Global law firm Reed Smith has opened an office in Brussels with five partners, one counsel and two associates from five international law firms. All five partners are joining the firm’s Global Corporate Group.The firm now has five offices across the region and 30 throughout the world. The new partners

Global law firm Ropes & Gray has promoted six attorneys to counsel. Their experience spans private equity, hedge funds, finance, asset management, real estate, tax and estate planning. “These are best-in-class advisors who know their industries inside out,” says chair Julie Jones. “Our newly elevated counsel each have the experience and

Maitland, a global advisory, family office and fund administration firm, has appointed Natasha Head and Craig Rowland as Business Development Managers based in London.Natasha will be responsible for growing Maitland’s Management Company (ManCo) and Fund Administration businesses across the UK, Guernsey and Luxembourg. She brings over eight years’ experience working

IQ-EQ, a global investor services group, has appointed John Legrand as Managing Director of UK and Ireland and member of its executive leadership team. The company says this key hire reflects the strategic significance of its growing UK & Ireland business.   Legrand’s 22-year career has afforded him the opportunity to

Matt Rasul has joined RedRidge Diligence Services as National Director, Talent Acquisition and Employee Relations. Based in Dallas, Rasul will drive the company’s talent acquisition strategy – playing a hands-on role in the recruitment of top talent and managing employee relations both domestically and abroad. He will also be responsible for

Blackstone has appointed Gilles Dellaert, former Co-President and Chief Investment Officer of Global Atlantic, a retirement and life insurance company, as the Global Head of Blackstone Insurance Solutions (BIS).BIS was formed in 2018 to deliver Blackstone’s asset management expertise to the insurance industry. Leveraging the scale and breadth of Blackstone’s

Napier Park Global Capital (Napier Park), an alternative asset management platform with more than USD14 billion in assets under management offering a diversified product mix of hedge funds, private investments, CLOs and structured credit to large, sophisticated institutional investors, has named Nadja Marcoz as a Partner of the firm. Marcoz is

Gray Powell, CFA, and Matthew VanVliet, CFA, have joined the BTIG’s Research and Strategy division to launch coverage across the security and application software sectors. Powell and VanVliet will both report to David Lenchus, Director of Research at BTIG.Powell joins BTIG as a Director in New York, focused on the

Orrick has appointed leveraged finance and direct lending specialist Anthony Kay as a partner in London. Kay joins Orrick from Latham & Watkins.Kay joins an established finance team in London and will work alongside M&A and private equity partners James Connor and Daniel Wayte in growing the firm’s private equity