Lea Lazaric Calvert has agreed to join Evercore’s Private Capital Advisory business (PCA) as a Managing Director. Lazaric Calvert will be based in London where she will focus on advising leading financial institutional investors and fund sponsors on secondary transactions.  Lazaric Calvert, who will join Evercore in July, was most

Woodbridge International has opened a new office in Bologna, Italy. Woodbridge’s Italian office will serve sellers and buyers of middle market companies based in Italy. Leading the team in Bologna are three accomplished Senior M&A Advisors. Roberto Dunatov is a Chartered Accountant and Registered Auditor whose previous positions include executive

Law firm Paul Hastings has appointed investment funds partner Duncan Woollard as a partner in the Corporate practice in the firm's London office. Woollard will be joining the firm from King & Wood Mallesons. Woollard advises on a wide range of private equity and fund structuring matters. He specialises in the

Barclays has appointed Steve Rickards as head of offshore funds. He will lead the creation and implementation of the bank’s offshore funds strategy and report directly to Paul Savery, managing director of personal and corporate banking in the Channel Islands.   “Steve has 30 years’ experience with Barclays in corporate

The Quoted Companies Alliance, an independent membership organisation for small to mid-size quoted companies, has appointed Judith MacKenzie to its Board. MacKenzie is a Partner of Downing LLP and is responsible for the Public Equity Division which predominantly focuses on Micro-Cap investments of under GBP150 million market capitalisation.  In this

Sidley Austin has appointed Charlie Wilson as a partner in the firm’s M&A and private equity practices based in Singapore. Wilson has practiced law in Asia for 17 years and regularly advises clients on transactions throughout Southeast Asia. For example, Wilson has acted as international counsel for Indonesia’s national oil