Neon has appointed Vanessa Young to the role of underwriter and solicitor – M&A insurance, reporting to the head of M&A liability insurance, Rob Brown. Young joins Neon from her previous role as legal director at Bird & Bird LLP. She brings UK and international M&A experience with considerable expertise
Edge Investments, an investment house focused on the creative industries sector, has strengthened its team with the appointment of two investment professionals. Steve Carle joins the firm as investment director and Joanna (Jo) Smith as investment manager. Carle is an experienced private equity and venture capital specialist. He enjoyed
Former Guernsey Bailiff Sir Geoffrey Rowland QC has become a director of Bailiwick Investments. Rowland has joined chairman David Lowe OBE and John Henwood MBE on the board of the Channel Islands-based closed-ended investment company. He replaces Charles Parkinson who stepped down on 30 September due to a potential
BakerHostetler has appointed Michael D Mortenson as a partner in the firm’s litigation group. He comes to BakerHostetler from K&L Gates. Mortenson focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation. His experience includes representing public and private companies and individuals as both plaintiff and defendant through disputes involving the Racketeer
Arnaud Fromion and Frédéric Guilloux are joining Goodwin’s private equity practice in Paris as partners in mid-October, together with counsel Adrien Paturaud and several associates. The group comes to Goodwin from Shearman & Sterling. The team specialises in acquisition finance and corporate finance, acting for both lenders and borrowers,
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
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