Sidley Austin has appointed Eleanor Shanks as a partner based in London. Shanks, who will be a member of Sidley’s global M&A and Private Equity practice, joins from Proskauer Rose LLP. “Eleanor is one of the most respected private equity lawyers in London and highly regarded for her work across

UK financial services broker The Fiducia Group has launched Fiducia Corporate Finance which the company says will provide a bespoke corporate service for debt and equity fund raising for entrepreneurs and companies.  It will offer advice, specialising in: equity capital raising, debt capital raising, disposals, acquisitions, refinancing, restructuring and general

BGF, a UK and Irish investment company, has appointed Daina Spedding as an investor in its London office. Spedding joins from the investment team at Blue Coast Capital, where she sourced and executed investment opportunities in global consumer and digital companies. Previously, Spedding has worked in PwC’s transaction services team,

Law firm Paul Hastings has appointed Charles Cardon, a corporate partner with a focus on takeovers, M&A, private equity, and capital markets transactions, to the firm’s team in Paris. “We’re meeting our clients’ demand for deeper European capabilities in M&A, private equity and finance,” says Seth Zachary, chair of Paul Hastings.

Frank Herzog has joined EQT portfolio company VFS Global as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) effective 1 October 2019. Herzog will lead the overall Finance function and will also be responsible for M&A, Legal, Internal Audit, and Procurement functions of VFS Global. He is a member of the Executive Board of

Eisner has continued the expansion of its New York office with the appointment of Kate F Buckley as a partner. Buckley will head the firm’s corporate practice in New York. “This is an important step forward for our firm and our growing New York office,” says Eisner chair Michael Eisner. “Kate is incredibly

Ocorian, a provider of trust, administration and fiduciary services, has expanded its senior team in London with appointment of a Business Development Director and Head of Client Services. Kristina Rowe brings over 20 years of financial services experience to Ocorian, joining from State Street where she worked in the private

Global law firm Goodwin has opened a new office in Luxembourg. Together with Goodwin’s existing London-based Luxembourg desk, the new office will serve as a single solution for the firm’s global clients raising and deploying capital in Europe. “With a market-leading funds practice in the United States and Europe, and

RWC Partners, a UK-based asset management business, has appointed Huan Ke as a new Head of Legal and Compliance. Ke has over 19 years of experience and joins from Macquarie Asset Management where he spent eight years as Head of Legal (EMEA) for the Macquarie Investment Management and Macquarie Private