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MVCA had the pleasure to welcome Lawrence McDonald, Author of “A Colossal Failure of Common Sense- The Inside Story of the Collapse of Lehman Brothers“, for a lunch conference on Wednesday 16 June
Wednesday, 16 June 2010

Lawrence McDonald (www.lawrencegmcdonald.com), currently a Managing Director at Pangea Capital Management LP, was Vice-President in Distressed Debt and Convertible Securities Trading at Lehman Brothers between July 2004 and September 2008.

He ran an extremely successful joint venture between the firm's fixed income and equity divisions, generating over $80 m. profit during the four years.  Mr. McDonald has been a guest and contributor on CNBC, CNN, BBC World, Channel 4 News, Bloomberg TV, Fox TV, The New York Times, Business week and the Economist amongst others.

The book, written together with Patrick Robinson, hit the New York Times bestseller on the first week of publishing.

During lunch, Lawrence McDonald talked about post Lehman collapse, the consequences of the financial meltdown on the regulatory environment and the impact on investment today, and shared with the audience some of his behind the scenes knowledge.

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