France

1980s - Present

2008:

J.P. Morgan plays an important role in helping manage the credit crisis through the acquisition of Bear Stearns.

1945:

Morgan & Cie Inc. incorporates after 77 years as a partnership.

1929:

Guaranty Trust office moves to 4, Place de la Concorde, where it occupies the Hotel Coislin.

1928:

Chase National opens a representative office in Paris, and Equitable moves its branch to 41 Rue Cambon.

1927:

Firm becomes Morgan & Cie.

Central Union Trust Co. (a predecessor firm) opens a representative office at 22, Place Vendome.

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 1900s - 1910s

1917:

Guaranty Trust Co. opens Paris office at 1 and 3 Rue des Italiens.

1916:

14, Place Vendome is bought by J.P.Morgan & Co. and the office opens a year later.  The building was designed by architect Jules Mansard and erected in the 17th century. The façade is designated a national monument.  This building has been owned and occupied by J.P. Morgan since 1919.

1915:

During WWI, J.P. Morgan & Co. arranges the biggest foreign loan in Wall Street history – a $500 million dollar Anglo-French loan – and acts as purchasing agent for the Allies in the United States.

1910:

Equitable Trust Company (which merges with Chase National Bank in 1930) opens Paris branch on the Rue de la Paix, becoming the first American bank branch on the European continent.

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 1799 - 1890s

1895:

Firm becomes Morgan, Harjes & Cie — J. Pierpont is senior partner.

1895:

Pierpont Morgan grants a loan of 250 million gold francs to Gambetta after the Sedan defeat.

1868:

Anthony Drexel, a Philadelphia banker, opens the Paris branch of his firm on Blvd. Haussmann. It operates as a partnership — Drexel Harjes —  and J. Pierpont Morgan becomes a partner. 

1848:

The Waterbury Bank opens, a predecessor of the Chase Manhattan Bank.

1824:

The Chemical Bank is established.

1799:

The Manhattan Company, the firm's earliest predecessor institution, is chartered.

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