Gregorio Esmelian has joined Jefferies as an equity sales trader in Madrid.
Jefferies reported US$6.6 billion in investment banking and capital markets revenues for 2025, including US$771.9 million in equity underwriting and US$1.9 billion in equities capital markets. These marked a 6.5% increase, 3.5% decrease and 19.8% increase respectively.
Earlier this month, Brandon Peters joined the firm as head of outsourced trading in New York.
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Esmelian has more than 25 years of industry experience and joins Jefferies from JP Morgan, where he was managing director of EMEA sales and marketing in London. Prior to this, he was an EMEA sales trader and director at Macquarie Group.
He previously served as an international equities sales trader for developed Europe and senior vice president at Jefferies between 2008 and 2012.

