The Employee Stock Option Fund (ESO Fund), a specialist in stock option financing for employees of venture-backed companies, has appointed Michael Banks as a venture partner. Banks (pictured) is the founding partner of Windy Hill Capital, a seed capital fund, and has spent the last 16 years with leading venture
Law firm K&L Gates has expanded its Boston office with the additions of two new partners, Mark L Johnson and Paulo J Marnoto, and eight new associates. Johnson (pictured) joins the firm’s corporate securities and finance practice from Cooley, while Marnoto joins the firm’s private equity and fund formation practice
International direct investment firm OceanBridge Partners is expanding in both the US and in Europe where it has opened a new London office. Simultaneously it has appointed new partners to join the founders in order to take advantage of the investment opportunities which are now emerging. OceanBridge has adopted a
Heritage International Fund Managers (HIFM) has made a number of promotions following a successful 2012 in which the company saw growth in existing client business and new appointments within the fund services group. Norman Amey (pictured) has been promoted from head of fund accounting taking up a position on the
International law firm Chadbourne & Parke has appointed Sean Dailey as counsel in the private funds group in its New York office. Dailey comes to Chadbourne from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom where he worked in the investment management group. He has significant experience structuring and advising domestic and
Gramercy, a dedicated emerging markets investment manager, has made several hires to its Latin America private equity investment team. The team is co-led by Gustavo Ferraro, a managing director and head of Latin American markets at Gramercy, and David Britts, a managing director focused on private equity. The firm has
USS Investment Management (USSIM), the wholly-owned investment management subsidiary of Universities Superannuation Scheme, has appointed Robin Filmer-Wilson as investment manager, private equity co-investments. Filmer-Wilson (pictured) has over 14 years of direct private equity and mezzanine investing experience, first at Brown Brothers Harriman in New York, then at Baring Private Equity
Growth-focused private equity firm ECI Partners has promoted Lewis Bantin to the position of partner. The promotion recognises Bantin’s (pictured) contribution to ECI since he joined the firm in May 2008 particularly his work as head of the commercial team, an important feature of ECI’s value creation capability. The
Maples Fiduciary Services has expanded its investment funds team in the Cayman Islands with the addition of Abali Hoilett as senior vice president and fund director. Hoilett has extensive experience in providing director and trustee services to a wide array of investment fund structures and strategies. In his new position,
Andrew Caspersen has joined as a managing principal of Park Hill, a division of Blackstone, with a focus on its secondary advisory business. The business delivers liquidity and capital solutions to private equity investors and managers. Caspersen was most recently a principal at Coller Capital, where he sourced, evaluated and
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