Lincoln International
LCLN · NYSE Filing snapshotLincoln International is a global independent investment-banking advisory firm focused on the private capital markets — M&A, capital advisory and valuations. Its $20.00 NYSE IPO raised about $412M gross to the company (alongside selling shareholders). The filing names a deep set of direct competitors — Harris Williams, Houlihan Lokey, Jefferies, Lazard, Moelis, Piper Sandler, Raymond James, Robert W. Baird, Rothschild & Co, Stifel and William Blair — noting only a subset focus, as Lincoln does, primarily on private-capital-markets advisory.
A global M&A advisory firm going public into a crowded boutique field — it names 11 direct rivals, from Houlihan Lokey and Jefferies to Lazard, Moelis and Rothschild, while staking out the private-capital-markets niche.