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Bailiwick Investments appoints director

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

Commercial litigator joins BakerHostetler

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

Goodwin adds finance team in Paris

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,

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Maples Fiduciary opens London office

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

Martina Swart, Maitland

Maitland appoints senior exec to lead governance function

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 IM – Real Assets appoints head of infrastructure equity

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

Gregory Markel, Seyfarth Shaw

Gregory Markel joins Seyfarth in New York

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'

Norton Rose Fulbright expands private equity team

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

Goodwin names 15 new partners

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 strengthens securities division in New York

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

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