AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets (AXA IM – Real Assets) has appointed Steve McCarthy as the new Head of North America, and Aaron Kutner as US Director of Acquisitions, effective immediately. Olivier Thoral, current Head of North America, will return to AXA IM – Real Assets’ headquarters in Paris
Law firm Goodwin has expanded its private equity and private investment funds practices with the appointment of six new partners, 15 associates and five trainees in the London office, all of whom join from the London office of King & Wood Mallesons (KWM). The group comprises the bulk of the
Downing has appointed Richard Lewis as an investment director focusing on its growth capital portfolio. He joins from Radius Equity, where he headed up the investment team which raised money from high net worth investors on a deal by deal basis. Prior to this Lewis spent nine years working
New York law firm Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen has appointed Jared R Gianatasio, Jason W Soncini, and Christopher M Terry as partner at the firm. "Jared, Jason and Chris each have a proven track record of excellence and a commitment to exceptional client service,” says managing partner Andrew Chonoles
Noerr has promoted six of its lawyers to partners, as 1 January. Fabian Badtke, Sophia Habbe, Michael Hawkins, Alexander Israel, Patrick Mückl and Nikolai Warneke will reinforce the partnership in their role as equity partners. Tom Billing, Helge Heinrich and Alexandru Ene (Bucharest office) will work as senior counsel
Infrastructure and private equity investment manager Foresight Group has promoted Minal Patel, Ricardo Pineiro and Matt Smith to partner as of 1 January 2017. The promotions follow continued expansion in the group during 2016. Staff numbers increased by 21 per cent to more than 150 as Foresight opened two
Invest Europe has appointed Marc Nahum as director of membership, a new role created to deepen engagement with the private equity association’s 650 members and connect with fund managers and investors across Europe. Nahum brings over 15 years of experience in private equity fundraising and investor relations, having previously worked
Scott Graves has joined Ares Management as a partner in the firm’s private equity group based in Los Angeles. Graves will lead the Ares Special Situations Funds platform as portfolio manager and head of distressed. His primary responsibilities will include overseeing investments within the special situations strategy and expanding
Alternative Investments Forum (AIF) has appointed veteran institutional investor Melissa Waller as president of its newly formed AIF Institute. The AIF Institute is the branch of AIF dedicated to educating institutional asset owners about the use of alternative investments such as private equity, private credit, hedge funds, real estate and
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has appointed Liam FitzGerald, former chief executive officer of UDG Healthcare, as an operating adviser to CD&R funds. FitzGerald will work out of CD&R’s London office. As CEO of UDG Healthcare from 2000 until 2016, FitzGerald expanded the business from a mainly Irish-based distribution services
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