King & Spalding has appointed Amy Peters as a partner in the firm’s Corporate, Finance and Investments practice group in its Chicago office. Peters will focus on representing credit funds, banks, investors and borrowers in a variety of leveraged finance transactions, as well as recapitalisations, workouts and restructurings.
After almost 12 years in the role, Geoff Cook has decided to step down from his role as Chief Executive of Jersey Finance, the promotional body for the Jersey finance industry. Appointed in 2007, Cook (pictured), has been at the helm of the organisation, helping guide the island through the
Waterland Private Equity is expanding its Swiss activities with the opening of a new office in Zurich. The new Zurich team will work closely with the firm’s existing offices in Munich and Hamburg. “Switzerland is a highly interesting market, and we are a very attractive growth partner for
Investec Specialist Bank (Investec) has appointed Joerg Bachtler to its Institutional Sales Group (ISG). Bachtler will oversee the syndication and distribution of leveraged buyout transactions originated by Investec’s Corporate & Acquisition Finance team. The ISG team is responsible for the global syndication and distribution of transactions originated by Investec.
International law firm Brown Rudnick has expanded its International Corporate practice with the appointment of Philip Watkins as a Partner in the firm’s London Office. Watkins, who joins Brown Rudnick with Victoria Rodley, Counsel, from Katten Muchin Rosenman UK, is a senior practitioner in corporate and commercial law, with particular emphasis on cross-border mergers and
SteelEye, a compliance technology and data analytics firm, has appointed Lee Jones as Chief Commercial Officer. Lee brings with him over two decades’ experience in technology and sales across start-ups, private equity and large global enterprises. His appointment will help further SteelEye’s disruption of the data analytics market as it
Bedell Cristin has appointed Guy Westmacott as a Partner two years after he joined the firm. A specialist in corporate and commercial matters, with particular expertise in mergers and acquisitions, Guy works on a variety of international transactions and also advises on related regulatory aspects including competition and financial services.
Independent venture capital firm Truffle Capital, which focuses on creating and financing start-ups with disruptive technologies in life sciences and information technology, has appointed Maud Lazare as the company’s Director of Investor Relations. Under the supervision of Truffle Capital’s three existing partners Patrick Kron, Philippe Pouletty and Bernard-Louis Roques, Lazare
Evercore has appointed Eduard Kostadinov as a Senior Managing Director in its Advisory practice based in Frankfurt. Kostadinov will focus on advising clients on M&A and capital-raising assignments in the Industrials sector across Europe. Kostadinov will also take on the leadership of Evercore’s German Advisory business, working in close partnership
Accountancy and business advisory firm BDO has strengthened its business restructuring offering in the Midlands with the appointment of a new partner. Ryan Grant joins the firm’s Birmingham office today, bringing more than 18 years’ experience in business restructuring having been a partner at AlixPartners (formerly Zolfo Cooper) for the
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