Natixis has appointed Douglas Lenart as Head of Portfolio Management, Americas in its Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) business. Lenart reports globally to Anne-Christine Champion, Global Head of Distribution and Portfolio Management, CIB and locally to Benjamin Sirgue, Head of Strategic Sectors & Distribution, Americas, CIB. He is responsible for
Noerr has appointed four new equity partners, effective 1 January 2019 with the promotions of Sebastian Fischer, Arun Kapoor, Maurice Séché and Stephan Schulz. In addition, Karsten Fink, Christoph Rieken and Evelyn Schulz have been made new senior counsel (non-equity partners). The firm has also promoted ten other lawyers to
Sidley Austin has appointed Mark Knight 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 multijurisdictional restructurings on both the creditor and debtor sides. Before joining Sidley, Knight served as a partner and general counsel of
Experienced Cayman funds specialist Barry McEwan has joined Ogier’s Cayman Islands team as Counsel. McEwan (pictured), whose practice spans all areas of corporate and commercial work, with a focus on investment funds and private equity, is listed in Legal 500 as a ‘Next Generation Lawyer’ for Investment Funds. Having
Drawbridge Partners, a cybersecurity firm focussed on the financial services sector – and in particular hedge fund and private equity fund managers – has appointed Nathan Ford as a partner. In this new role, Ford will be responsible for supporting the continued growth, team build out, and deepening client
Principle Capital has appointed Raymond Lau as a Vice President of the firm, effective 2 January 2019. Lau has over 17 years of financial industry experience and was the Managing Director of Lau Equity, a family investment office that invests across a broad range of sectors and geographic areas in private
Allison Winchester has joined RedRidge Diligence Services as an Associate Director. Located in Chicago, she will oversee the scoping, budgeting and scheduling of the lender diligence field exams both domestically and abroad. Winchester will also help maintain RedRidge’s strong reputation for high-quality deliverables by assisting in the review process as
Neuberger Berman, a private, independent, employee-owned investment manager, has appointed Jennifer Signori to the Principles for Responsible Investment’s (PRI) Private Equity Advisory Committee. The PRI is the world’s leading proponent of responsible and sustainable investments. The PRI aims to support the adoption of ESG integration in investment strategies across
Investec Corporate and Investment Banking (Investec) has appointed Ben Bourne, Michael Donnelly and Salvatore Caruso as it strengthens its equity research team. Bourne has joined Investec to head the capital goods research team. He has 15 years’ experience as an equity research analyst and joins from Liberum, where he led
Seyfarth Shaw has added partner Steven R Paradise to the Litigation department in New York. Paradise joins from Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP, where he was a partner in the firm’s Litigation group in New York.

 For more than 25 years, Paradise’s practice has focussed on representing clients in an
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