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MoFo adds partner to business restructuring and insolvency group

Law firm Morrison & Foerster (MoFo) has appointed Dennis Jenkins, a financial restructuring lawyer with 20 years of experience, as a partner in the firm’s New York-headquartered business restructuring and insolvency group. Jenkins, who comes to the firm from WilmerHale, is the fourth new business restructuring and insolvency partner to

Sean Kearney, Greenstone

Greenstone expands executive management team

Greenstone Equity Partners, a fund placement firm based in the Middle East, has hired Sean Kearney as chief operating officer and Khalid Alkelabi as managing director, investor relationships. Kearney (pictured) is an emerging markets banking professional with a 23-year career devoted to identifying and managing risk. His key responsibilities will

Peter Brown, RBS International

RBS International appoints head of funds

Peter Brown has been appointed head of funds at RBS International to drive the expansion of the bank’s offering to the alternative funds sector. Brown (pictured) has more than 25 years’ experience in corporate and institutional banking, and most recently headed up the RBS Financial Institutions Group in the UK,

TMF Group hires senior director of alternative investments

TMF Group has appointed Matthias Pelzer to its alternative investments senior leadership team. Based in Luxembourg and most recently a commercial director at a local trust and corporate service provider, Pelzer joins TMF Group as senior director, alternative investments.   In his new position, Pelzer is responsible for developing TMF

Kim Koopersmith, Akin Gump

Akin Gump promotes 10 to partnership

Law firm Akin Gump has elected 10 new partners, effective 1 January 2017. The 10 individuals and their respective office locations are Gerald Brant (New York), Olivia Chung (New York), Olivier De Moor (New York), Sophie Donnithorne-Tait (London), Mahmoud (Mac) Baki Fadlallah (Dubai/Washington, DC), Jaisohn Jungbin Im (New York), Allison

Jeremy Berry, Fried Frank

Fried Frank adds partner to asset management group

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson has named Jeremy Berry as a partner in the firm’s asset management practice. Berry (pictured) will be based in New York.   Berry has experience in advising large private equity and hedge fund managers on matters involving private investment funds and complex corporate transactions, with a

TA Associates makes four investment staff promotions

Private equity firm TA Associates has promoted four investment staff members in the firm’s Boston, London and Mumbai offices, effective 1 January 2017. “These talented individuals earned their promotions through the quality of their character and, consistent with their roles, demonstrated investment judgment, creativity and work ethic to generate positive

Daniel Strachman, Apex

Apex appoints head of US business development

Apex Fund Services has appointed Daniel Strachman as head of US business development. Strachman (pictured) brings more than 20 years of financial services experience having held positions at Cantor Fitzgerald and Morgan Stanley.   He led A&C Advisors for 16 years delivering strategic guidance, counsel and support to investment management

Perella Weinberg Partners appoints Cem Koray as partner

Perella Weinberg Partners (PWP) has appointed Cem Koray as a partner, effective 1 January 2017. Koray joined Perella Weinberg Partners in 2013 as a managing director. He provides strategic and financial advice to clients in the consumer products and retail sectors.   Koray has worked on several notable transactions during

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