Hogan Lovells has appointed John Duke as Office Managing Partner for the firm’s Philadelphia office, effective 1 January. Duke is a Corporate Transactional partner whose diverse corporate practice encompasses mergers and acquisitions, public equity offerings, joint ventures, corporate governance and public company compliance matters. He has advised on dozens of
Lawyers from Carey Olsen’s corporate team in Guernsey have advised RBS International on a multi-million pound loan facility with Aurigny which enables the airline to purchase three new aircraft. The loan from RBS International provides the States of Guernsey owned airline with the necessary capital required to purchase three ATR72-600s
Franklin Templeton Investments has appointed George Szemere as its new Head of Alternative Sales, EMEA. Based in London, Szemere joins Franklin Templeton with immediate effect from Columbia Threadneedle, where he was most recently Head of Liquid Alternatives and Global Strategic Relations EMEA Distribution. Reporting to Vivek Kudva, Managing Director for
Foresight Group (Foresight) has secured a GBP1.5 million investment from the Foresight Williams Technology EIS Fund (into Open Bionics Limited). The investment has been made alongside an identical commitment from Downing LLP and Ananda Impact Ventures of GBP1.5 million each and Rathbone Nominees to complete the GBP4.66 million round.
EQT has promoted six existing directors to the role of partner, effective 1 January. The new partners are: Brian Chang, Mid-Market, Singapore; Victor Englesson, Mid-Market, Stockholm; Stephen Escudier, Credit, New York; Carl Johan Renström, Equity, Stockholm; Magnus Tornling, Equity, Oslo; and Matthias Wittkowski, Equity, Munich. Christian Sinding, CEO and Managing
Fireman Capital Partners (FCP), a consumer-focussed private equity firm, has appointed Wes Mendenhall as a Principal. He will be based in Seattle and will focus on business development and strategic corporate and investor relationships. Mendenhall brings over 10 years of experience in financial services, encompassing roles in both Institutional Global
Gallant Capital Partners (Gallant), a Los Angeles-based investment firm, has invested in Aero Turbine, an aerospace maintenance, repair and overhaul service provider, in partnership with Doug Clayton and Dave Mattson. The company provides services to the US military as well as foreign militaries and other commercial customers around the world.
Ingenious, an alternative investment manager that specialises in the media sector, has launched Ingenious Vision VCT which will seek to provide early-stage funding to unquoted companies with high growth potential that develop, produce or exploit television and other forms of audio-visual content. Ingenious is looking to raise an initial GBP10
Concrete VC, a PropTech start-up fund founded to identify and support the most promising PropTech companies, has partnered with Angelica Donati, CEO of Donati Immobiliare Group. Donati joins Concrete VC as their second venture partner, bringing extensive knowledge of the industry as a PropTech founder and CEO of Donati Immobiliare
Maples Fiduciary, a division of MaplesFS and provider of specialised fiduciary, entity formation and management, insurance and administration services, has received a Trust Company Business Licence from the Jersey Financial Services Commission and has established an on-the-ground presence in Jersey. The extension of its service offering to Jersey will
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