Leerink Partners

Leerink Partners LLC is an American independent investment bank providing healthcare companies and investors with financial services including M&A advisory, equity and debt capital markets, proprietary research, and sales and trading capabilities.

The firm was founded in 1995 by Jeffrey A. Leerink, and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with U.S. offices in New York City; San Francisco, California; Charlotte, North Carolina; and Nashville, Tennessee.

It acted as a strategic knowledge resource at Leerink, using validation of new products and commercial viability in the assessment of company financials, and corporate due diligence in the medial field as part of a merger and acquisition advisory or capital raising.

[17] In 2021, the firm also expanded its leadership within the financial sponsor and leveraged finance sector and added five senior bankers to its healthcare services franchise.

[5][6] Following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank in March 2023, the management of SVB Securities planned to buy back their firm from the parent group.

[22] According to an October 2024 article from FinTech Magazine, the company also partnered with the consulting firm Element22 to design a multi-year enterprise data program.