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OakNorth appoints former PRA Director to advisory board

OakNorth has appointed Martin Stewart, the former Director of Banks, Building Societies & Credit Unions at the Bank of England, as an Independent Adviser on its advisory board. Stewart joined the Bank of England in April 2013 and spent five and a half years there. In addition to supervising UK

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Seward & Kissel appoints partner in Corporate Finance Practice

Seward & Kissel has appointed Michele (Miki) Navazio as a partner in New York. Navazio has advised many of the world’s largest hedge funds and asset managers on derivative transactions and regulatory compliance, and brings more than a decade of experience negotiating complex derivatives to the firm’s Corporate Finance Group.

Reed Smith appoints partner in Global Corporate Group

Global law firm Reed Smith has added Julia Boyd as a partner in the Global Corporate Group in New York. She was formerly a member of the Private Equity Group at Goodwin Proctor, which she joined in 2013. “Julia is an exceptional lawyer with extensive M&A and private equity experience

ArchOver expands into West Midlands

ArchOver, a P2P business lending platform connecting businesses requiring finance with individual and institutional investors, is expanding into the West Midlands and opening up new flows of capital for SMEs operating in the region. As traditional banks divest from hubs outside London and further centralise their operations in the capital,

Jens Moritz becomes name partner at Rautenberg

The two founders of international corporate finance advisory firm Rautenberg & Company, Arndt Rautenberg and Jens Moritz, will with immediate effect take on equal representation in the name of the firm: The company will now operate as Rautenberg Moritz & Co. “After four years of successful and trustful cooperation, we

Livingstone adds German Partner to global Media & Technology Team

Michael Westhoven has joined Livingstone as a Partner in its global Media & Technology team based in Düsseldorf. Westhoven has 25 years of experience in media, tech and communications M&A as both a corporate finance adviser and venture capital investor, and as an operational executive with P&L responsibility. He joins Livingstone

Vinson & Elkins’ leveraged finance practice adds new partner in London

Vinson & Elkins continues to expand its global corporate practice with the addition of leveraged finance partner Lucy Jenkins in London.  Jenkins was previously with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. She is the second partner in as many months to join V&E’s internationally recognised Leveraged Finance group in London, following the addition

Dentons appoints partner in Moscow office

Mark Withey has been appointed a partner in Dentons’ Russian Corporate and M&A practice. Withey has a broad-ranging Corporate practice, advising on private and public mergers and acquisitions, private equity, joint ventures, equity capital markets, corporate reorganisations and general corporate law matters. He has advised on transactions across a wide

Great Rock Capital adds MD of originations

Great Rock Capital, an asset-focussed commercial finance company specialising in middle-market lending, has appointed Jim Clifton as managing director of originations. Clifton will be based in Chicago, Illinois, and will be responsible for building relationships and sourcing investment opportunities in the Midwest.   “We are thrilled to welcome Jim to the

MoFo adds capital markets partner in New York

Law firm Morrison & Foerster (MoFo) has appointed John T Owen as a partner in the firm’s Corporate Finance | Capital Markets group New York. Owen, who brings more than 17 years of experience representing issuers and underwriters in complex capital markets transactions, further expands the firm’s capital markets capabilities

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