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Nine lawyers from Carey Olsen’s Caribbean region have been recognised in the 2018 Chambers Global Rankings, including lawyers from Carey Olsen Bermuda (in association with Carey Olsen), which was established earlier this month.
Carey Olsen’s Cayman Islands team was promoted in the corporate and finance category of the rankings, while office managing partner Jarrod Farley is featured as a notable practitioner for his work on investment funds. Described by various sources as ‘super-bright and super-efficient’, his ability to handle the most complex of matters and his particular expertise acting on Israel-related matters was also highlighted, with onshore counsel regarding him
Capnamic Ventures, an early-stage tech venture capitalist firm based in Berlin and Cologne, has expanded its investment team with the appointment of Christian Knott as a Partner.
Also joining the team are Sebastian Schüller, as an Investment Manager, and Frederik von Bossel, as an Analyst.
Knott joined Capnamic Ventures in 2014 as an Analyst. Previously, he was responsible for over 80 portfolio companies at HTGF (High-Tech Gründerfonds) in Bonn as an Investment Controller. Christian studied International Business Administration at the Cologne Business School. Later he successfully completed his Master’s degree with a focus on entrepreneurship at HHL Leipzig.
Leeds headquartered private equity house Key Capital Partners (KCP) has appointed Matt Tice as an investment manager.
An experienced corporate finance adviser with a strong track record of advising businesses in the mid-market, Matt joins from Deloitte in Leeds where he worked as a manager in the corporate finance team. Previously, he spent two years with BHP Corporate Finance in the role of corporate finance manager, having also been with Mazars for six years, latterly as a corporate finance executive.
Working alongside KCP partners Owen Trotter and James Hall in the firm’s Leeds office, Matt’s appointment will further strengthen
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) are to collaborate and support innovative firms through each other’s financial technology (FinTech) initiatives – LabCFTC and FCA Innovate.
“The FCA’s Project Innovate is the gold standard for thoughtful regulatory engagement with emerging technological innovation,” says CFTC Chairman J Christopher Giancarlo (pictured). Therefore, I am delighted to join Andrew Bailey in this arrangement to demonstrate our cross-Atlantic commitment to facilitating market-enhancing innovation and sharing best practices in FinTech engagement. This is the first FinTech innovation arrangement for the CFTC with a non-US counterpart. We believe that
The ongoing Brexit negotiations are not having a significant impact on fundraising and investment for UK and European managers, according to the latest annual industry survey from private equity and real estate fund administrator Augentius.
The survey of over 100 managers and investors from across the globe provides an annual snapshot of industry sentiment, and can be downloaded in full here.
This year’s findings paint a broadly positive picture of the past year, with a majority of managers across all regions reporting an improvement in market conditions during 2017, exceeding expectations at the start of the year. However, looking ahead
TMF Group is a prominent financial services organisation operating out of 125 offices in more than 80 jurisdictions worldwide.
TMF Group offers a range of outsourcing solutions with respect to fund services, accounting, reporting and consolidation services, corporate legal and secretarial services, as well as tax compliance services, and works for a wide range of client segments.
The firm commenced its Australian operations simultaneously in Sydney and Melbourne in 2006, resulting from the purchase of EY’s corporate secretarial business.
“TMF Group in Australia provides domiciliary and management, accounting, tax compliance, corporate secretarial and payroll services to foreign companies entering into
COSIMO Ventures, an investment firm with offices in Boston and Dublin, has committed USD3 million for a seed investment in Oneiro Ltd, a new developer of technology innovations in blockchain and cryptocurrency.
The investment is one of the largest for a cryptocurrency company established in the United Kingdom. Oneiro will have part of its core technology development team based in Dublin, and is establishing its operating headquarters in Boston. This trans-Atlantic strategy reflects COSIMO Ventures’ unique expertise in supporting collaboration and new-company growth between the UK/Ireland and the United States. COSIMO is committed to partnering with promising early stage deep
Investment funds can now take advantage of a new limited partnership regime following the passing of the Limited Partnership Act in the British Virgin Islands (BVI).
The Act is designed to provide all the typical benefits of limiting liability, as well as a number of unique features.
Over recent years, limited partnerships have become a preferred structure for investment funds and are frequently used as a vehicle for private equity funds and joint ventures. This is because it enables investors who do not want to play an active role in managing the fund to limit their liability. Instead, the
A cross-jurisdictional Carey Olsen team has advised Butterfield on its acquisition of Deutsche Bank’s banking and custody business in Guernsey, Jersey and the Cayman Islands.
Butterfield is a provider of offshore banking and wealth management services in six international locations, including Guernsey and the Cayman Islands. The acquisition, which is subject to regulatory approval, would further expand Butterfield’s presence in the Channel Islands by providing a Jersey presence for the group.
Working alongside Sullivan & Cromwell LLP who were lead counsel, Carey Olsen advised on all aspects of the transaction including corporate, regulatory, employment and property matters.
The
Pomona Capital, a global private equity firm, has promoted Chief Financial Officer, John Stephens, to Partner and CFO.
“John has demonstrated the experience, energy, integrity and humanity so crucial to Pomona Capital and its investors”, says Michael D Granoff, chief executive officer of Pomona Capital. “We are thrilled to have him join the Partner team and are confident he will make a significant contribution to the success of the firm going forward.”
Stephens joined Pomona in 2011 and led the Asia office for three years before becoming the firm’s chief financial officer in 2015. Now based in New York,
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