Alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group has appointed Jeffrey C Holland as managing director and head of the private client group. Holland comes to this newly-created position from Cole Real Estate Investments, where he was president and chief operating officer, overseeing the private capital and real estate groups. Holland
Jason Allison has joined Walkers’ Cayman Islands office as a partner in the global investment funds group. Allison, an offshore investment funds practitioners, has close to ten years' experience advising on Cayman Islands law. After spending over five years at Freshfields in London, he commenced his Cayman Islands career
Independent private investment company Ardian has appointed Tobias Gewolker as a director in the infrastructure team based in the firm’s Paris office. Ardian’s infrastructure team, led by Mathias Burghardt, invests in core infrastructure assets and partners with leading industrial players across Europe. Last year it raised EUR1.75bn for Ardian’s
Lowenstein Sandler has expanded its private equity and mergers and acquisitions practices with the addition of Christopher Henry as a partner. Henry, 41, joins Lowenstein Sandler’s New York office from Ropes & Gray, where he had been a partner since 2006. Close on the heels of Michael Brosse, 43,
Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners has appointed John D Clark as a managing partner based in New York. Clark (pictured) will focus on middle-market, growth-oriented private equity investments in the technology, software and technology-enabled business services sectors. Clark comes to the firm from Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe,
Collas Crill has appointed Elena Moran as a group partner in its Jersey commercial dispute resolution team. An experienced commercial litigator who focuses on trust and commercial litigation, with a specialism in employment and media law, Moran will join the firm at the end of April. It is a
Neuberger Berman has appointed Erik Knutzen as multi-asset class chief investment officer. Knutzen (pictured) joins to deepen the multi-asset class strategic partnerships Neuberger Berman has with institutional investors. Knutzen will drive the asset allocation process on a firm-wide level and create related client content for strategic partnerships and multi-asset class
The Riverside Company has named Tommy Seddon as field originator for the UK and Ireland. In this role, Seddon will oversee Riverside’s efforts to source, analyse and acquire growing businesses in these key markets. Seddon joined Riverside’s London team in 2013. He succeeds Lars Eriksson, who had overseen
Paris-based private equity firm Activa Capital has promoted Sophie Rouland to partner. At the same time, Pierre Chabaud and Jean-Baptiste Salvin are both promoted to investment director and Denis Houdet becomes investment manager. Charles Diehl, partner of Activa Capital, says: “These promotions reflect the strong contribution of the team
David Lonsdale has been promoted to partner at London-based private equity firm August Equity. Lonsdale (pictured) joined August Equity in 2008 and most recently led the investment in Westpoint, the UK’s largest farm and production animal veterinary group which provides support services to the UK livestock and food industries.
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