banking firm . for the insurance and investment management company see lincoln financial . lincoln international type private company industry investment banking predecessor lincoln partners peters associates founded 1996 founder robert b. barr jim lawson headquarters chicago illinois united states products mergers & acquisitions fairness opinions restructuring advisory joint ventures & partnering number of employees 400 website www.lincolninternational.com lincoln international is an independent investment bank specializing in advisory services and financings for middle market companies . the firm provides a variety of advisory services including mergers & acquisitions fairness opinions debt restructuring advisory and joint ventures & partnering . the firm completed more than 165 advisory assignments globally in 2015 . 1 the firm which is based in chicago illinois was founded in 1996 . the company operates additional offices in beijing new york dallas frankfurt paris los angeles london amsterdam madrid milan moscow mumbai s o paulo tokyo vienna and zurich with strategic partnerships with firms in china and south korea . history edit the firm was originally founded by robert b. barr and jim lawson as a boutique investment banking firm lincoln partners in 1996 . the two co founders of lincoln partners had worked together from 1981 through 1990 in the mergers and acquisitions department of paine webber . in 1990 they left paine webber to start up the chicago office of peers & co. where they remained for six years . the firm was named after the 16th president of the united states abraham lincoln . through the late 1990s lincoln partners grew to an organization of approximately 30 people and became a registered broker dealer . in january 2006 lincoln international was formed through the merger of lincoln partners and peters associates two middle market investment banks based in the u.s. and germany respectively . 2 at the time of the merger lincoln international had offices in chicago frankfurt new york and paris . the firms had previously worked together through a strategic joint venture established in 2005 as lincoln partners was seeking a partner to expand beyond the us . 3 4 lincoln international was built upon providing advisory services to leading industrial companies . they have over 180 completed advisory assignments within the industrial space in the past five years . 5 references edit http www.lincolninternational.com en about us.html lincoln partners joins with german french entities . crain s chicago business jan. 10 2006 lincoln partners teams up with firm . crain s chicago business march 21 2005 mid cap banks team with pen pals overseas . crain s chicago business august 29 2005 http www.lincolninternational.com en industries industrials.html lincoln international focuses on u.k. pe . investment dealers digest may 15 2009 while others shrunk . lincoln international grew . reuters buyouts lincoln international turns to health care . idd magazine january 19 2010 day in the life lincoln partners . monroe street journal stephen m. ross school of business feb 10 2003 external links edit lincoln international company website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title lincoln international & oldid 741269120 categories investment banksfinancial services companies of the united statesbanks established in 1996 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 26 september 2016 at 12 42 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view