu served in President Obama’s Administration and was appointed Special Adviser to the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) by Chairman Wheeler. At the FCC, Mr. Chu helped lead the Broadcast Incentive Auction and redesign the Designated Entity bidding rules.

  • Before the FCC, Mr. Chu was a Partner and Managing Director at Greenhill & Co. and Evercore Partners.

  • Mr. Chu has been recognized as a Top 30 Comms M&A Dealmaker by TMT Finance.

  • Mr. Chu is on the Boards of the Big 12 Conference and Dallas Regional Chamber of Commerce, including Co-Chair of the International Task Force. Mr. Chu is also a member of the President’s

  • Advisory Boards of both UT Southwestern Medical Center and Purdue Applied Research Institute.

  • Historically, Mr. Chu was President of the Board of Trustees and Governance Committee of The First Presbyterian Church in the City of New York, a member of the Board of First Presbyterian Church Nursery School, a member of the Board of Trustees of Friends Academy in Locust Valley and a member of the Board of The New York Metropolitan Opera.

  • Since 2022, Mr. Chu lives in Dallas, TX with his two daughters, Charlotte and Jacqueline.

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