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Clean energy solutions provider, Logan Energy, has secured GBP1 million investment from Kelvin Capital via its International collaboration with Henan Lanxing Power Equipment Co Ltd (Lanxing) to build on its hydrogen technology capabilities and develop operations in the Chinese market.This joint venture with Lanxing will kick off in 2020 and will see Logan Energy perform similar business functions in China to its current hydrogen tech activities throughout the UK and Europe.
Lanxing has invested in Logan Energy’s integration expertise to develop the hydrogen market in China because there is currently no other hydrogen tech specialist like Logan Energy in the
Private equity specialist Jonathan Blake has joined Herbert Smith Freehills in London as the head of international private funds strategy.In this role, Blake will advise clients on their private funds requirements, drawing together the firm’s existing capabilities and experience, as well as generating new client opportunities through his network of private equity, real estate, infrastructure, credit, venture capital and secondaries managers. His recruitment marks a major milestone in the development of Herbert Smith Freehills’ investment funds practice.
“Our private funds offering has grown rapidly in the last 10 years or so to cover more private funds work in private equity,
Funds managed by private equity firm Harvest Partners have made a substantial strategic investment in MRI Software, a specialist in real estate software solutions.
Nexxus has appointed Christianne Ibañez as head of Investor Relations. Ibañez has extensive experience in the financial sector having served in senior IR positions. She was previously Vesta’s Investor Relations Director, where she participated in the financial reconfiguration of the company. Ibañez prevously was also on ICA’s Finance and Investor Relations team.
Nexxus says: “We are confident that Christianne’s experience and professionalism will provide great benefits to the Nexxus’ diverse IR activities.”
ClearCourse has acquired Hart Square, a provider of specialist Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and digital consultancy services for charities, not-for-profits (NFP) and professional membership organisations across the UK.
The Foresight Global Real Infrastructure Fund (GRIF) has reached a Net Asset Value of GBP100 million in just seven months following launch in June 2019.The Fund has consistently outperformed its objective of UK CPI +3 per cent over the medium term, through its strategy of investing in renewable energy and infrastructure asset-owning companies. Total return to 31 December 2019 was 14.75 per cent, with a maximum drawdown of just 4.19 per cent since inception, materially lower than Global Equities, Infrastructure indices and other Global Listed Infrastructure Funds.
Foresight’s two OEICs are managed by the award-winning Foresight Capital Management team.
Global law firm Reed Smith has opened an office in Brussels with five partners, one counsel and two associates from five international law firms. All five partners are joining the firm’s Global Corporate Group.The firm now has five offices across the region and 30 throughout the world.
The new partners focus their practices on competition/antitrust, regulatory and trade work across a range of industries that align with the firm’s five core sectors: energy and natural resources, entertainment and media, financial services, life sciences and health care, and transportation.
The new capabilities in Brussels not only strengthen the firm’s already robust
Global law firm Ropes & Gray has promoted six attorneys to counsel. Their experience spans private equity, hedge funds, finance, asset management, real estate, tax and estate planning. “These are best-in-class advisors who know their industries inside out,” says chair Julie Jones. “Our newly elevated counsel each have the experience and know-how to strategically tackle challenging client issues, and they are excellent collaborators and colleagues.”
“In the finest Ropes & Gray tradition, these lawyers are relentlessly focused on our clients,” says managing partner David Djaha. “They are in the trenches with them, digging into complex issues and securing the best results.”
Gateway Private Markets (HK) Limited (Gateway), specialists in direct secondary investments in growth and late-stage private technology companies, has selected RegTech provider Know Your Customer to deliver digital onboarding to its clients.Working with a large number of financial intermediaries and institutional investors in Asia, Gateway was looking for a comprehensive, reliable and easy to implement technology solution to streamline its investor onboarding process and KYC checks.
The implementation of Know Your Customer’s end-to-end KYC solutions is aimed at simplifying, accelerating and automating the most time-consuming aspects of the investor onboarding process, while strengthening overall regulatory compliance through innovation.
Maitland, a global advisory, family office and fund administration firm, has appointed Natasha Head and Craig Rowland as Business Development Managers based in London.Natasha will be responsible for growing Maitland’s Management Company (ManCo) and Fund Administration businesses across the UK, Guernsey and Luxembourg. She brings over eight years’ experience working in the alternative investment industry, having previously worked at an independent fund administrator selling fund solutions to UK private equity and venture capital managers.
Rowland will be primarily focused on growing the UK domiciled ACD and Fund Administration businesses, bringing twenty years’ experience building sales teams across North America, Europe
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