Leerink Swann Holdings LLC

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Headquarters
Boston, Massachusetts

Sector
Investment Banking

Date of Investment
September 2007

Company Description
Leerink Swann is a niche-oriented, full-service investment bank, focused on the life sciences market, offering institutional sales and trading, equity research, corporate finance, corporate consulting, and private client services to high-net-worth clients.  Leerink differentiates itself through its MEDACorp platform, a unique, proprietary network of over 35,000 professionals in the life sciences market whose expertise provides Leerink clients with insightful, current, value-added industry intelligence not easily obtained elsewhere.  Leerink’s deep industry expertise, proven product distribution capabilities, and recognized position as a premier source for life science equity research has enabled the Company to capitalize on the rapidly expanding and increasingly segmented life sciences industry. 

Founded in 1995, Leerink has over 200 full time employees spread across its offices in Boston, New York, and San Francisco.  In 2007, Lovell Minnick Partners completed a growth capital investment in the Company.