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Benedict Kwon, Sheppard Mullin

Corporate Partner Ben Kwon joins Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton

Benedict O Kwon (pictured), has joined the Orange County office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton as a partner in the firm’s Corporate practice group, focusing on fund formation and taxation. Kwon joins Sheppard Mullin from Stradling. “Ben is a terrific addition to the firm. He brings a significant level

Transom Capital Group promotes James Oh to Partner

Transom Capital Group (Transom), a Los Angeles-based, private equity firm, has promoted James Oh to Partner and member of the firm’s Investment Committee. Oh joined Transom in 2015 and is responsible for sourcing investment opportunities, conducting due diligence, executing transactions, and monitoring portfolio companies including financial/operational oversight and capital structure management.

Cairngorm Capital adds to investment team

Cairngorm Capital has appointed Lucy Graham as Investment Director and Panita Vongkusolkit as Investment Manager.  With over 20 years’ experience in leveraged nance and corporate law, Graham joins from Clydesdale Bank, where most recently she was Senior Corporate Finance Partner responsible for developing Clydesdale’s inorganic strategy involving acquisitions, sale transactions,

Ogier appoints fund specialist as Counsel

Experienced offshore investment funds lawyer Sophie Reguengo has joined Ogier’s Jersey funds team. Reguengo has almost 15 years’ experience as an offshore funds specialist working in both Jersey and Hong Kong – her practice focuses on private equity and real estate structures.   Reguengo’s arrival in the Jersey funds team

Barings adds investment professionals from Aldea Capital Partners

Barings, a leading global financial services firm with over USD300 billion in assets under management, announced that the five member investment team from Aldea Capital Partners has joined Barings Alternative Investments (BAI) group. The Aldea team, a provider of customised private equity solutions, has integrated with BAI’s Funds & Co-Investments

InMotion Ventures appoints Lars Klawitter as executive director strategic business

InMotion Ventures, Jaguar Land Rover’s venture capital arm, today announces the appointment of Lars Klawitter as Executive Director Strategic Business. Klawitter joins the business this month, and he will lead the development of proprietary mobility services and their integration into Jaguar Land Rover products and services. He will also oversee strategic partnerships

Paul Hastings boosts Asia practice with M&A and compliance partner in Tokyo

Law firm Paul Hastings has appointed Eiji Kobayashi, a corporate M&A and compliance/investigations lawyer, as a partner in the firm’s Corporate practice in Tokyo, Japan. Kobayashi joins from Norton Rose Fulbright where he was a partner and Head of Corporate, M&A and Securities for Japan. His corporate team totalling four other

Announcement

Cohen & Company opens downtown Chicago office

Cohen & Company has opened a new office in downtown Chicago, Illinois and announced several significant management-level hires. The firm recently announced it had merged with Arthur Bell CPAs to create the premier, full service accounting and consulting practice supporting asset managers with the best talent, technical expertise and client

Palatine announces promotion and appointment of new financial controller

Palatine Private Equity continues to invest in its UK team with the promotion of James Painter to Investment Manager and the appointment of Mathew Thompson as Financial Controller. Painter joined the firm in February 2016 as Investment Executive from KPMG’s corporate finance team. He has been involved in a number

Brad Cowdroy, Danesmead

Danesmead Partners expands team

Cayman, New York and London-based alternative fund governance specialist, Danesmead Partners, has expanded its Cayman Islands office with the appointment of experienced independent director Brad Cowdroy as a principal of the firm. Cowdroy (pictured), has almost 20 years’ experience in the financial services industry, having worked extensively with hedge funds,

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