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creditshelf appoints new CTO

creditshelf AG, a specialist in digital SME financing in Germany, has appointed Dr Gregor Heinrich as Chief Technology Officer (CTO), effective from 15 January. In his new role, Dr Heinrich will be responsible for IT and data analytics. He will report directly to creditshelf CEO Dr Tim Thabe, but will

Duane Morris names co-chairs of private equity group

Duane Morris has named partners Michael C Hardy of the firm’s Baltimore office and Nanette C Heide of the firm’s New York office as co-chairs of the Private Equity division of the Corporate Practice Group. “Nanette and Mike each have strong experience in private equity transactions and bring to this

Blank Rome appoints transactions partner in Los Angeles

Blank Rome has appointed Robert L Kahan as a partner in the firm’s Corporate, M&A, and Securities group in Los Angeles. Kahan focuses his practice counselling middle-market companies in the lifestyle industries, including restaurants, entertainers, marketers, and merchandisers, across a variety of corporate transactions. Bob joins Blank Rome from a

Segulah chairman to step down

Gabriel Urwitz, founder and Chairman of Segulah, will step down from the role of Chairman. Having founded the business in 1994 and served as Managing Partner as well as Chairman for 25 years, Urwitz will remain a member of the Investment Committee for the duration of the Segulah V investment

Kainos Capital adds new partner

Kainos Capital (Kainos), a food and consumer-focussed private equity firm, has promoted Jay Desai to Partner.   Desai was previously a Managing Director of Kainos and has over 15 years of principal investing, investment banking and strategy experience in the food and consumer products sectors.   Andrew Rosen, Managing Partner

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SANNE opens new office in Tokyo

SANNE, a provider of alternative asset and corporate services, has opened a new office in Tokyo, Japan. The company has also made the key appointment of Mark Bennett as Country Head of its Japanese business. The opening of this new office expands SANNE’s already strong network of offices across the

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Carey Olsen appoints new Cayman and BVI corporate partner in London office

Leading offshore law firm Carey Olsen has appointed Jasmine Amaria as a Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands (BVI) corporate partner in its London office. Amaria, who joins from the London office of another offshore law firm, specialises in both Cayman Islands and BVI corporate law. She has significant experience

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iM Global Partner adds deputy CEO and Head of International Business

Jose Castellano has joined iM Global Partner as deputy CEO and Head of International Business Development. iM Global Partner is an investment and development asset management platform focused on acquiring strategic investments in traditional and alternative investment firms, its Partners, with an objective of growing together. iM Global Partner aims

IGF adds to ABL sales team after record-breaking year

Independent Growth Finance (IGF), the leading independent asset based lender, has made further investment in its asset based lending sales team following a record year. With 17 years’ experience working in asset based lending and invoice finance, the appointment of Nigel Hibbert as ABL director strengthens IGF’s presence in the South

Restructuring partner joins Sidley in London

Mark Knight has joined Sidley Austin as a partner in the firm’s London office. He will be a member of Sidley’s global Restructuring practice. Knight is experienced in leading complex, precedent- setting multi-jurisdictional restructurings on both the creditor and debtor sides. Before joining Sidley, Knight served as a partner and

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