Altman Vilandrie & Company, a leading strategy consulting firm focused on the communications, media, and related technology sectors, has hired Don Sutherland as Principal.Sutherland advises the firm’s Telecommunications, Media, and Technology (TMT) sector and private equity clients on a range of business strategy and investment issues. “Don has a strong

Hughes Hubbard & Reed has promoted Alan Kravitz and Dustin Smith to the partnership. The firm also elevated Amina Hassan and Tamara Kraljic to counsel.Kravitz is a member of Hughes Hubbard’s Tax department, and Smith is a member the Corporate Reorganisation and Bankruptcy group; both are based in New York.

Marc Wolf, Financial Services Industry Practice Leader for the South and West Region at accounting, tax, and advisory CohnReznick, has been appointed as the Chair of California Alternative Investments Association (CalALTs).CalALTs is a not-for-profit membership organisation whose members include alternative asset managers, investors and service providers dedicated to the continuing

Wellington Partners, a European venture capital firm investing in early- and growth-stage life science companies, has appointed Dr Karl Naegler as a Managing Partner, effective 1 January, 2020. Naegler has a strong track record of investments in early and later stage life science companies as well as deep sector knowledge and

Optimum Strategic Communications (Optimum), an international strategic healthcare communications firm, has appointed Shabnam Bashir to help build and strengthen its integrated public relations and investor relations offering to clients across the global healthcare industry.Shabnam brings 10 years of experience advising UK and international companies ranging from start-ups to large public

Floreat has appointed Phil Griffiths as Managing Director within Floreat Aviation Capital Limited, its specialist aircraft leasing investment arm.  Griffiths brings extensive experience in the aviation sector, having closed over USD10 billion in aircraft finance and leasing transactions since 2003. He joins from DAE Capital, where he headed the company’s corporate

Great Point Media (Great Point), a London-based media and investment group, has appointed Jamie Lowe as Head of Institutional Distribution. Lowe will oversee the structuring and launch of Great Point’s global institutional project finance fund which will look to invest in large-scale media projects and finance film and television programming globally.

Tax lawyer Nadine Gelli is to join the Paris office of law firm Kirkland Ellis as a partner.Gelli brings more than 20 years of experience in advising on all tax aspects of corporate transactions with a particular focus on leveraged buyouts, financing and restructuring projects. She also has experience in

Abris Capital Partners, a private equity investor in Central and Eastern Europe, has promoted Paulina Pietkiewicz, Edgar Kolesnik and Adrian Stanculescu to Partner. Their new roles are effective beginning January 2020. They will also join the Investment Committee as non-voting members. Pietkiewicz, previously Operations Director and Chief Compliance Officer, joined Abris

Buzzacott has appointed Antoine Housden as Head of Financial Services Tax.Housden joins Buzzacott from EY, where he worked as a director in the Wealth and Asset Management Tax Practice. Over the past 15 years, Housden has also worked at PwC and Kinetic Partners (now Duff & Phelps), in the UK