With an upcoming listing on the GEM market in Hong Kong, many people may be hearing of LP Lammas for the first time. From the name, you may suspect it is a record company from Lamma Island in Hong Kong. However, it describes itself as an MA boutique and its name derives from the Lamma Festival which was an 18th century English institution to celebrate a good harvest.
And, LP Lammas is no ordinary boutique. In this era of mega-mergers, it says that the big banks like Goldman Sachs have no interest in doing the smaller deals. That is where it is seeking to specialize.
LP Lammas was founded in 1993 by Louis...