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SBAI adds two to board

The Standards Board for Alternative Investments (SBAI) has appointed Stuart Fiertz, Co-Founder and President of Cheyne Capital Management, and Richard Lightburn, Chief Executive Officer of MKP Capital Management, to its Board. The SBAI is the global standard-setting body for the alternative investment industry and custodian of the Alternative Investment Standards.

Noerr Private Equity adds new partner

Noerr has appointed private equity/ M&A expert Holger Ebersberger as an equity partner. He will be accompanied by his team from previous firm Ashurst and will boost Noerr’s Private Equity practice group at its Munich office. “The Noerr Private Equity Group has achieved success by focusing on a sector-specific implementation

Duff & Phelps appoints European leader of global transfer pricing practice

Duff & Phelps has appointed Ted Keen as Managing Director in the firm’s Transfer Pricing practice based in London. Keen will serve as the European leader for the practice, focusing on client service and further expansion of the transfer pricing group in Europe.

 Keen brings over twenty years of experience advising

Campbell Lutyens opens office in Singapore

Campbell Lutyens has opened a new office in Singapore, following regulatory approval. The office will support the continued expansion of the firm’s fund placement and secondary advisory business in Asia-Pacific, and will be the firm’s second in the region, after the opening of a Hong Kong office in 2010.  

BGF adds to Talent Network

BGF has appointed Sophie Birch to its Talent Network team, which helps BGF-backed companies gain unparalleled access to a group of more than 5,000 board-level non-executives, business leaders and sector experts. Birch’s experience of helping growing companies strengthen their boards, together with her extensive contact book of senior business leaders

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State Street adds to alternatives team

Geoff Pullen has joined State Street as managing director, alternatives sector, EMEA. Based in London, he will report into Maria Cantillon, head of sector solutions for EMEA, and his responsibilities will include driving the execution of the team’s regional sales strategy across hedge and private equity fund clients.   With

North Shore InnoVentures appoints new CEO

North Shore InnoVentures (NSIV) has appointed Chris Ilsley to CEO and President. Ilsley joins as the non-profit technology business sector incubator organisation reaches the 10-year mark, capping a year of growth and expansion. Ilsley spent a career driving innovation and entrepreneurship in areas ranging from biotech and cleantech to big data

Grain Management adds senior advisors

Private equity firm Grain Management has appointed Edith Cooper and Virgis Colbert as Senior Advisors. “Edith is an exceptional executive and brings more than 20 years of experience from Goldman Sachs with particular competence in human capital development. Her wealth of experience and excellent judgement will help Grain extend the

Maven Capital adds three to Midlands team

UK private equity firm Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has strengthened its Midlands team with the appointment of senior investment specialists Chris Rogers, Richard Altoft and Graham Hall. Based in Birmingham, Rogers has responsibility for new MEIF investments and will work closely with investee companies throughout Worcestershire. Rogers joins Maven after

BakerHostetler adds corporate partner on West Coast

Numan Siddiqi, an attorney with more than two decades of experience handling complex transactions involving both public and private companies, has joined BakerHostetler as a partner in its Business Group, based in Costa Mesa. Siddiqi was previously a partner at Brown Rudnick LLP. Siddiqi’s practice consists of general corporate representations,

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