Jonathan Kandel has to join Kirkland & Ellis International firm’s London office as a partner in the Tax Practice Group. “Jonathan is a leading tax partner who has a wide range of experience across private equity, fund formation, special situations and real estate investments,” says Jeffrey C Hammes, Chairman of
Manulife Asset Management Private Markets, the private asset management arm of Manulife, has made three senior appointments. Jenn Lundmark was named Head of Real Estate Fundraising, effective 8 June, Ken Pogrin was named Global Head of Business Development and Chief Operating Officer, effective 15 June, and Sahezad Pardhan, also a
Ipes, a provider of outsourced services to Private Equity in Europe, has made two senior appointments to support the continued growth of the business. Peter Fairweather has joined the London office as Depositary Director and Gary Mauger has joined the Guernsey office as Operations Director. Ipes' Depositary provides services
Private equity firm Calculus Capital, a specialist in Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) funds, has appointed Alexander Crawford as Investment Director. Alexander has over 20 years' corporate finance experience, including ten years with Robert Fleming & Co, Evercore Partners and JP Morgan in London, New York and Johannesburg. He was previously
Seventure has appointed Danilo Casadei Massari and Dr Thomas Werner to its Health for Life Capital fund Investment Committee. They are two very experienced figures in the international life science sector with outstanding track records which will strengthen Seventure’s team. Casadei Massari has over 30 years of senior management experience
Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP), a USD4 billion global venture capital firm, has promoted Kristina Shen to Vice President. In this role, Kristina will continue to work closely with BVP's investing partners to identify entrepreneurial opportunities in startups aligned with cloud computing, mobile and Internet sectors. Based in San Francisco, Kristina
Emerging-market investment firm Actis has elected Torbjorn Caesar as the Firm’s new Senior Partner. Caesar has assumed his new role with immediate effect, succeeding Paul Fletcher, who becomes Non-Executive Chairman of the Firm. Fletcher says: “I am delighted that Torbjorn will take over as the Senior Partner of Actis. During
Padraig Hoare (pictured) has joined Elian Fund Services as an associate director. Hoare, 47, has more than 25 years’ industry experience, including 20 years in management positions in the financial services industry in Cayman. His focus at Elian will be on providing governance and oversight services to alternative investment funds.
Seyfarth Shaw has appointed Howard H Jiang as a partner in the firm’s Corporate department in New York. Jiang joins Seyfarth from Locke Lord where he was a partner in the corporate and transactional department and spearheaded the firm’s China practice. Jiang’s practice is focused on domestic and cross-border mergers
BNY Mellon has named Alan Flanagan as global head of private equity and real estate fund services. Previously, Flanagan was global head of product management at BNY Mellon’s Alternative Investment Services. Flanagan will continue to be based in Dublin and report to Frank La Salla, CEO of BNY Mellon’s Alternative
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