Hamilton Lane, a private equity asset management firm, has appointed Mingchen Xia as principal on the fund investment team and Yen Li Chew as vice president in the business development group. The new hires will be based in Hong Kong and will further strengthen the firm's presence in the Asia-Pacific
James Oussedik has joined Sidley Austin’s London office as counsel. He will be a senior member of the firm’s investment funds practice, which is dedicated to structuring and advising investment funds and advisers. Oussedik’s appointment follows that of Stephen Ross, who joined Sidley’s investment funds practice as partner earlier
Chris Kuenne, who founded digital marketing agency Rosetta in 1998 and sold it to Publicis Groupe in 2011 for USD575m, is retiring from the company to launch Rosemark, a private equity firm. Kuenne (pictured) also intends to focus on his teaching of high-tech entrepreneurship at Princeton University. In growing the
Palatine Private Equity has appointed Charlotte Ashton as business development director. Ashton joins Palatine from Grant Thornton Corporate Finance where she worked for three years, initially in Manchester and then later in London focusing on specialist sectors. She worked on a wide range of transactions including Edward Billingtons acquisition
British bank Aldermore has made three key appointments to its asset finance team. Emma Irving joins Aldermore from BNP Paribas to become the new head of materials handling. She has over 15 years’ experience in the materials handling industry. Nova Everidge joins the operational team from Close Asset Finance.
Law firm K&L Gates has appointed Siew Kam Boon as a partner in its M&A and private equity practices. Boon, who will work out of both K&L Gates’ Singapore and Shanghai offices, joins the firm from O’Melveny & Myers.

 Boon focuses her practice on cross border mergers and acquisitions, both public
Bernard J (Barney) Guarnera has joined Centurion Resource Group (CRG) as a partner and member of their investment committee. CRG is a private equity fund management group focused on the global mining sector. Guarnera most recently served as non-executive chairman and senior associate at Behre Dolbear Group. While
Alternative asset management firm Napier Park Global Capital has appointed John P Havens as partner and non-executive chairman. “We are thrilled to welcome John to the Napier Park team,” says Jim O’Brien, co-managing partner of Napier Park. “John is a seasoned, well-recognised leader in the financial services industry who has
Northern Trust has expanded its alternatives group with two appointments focused on investment opportunities in venture capital and secondary markets for private equity. James R ‘Trey’ Hart III , who is responsible for sourcing and analysing venture capital investment opportunities in the US and Asia, joined Northern Trust from Greenspring
Lionel Leventhal has joined Houlihan Lokey’s illiquid financial asset (IFA) practice as a managing director and head of royalty and revenue interest financing. He will focus primarily on royalty monetizations and revenue interest financings in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, and diagnostics subsectors with a broader mandate to expand coverage
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