Maples Fiduciary, a division of MaplesFS and provider of fiduciary, entity formation and management, insurance and administration services, has opened an office in London. The London office will allow the Maples group to address market demand and capitalise on opportunities in the financial centres while strengthening its relationship with clients
Global advisory and fund administration firm Maitland has appointed Martina Swart to the newly created role of group head of governance services. Swart (pictured) joins from Orbis Investment Advisory, where she was a senior adviser to the business, covering governance matters. Previously, Swart held the position as global head
AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets has appointed Mark Gilligan as head of infrastructure equity, effective from 3 October. Based in London, Gilligan (pictured) will report to Ruulke Bagijn, global head of real assets private equity at AXA IM – Real Assets, and will have responsibility for the infrastructure equity
Seyfarth Shaw has appointed Gregory A Markel as a partner in the firm’s litigation department based in New York. Markel joins from Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft in New York. Markel’s practice focuses on high-stakes litigation regarding securities and antitrust issues, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, and directors' and officers'
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has appointed David Marshall as a partner in London. Marshall joins the firm from Reynolds Porter Chamberlain where he was a partner. He has over 15 years’ experience of advising clients on UK and cross-border private equity and venture capital transactions with a
Law firm Goodwin has elected 15 lawyers, including London-based private equity specialist Gemma Roberts, to the partnership with effect from 1 October. Roberts, who becomes Goodwin’s 12th partner in London, advises on private equity transactions with a particular focus on the middle market and corporate mergers and acquisitions. She represents private
Bryan, Garnier & Co, a pan-European investment bank focusing on growth companies, has appointed Gary Lilley as managing director of its European sales desk in New York. With over 30 years of institutional equity sales experience in both London and New York, Lilley will take on the commercial follow-up of
Independent private and institutional client service provider JTC Group has appointed Dirk Oppelaar as the new managing director of its Geneva office. In his new role, Oppelaar will be responsible for the day-to-day running of the company’s Swiss operation, in addition to acting as a key figure in the ongoing
M&A, private equity and hedge fund lawyer Shaun Lascelles (pictured) has joined Vinson & Elkins as a partner, enhancing the firm's growing private equity practice group in London. Lascelles comes to V&E from Ashurst. Prior to August 2015, he was a partner and co-head of the global private equity
Justin JX Cai has joined Duane Morris & Selvam’s corporate, banking and finance practice groups as a director in its Shanghai office. Cai’s appointment further strengthens the firm’s corporate capabilities in Asia. He joins Duane Morris & Selvam from MWE China Law Offices, McDermott Will & Emery’s strategic alliance
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