Allen & Overy has made a major strategic addition to its global finance practice that will significantly expand its US presence, with the hiring of a team of five New York leveraged finance partners. The team is led by senior leveraged finance partner Scott M Zemser and includes dual qualified
The board of Woodford Patient Capital Trust has appointed Carolan Dobson and Alan Hodson as non-executive directors, both with immediate effect. Dobson has a background in fund management and is an experienced non-executive director in public and private sector organisations, including a diverse portfolio of investment trust roles. She spent
Salveo Capital has re-launched Salveo Fund I with the addition of managing directors Michael Gruber and Jeffrey Howard and director of fund operations Achint Prabhat to the existing team of partners Alex Thiersch and John Dohm and director of communications Eric Atienza. Salveo is a venture capital fund with offices
Investment funds lawyer Christopher Knight (pictured) has joined Akin Gump as counsel in its investment management practice in the Hong Kong office. He joins the firm from the Hong Kong office of DLA Piper. Knight has extensive experience advising financial institutions, investment banks, asset managers, sponsors and investors on
Backstop Solutions Group, a provider of cloud-based solutions for hedge funds, funds of funds, pensions, endowments, private equity firms, consultants and family offices, has expanded into the Asia Pacific region with the opening of its sixth office and the hiring of seasoned industry professional Steve Au (pictured) as director of
Knight Corporate Finance has added Steve Stuart to its team bringing his 30 years of experience in financing and business strategy to focus on business development opportunities and to review fund raising opportunities for sister company Knight Ventures. Formerly a partner at Brabners Stuart Corporate Finance and Ernst & Young, Stuart
Assured Guaranty has appointed David A Buzen as senior managing director of its newly formed alternative investments group. Buzen was previously president and chief executive officer of CIFG Holding. Additionally, Stan Cotek, formerly treasurer and managing director of finance and IT systems at CIFG, has joined the alternative strategies
Lazard has appointed Christopher Mulshine as a managing director in its private capital advisory group, effective immediately. He is based in New York. “Chris brings more than 15 years of experience as a trusted advisor to institutional investors and fund managers,” says William Riddle, managing director and head of Lazard’s
Maples Fund Services has appointed James Perry as head of institutional investor solutions, effective immediately. In this role, Perry will be responsible for further shaping the firm’s offerings and enhancing its service delivery to institutional investors. Perry brings more than 20 years of investment management experience, the past 10
The Citco Group of Companies has launched Citco Capital Solutions, a capital advisory service that will focus on arranging debt and equity capital for sponsors and investors in alternative investment vehicles. Citco Capital Solutions is led by managing director Michael Peterson (pictured), and Shiraz Allidina has also joined the firm
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