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Italian corporate and financial law firm Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners has appointed Andrea Calvi as partner and head of the firm’s new financial regulatory practice.
The new team includes associates Nicolò Vignali and Alberto Prade.
Calvi has extensive experience in banking and capital markets, coupled with a thorough knowledge of Italian and international laws and regulations. In particular, he specialises in investment services and financial products, as well as in governance of investment and asset management firms.
Calvi joins from Studio Legale Galbiati, Sacchi e Associati. Previously, he practiced for twenty years at Studio Loiacono e Calvi.
Ogier has promoted Richard Bennett from the firm’s London based investment funds team to managing associate.
Bennett (pictured), who has been with Ogier since 2011, is a Registered Foreign Lawyer regulated by the Law Society of Hong Kong, and worked at Hogan Lovells and the UK Financial Services Authority before joining the firm.
He specialises in licensing, fund structuring and restructuring and financing arrangements under the laws of the British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands for private equity and hedge fund clients.
Nicholas Plowman, the practice partner of Ogier’s Hong Kong office, says: “Ogier’s Caribbean funds team continues
The Standards Board for Alternative Investments (SBAI) has established a North American Committee of leading alternative investment managers and institutional investors to direct the SBAI’s efforts in the region.
The SBAI is supported by approximately 200 alternative investment managers and investors overseeing USD3 trillion.
Members of the SBAI North American Committee will include: Jane Buchan, CEO, PAAMCO; Clint Carlson, President & Chief Investment Officer, Carlson Capital; John Claisse, CEO, Albourne Partners; Tom DeVita, COO & CFO, MKP Capital Management; Samantha Foster, Managing Director, University of Southern California; Ed O’Reilly, Senior Managing Director, Citadel; Russell Read, CIO, Alaska Permanent Fund;
Mid Atlantic Capital Group, a provider of custody, brokerage, trade processing, and financial services technology is to partner with Parthenon Capital Partners, a growth-oriented private equity firm, and Waterfall Asset Management, an alternative asset manager.
The transaction, which will not be consummated until applicable regulatory approvals (including an approval from South Dakota Division of Banking) are obtained, will provide Mid Atlantic with an opportunity to leverage the investors’ experience and resources to accelerate the development of and investment in client-centric technology, products, services and people. The transaction will also position Mid Atlantic to grow through organic initiatives and opportunistic strategic
The Finance Durham Fund, established by Durham County Council and managed by Maven Capital Partners (Maven), has helped raise GBP850,000 for insurance technology start-up, Honcho Markets Ltd.
The Finance Durham Fund provided GBP150,000 of the total investment with CrowdCube investors providing the remaining GBP700,000. Funds raised will be used to complete the final build of the software and launch the product later in 2018, creating three new jobs based in Durham.
honcho’s software is an alternative to price comparison websites (PCWs), and aims to disrupt the market by providing consumers with a new way to buy insurance products reducing
New York-based private equity firm Delos Capital has acquired Sage Metals Limited, a manufacturer of specialty metal products serving the North American electrical, power utility, industrial, and drainage end markets.
Sage Metals was founded over 30 years ago and is based in Delhi, India.
Delos acquired Sage from its founders, Vinod K Agarwal and SP Agarwal, and partnered with one of the owners, R Krishnan, and a new US based management team in the transaction. Delos raised acquisition financing from Olympus Capital Asia Credit and SSG Capital Management.
“Delos is excited to partner with the Sage management team
Cybersecurity specialist company eSentire, which is backed by private equity firm Warburg Pincus, has appointed Chris Gesell as chief strategy and marketing officer, and Brett Davis as executive vice president, global sales, effective immediately.
Gesell will be responsible for driving eSentire’s business and brand strategies, while Davis will lead the company’s global sales strategy, execution, and growth.
“Chris and Brett will play crucial roles in eSentire’s growth strategy,” says Kerry Bailey, eSentire CEO. “Our customers’ experience, from their first point of contact through to service delivery, is critically important to us. Chris and Brett each have deep experience leading
ARQIS has advised Stuttgart-based BIMwelt Systems on its Series A financing round, led by BitStone Capital and Zech Group.
BIMwelt Systems is a specialist in the field of 3D Building Information Modeling (BIM) – a planning method in which all those involved in the planning process can be integrated into the various projects and networked and thus access relevant component information. BIMwelt Systems is currently the only worldwide supplier that can create BIM content automatically, connect BIM software solutions directly, map sales and consulting on a database-based platform, and who already co-operates with well-known component manufacturers.
The ARQIS team,
A partner from private equity firm Livingbridge has joined accountancy and business advisory firm BDO as its new Head of Growth Advisory.
Paul Morris joins BDO’s corporate finance team following 14 years at Livingbridge and having held previous positions at Barclays.
In this newly created role, Morris will be advising ambitious UK businesses on growth opportunities with private equity investment. His experience in guiding mid-sized businesses through every stage of the private equity life cycle spans multiple sectors, in particular services and technology and media.
Paul Eagland, managing partner at BDO, says: “The UK economy is proving resilient
GALA Kerzen, a leading manufacturer of candles backed by Equistone Partners Europe (Equistone), has acquired a majority stake in the Berlin-based candle manufacturer JuwelKerze (JuwelKerze).
This follows GALA Kerzen’s recent acquisition of a majority stake in Indian manufacturer Ramesh Flowers.
Through these acquisitions, GALA Kerzen is positioning itself widely and developing significant synergies within a global network. The founders of JuwelKerze, Martin Werle and Marius Stolarski, will retain a shareholding in the company as well as receiving a significant interest in the GALA Kerzen group. The financial terms of the deal are undisclosed and completion remains subject to the
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