M Lhuillier
pawnshop chain in the Philippines
Michel J. Lhuillier Financial Services (Pawnshops), Inc., also known as M Lhuillier or MLhuillier, is a Philippine non-banking financial services company. The company is headquartered in Cebu City, Philippines with the M Lhuillier Group of companies as the parent company.
History
M. Lhuillier was established by Michel Lhuillier in the early 1980s as an offshoot of the financial services of Michel's father, Henry Lhuillier a French emigrant to the Philippines. The company, Michel J. Lhuillier Financial Services (Pawnshops), Inc., was incorporated by the younger Lhuillier in 1992.
Since then, the M Lhuillier Group of Companies expanded to include real estate, construction, restaurants, and retail.
Involvement in sports
The M. Lhuillier Jewelers F.C., a Cebu-based football team was formed in 1987.
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