Law firm Morrison & Foerster has appointed Benoit Lavigne as a partner in the finance practice in the firm’s London office. Lavigne (pictured), who has a wealth of experience in complex, cross-border finance matters, comes to Morrison & Foerster from Ropes & Gray, and is the third partner to join
Accountancy and business advisory firm BDO has appointed a new international audit partner to join its expanding financial services team. Justin Chait (pictured), joins BDO following 12 years at KPMG and specialises in asset management, property and fund administration companies. With significant international experience, Justin moves to London from
Adam Hewitson (pictured), has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of UK accountancy and professional services provider Throgmorton, part of Link Asset Services. The current Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Deputy CEO of the business, Hewitson replaces Andrew Rubio who will move to the newly created position
Private equity fund administrator Gen II Fund Services (Gen II) has appointed Edward Poletti as a Senior Advisor. Before joining Gen II, Ed spent twenty four years at Credit Suisse building and managing one of the world’s largest global alternative fund operations businesses. In his role Ed will work
Capricorn Private Investments (CPI) has appointed Manoj Soni as Chief Investment Officer. Manoj was formerly Managing Director and Head of Absolute Return and Credit at Partners Capital. CPI is the private investment office of the Capricorn Group, a family-owned global alternative asset manager. Geoff Snelgar, Chairman of Capricorn, says; “The
MUFG Investor Services (MUFG), the global asset servicing arm of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, has appointed Oliver Scully as Head of EMEA Sales and David Sarfas as Global Head of Private Equity. They will be based in London and report to Mike McCabe, Managing Director, Global Head of Business Development,
Parimala Pakalapati, a financial technology executive with more than a decade of fintech and startup experience, has been appointed director of engineering of MPOWER Financing. Pakalapati will oversee the company’s global engineering team, drive technology initiatives and work closely with internal and external stakeholders to establish technology solutions at a
OakNorth has appointed Amir Nooriala, former MD of BGC Partners, as its Chief Operating Officer. After graduating with a degree in Computer Science from the University of Nottingham, Amir Nooriala spent four years working in California for Cisco Systems as a system engineer, before returning to the UK to work
Aurelius Equity Opportunities, a pan-European mid-market investor, has made changes to its Executive Board. From 1 August 2018, Donatus Albrecht will look after the group-wide M&A strategy of all business areas of the Aurelius Group and will step down from the Executive Board of the listed Aurelius Equity Opportunities SE
International law firm Simmons & Simmons has opened for business in Dublin, having always had close links with the Irish funds industry. Simmons & Simmons says that Ireland has been the fastest growing major fund domicile in Europe over the last five years, a tangible reflection of the benefits the
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