How It Went Down: Three Accounts Of The Lehman Bankruptcy

After interning in the summer of 2007, the young Italian felt mainly excitement in July 2008 at landing a job in Lehman's private equity division in London.

A key catalyst for the 2008 global financial crisis, the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers still reverberates for those who lived through it. Here are the accounts of three who were there.

Paolo Battaglia, neophyte banker

After interning in the summer of 2007, the young Italian felt mainly excitement in July 2008 at landing a job in Lehman's private equity division in London.