Jefferies Is Said to Hire Jason Lam as Head of Asia TMT Deals

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. has hired Jason Lam as head of Asia technology, media and telecommunications investment banking, people familiar with the matter said, as the US firm bolsters its presence in the region.

Lam will be based in Hong Kong in a newly created role to help boost Jefferies’s TMT franchise in Asia, according to the people, who asked not to be identified because the matter is private.

Lam was previously at China Renaissance Holdings Ltd., most recently as an executive director and vice chairman of the board, the people said. Before that he was co-head of Asia ...