Law firm Speechly Bircham has advised on the launch of a new private equity backed PR consultancy, Stockwell Group. Speechlys worked with Iceni Capital, an investor in UK business service companies, and key communications industry players. The new firm brings together Philip Gawith, ex chief executive of Maitland, Tim Burt,
Law firm Harneys has opened an office in Montevideo, Uruguay. Law firm Harneys has opened an office in Montevideo, Uruguay. Led by Marco Martins, a partner and head of the firm’s Latin America practice, the Montevideo office will improve the firm’s ability to service clients throughout Latin America. Martins
Collas Day in Guernsey and Crill Canavan in Jersey are to merge in the spring of 2011. The combined law firms will be know as Collas Crill. The combined firm creates a new 15 partner Channel Island firm. The merger is intended to build on the strengths each firm has,
The Securities and Exchange Commission voted by a 4 to 1 majority on Friday to propose new rules to strengthen its oversight of investment advisers and fill key gaps in the regulatory landscape, notably by bringing managers of hedge funds and other alternative investments under its aegis. The SEC’s proposed
Law firm Temple Bright, led by corporate partner Jonathan Poole, has advised the founders of Unicomarine on the sale of the company to ecology specialists Thomson Ecology. Unicomarine is an environmental consultancy specialising in marine and estuarine biological surveys. Property and employment partners Justyn McIlhinney and James Howell also
Law firm Walkers says the confirmation of the final terms of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive and the removal of uncertainty for non-European Union fund managers marketing non-EU funds in the EU is a very positive development for the investment funds industry in the Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands
Jersey Finance has welcomed the vote on the compromise agreement for the Alternative Investment Fund Managers EU Directive that was reached by European Parliament. Geoff Cook, chief executive of Jersey Finance, says Jersey will meet the agreed criteria for ongoing market access into Europe. “This is fantastic news for our
The Swiss Funds Association has welcomed the European Parliament’s decision to pass the EU Directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers. The SFA says that compared with the draft presented in April 2009, the directive in its present form contains two significant improvements from the Swiss perspective. Under the AIFM Directive
New European Union-wide rules on the marketing of alternative investment funds overcame the final hurdle this afternoon when the European Parliament adopted, by 513 votes to 92 with three abstentions, the Directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers. The directive will impose registration, reporting and initial capital requirements on all funds
Legal practice Norton Rose has acted for Europa Capital, the European private equity real estate fund manager, on the sale of a stake to Rockefeller Group, creating a USD20bn (GBP12.7bn) fund management group. Europa has more than EUR2bn (GBP1.8bn) in equity under management in six opportunistic European real estate funds
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