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Great Rock Capital, an asset-focused commercial finance company specialising in middle market lending, has appointed Gerard Hanabergh and Jennifer Cronin as Chief Risk Officer and Managing Director – Marketing and Business Development, respectively.
Additionally, Great Rock’s Jim Hogan will be taking on a new senior role as Chief Commercial Officer.
“Jim and I are really excited to have Gerard and Jennifer join Great Rock as we continually look to build out our platform and position ourselves for long term growth,” says Stuart Armstrong, CEO, Great Rock Capital. “We have known and worked with Gerard for many years and his breadth of risk experience is
Seasoned M&A practitioner Jinsong (Jeff) Zhang has joined Orrick as a partner in the firm’s M&A and private equity practice.
Zhang joins from King & Wood Mallesons, where he was a partner resident in New York. He previously served as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of CITIC Securities USA, a broker-dealer firm registered with the SEC/FINRA, and the US arm of China’s largest full-service investment bank. Jeff will split his time between our Beijing and New York offices.
“Having deep experience in the PRC and in the US, Jeff brings a strong set of skills executing cross-border M&A
Law firm Paul Hastings has appointed Anu Balasubramanian to lead its private equity offering in London.
“Anu is an acclaimed leader in the market with strong relationships with institutional and corporate clients across multiple sectors and geographies,” says Seth Zachary, chair of Paul Hastings. “Our Private Equity practice has developed a strong presence globally and her arrival will position us to increase market share in Europe, which is a key strategic imperative for the firm.”
“Paul Hastings, with its stellar reputation and global reach, represents a tremendous opportunity and I am looking forward to working with my fellow partners
The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) has acquired The Crosspoint building on Liverpool Street in London from Amsprop in an off-market transaction. This investment adds to the Uncommon flexible office and co-working business that Carlyle and the Adir Group launched in June 2017.
Capital for this investment came from investment funds that Carlyle advises.
The building is to be rebranded ‘Uncommon Liverpool Street’, with an opening expected later this year. The 41,000 sq ft nine-storey office benefits from 360 degree views over the City skyline including two roof terrace gardens. Adjacent to Liverpool Street station, the site offers excellent access to the London
SANNE has appointed Tracy Burns as Director of Global Operations. Based at SANNE’s headquarters in Jersey, Burns will be responsible for leading the development and rollout of SANNE’s operations, helping to support the business with its fast growth and creation of global operational centres of excellence.
This appointment also sees Tracy becoming a member of the Groups Services leadership team led by Eric Watson, SANNE’s Chief Operating Officer.
Prior to joining SANNE, Burns was Chief Administrative Officer at RBSI, where she gained significant experience in leading specialist and large-scale operational teams including payments, change management, property services and AML
Century Bridge Capital has appointed Tully Wyatt as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) with responsibility for all financial aspects of the firm, including both the Dallas and Beijing operations, and overseeing the treasury, compliance and financial management of the firm’s funds and investment vehicles.
Wyatt replaced Jim McCoy who announced his retirement earlier this year.
Wyatt brings more than 12 years of private equity experience to Century Bridge having previously provided accounting, finance and transaction advisory services to middle market private equity firms as well as being active in the day-to-day management of portfolio companies, including treasury, risk management,
Mourant Ozannes has represented BGH Capital (BGH) as to Guernsey law in the raising of its first private equity fund with a focus on investment in Australia and New Zealand.
The fund, which held its final closing with commitments at around AUD2.6 billion (approximately USD2 billion), is the largest ever first time fund focused on investment in Australia and New Zealand.
BGH was founded by Ben Gray and Simon Harle (formerly partners of TPG Capital) and Robin Bishop (formerly head of Macquarie Capital in Australia and New Zealand).
The Mourant team was led by Guernsey Partner, Frances Watson
Auth0, a specialist in Identity-as-a-Service (IDaaS), has secured USD55 million in Series D funding, bringing the company’s total financing-to-date to more than USD110 million.
This round is led by Sapphire Ventures, and includes investment from World Innovation Lab, as well as from existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners, Trinity Ventures, Meritech Capital Partners, and K9 Ventures. The funds will be used to continue innovation of the company’s Universal Identity Platform, accelerate go-to-market programs, and drive global expansion.
The funding represents another major milestone for the company, following a banner year in 2017 that included a doubling of overall customers and more than 100 per
Warburg Pincus, a global private equity firm focused on growth investing, has sold ipan Group, a providers of IP management services and software, to Castik Capital.
Since its acquisition by Warburg Pincus in 2014, ipan has added over 100 new customers and more than tripled its revenues. This strong growth has been driven by ipan’s expansion into new locations in the US, UK, France, the Nordics and Benelux. With the support of Warburg Pincus, ipan has been been actively growing its services offering via the acquisitions of software providers Unycom and IPSS as well as the acquisition of a minority
Peer-to-peer business lender Assetz Capital has announced its first ever rate rise across its access accounts.
The rate increase, which takes effect from 1 May 2018 until further notice, will take target interest rates for the Quick Access Account and 30-Day Access Account from 3.75 per cent to 4.10 per cent and from 4.25 per cent to 5.10 per cent respectively.
Both new and existing investors will benefit from the target interest rate boost, and it applies to both ISA-wrapped and non-ISA accounts.
Stuart Law, CEO at Assetz Capital, says: “Since we launched our access accounts we’ve kept
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