The former General Counsel of Dax-listed Vonovia SE, Dr Thomas Görgemanns, has joined joins the team of Arqis in Dusseldorf as Of Counsel. His main areas of practice are Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Law. As General Counsel, Görgemanns steered two IPOs, three public takeovers and numerous other large transactions.

Gabriel Yomi Dabiri has joined Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli in New York as a Shareholder, Practice Co-Leader for the firm’s Direct Lending and Alternative Finance practice, and Practice Co-Leader for the firm’s Cross-Border Finance practice. Dabiri is a dual-qualified attorney, admitted to practice law in New York and in

Growth buyout specialist Keensight Capital has appointed Stanislas de Tinguy as Senior Director and Jan Kinsky as Analyst.  De Tinguy has over 15 years of experience in Corporate and Investment Banking, with a strong expertise in the Telecom Media and Technology (TMT) sector. He joins Keensight Capital from BNP Paribas

Natixis has appointed Douglas Lenart as Head of Portfolio Management, Americas in its Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) business. Lenart reports globally to Anne-Christine Champion, Global Head of Distribution and Portfolio Management, CIB and locally to Benjamin Sirgue, Head of Strategic Sectors & Distribution, Americas, CIB. He is responsible for

Noerr has appointed four new equity partners, effective 1 January 2019 with the promotions of Sebastian Fischer, Arun Kapoor, Maurice Séché and Stephan Schulz. In addition, Karsten Fink, Christoph Rieken and Evelyn Schulz have been made new senior counsel (non-equity partners). The firm has also promoted ten other lawyers to

Sidley Austin has appointed Mark Knight as a partner in the firm’s London office. He will be a member of Sidley’s global Restructuring practice. Knight is experienced in leading multijurisdictional restructurings on both the creditor and debtor sides. Before joining Sidley, Knight served as a partner and general counsel of

Drawbridge Partners, a cybersecurity firm focussed on the financial services sector – and in particular hedge fund and private equity fund managers – has appointed Nathan Ford as a partner.    In this new role, Ford will be responsible for supporting the continued growth, team build out, and deepening client

Principle Capital has appointed Raymond Lau as a Vice President of the firm, effective 2 January 2019. Lau has over 17 years of financial industry experience and was the Managing Director of Lau Equity, a family investment office that invests across a broad range of sectors and geographic areas in private