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Peer Funding, a newly FCA authorised peer to peer business lending platform, has appointed Gill Fielding as non-executive chairperson.
Fielding, a Chartered Accountant, is a public speaker on macro-economic affairs, wealth creation, financial education, property and investing skills.
Aside from taking part in Channel 4’s Secret Millionaire, Fielding makes frequent appearances as a financial commentator for the BBC, ITV and CNBC channels and is currently a financial expert for a regular phone-in show on BBC radio.
Malcolm Piper, managing director, says: “Gill comes from a background of significant achievement and success; she has a unique skill set and
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has appointed James Howe as a partner in the firm’s London office.
Formerly a partner with Proskauer Rose in London, Howe will continue his private equity and mergers and acquisitions practice at Gibson Dunn.
Ken Doran, chairman and managing partner of Gibson Dunn, says: “James will be a strong addition to our private equity and public and private M&A capabilities in the UK. Continuing to build our transactional capability in London is critical to establishing the bench strength and visibility needed to achieve long-term success in the UK and global markets.”
“James will be a
Joshua J Yang has joined the Chicago office of K&L Gates as a partner in the firm’s investment management, hedge funds and alternative investments practice.
He joins K&L Gates from Winston & Strawn.
Yang represents investment managers in the formation and structuring of private funds, including hedge funds, commingled funds, and group and collective investment trusts.
A chartered financial analyst, he also advises banks, registered funds, and hedge funds in derivatives documentation as well as on a broad range of Dodd-Frank and US Commodity Futures Trading Commission registration and compliance issues.
Additionally, Yang counsels Chinese futures companies
Prime Focus Technologies (PFT), the technology subsidiary of Prime Focus, has secured the first round of funding from Ambit Pragma, a growth capital private equity fund.
Ambit Pragma generally invests as the first institutional investor in companies and supports management teams in accelerating growth, leveraging its teams' operating experience.
PFT proposes to use the investment for intensifying development efforts of the SaaS products including CLEAR Media ERP and gaining deeper penetration and growth in strategic markets such as North America and EMEA with increased sales and marketing efforts.
PFT's flagship product CLEAR Media ERP is targeted at M&E
LogRhythm, a specialist in security intelligence, has closed a USD50 million round of new financing led by existing investor Riverwood Capital with participation by Adams Street Partners, Siemens Venture Capital, Delta-v Capital and members of the LogRhythm management team.
The new capital will help LogRhythm accelerate its leadership and competitive differentiation in the growing market for rapid threat detection and response solutions; a market which is expected to reach USD23 billion by 2020 based on research by Gartner.
The company will use the funding to continue expanding its worldwide market presence, extend its investment in innovation and strengthen its balance sheet.
Private equity and venture capital investment in Central and Eastern Europe last year hit its highest amount since 2009, according to data from Invest Europe.
The total investment amount increased 25 per cent year-on-year to EUR1.6 billion, with the number of companies backed matching 2014’s record level.
The figures are taken from Invest Europe’s Central and Eastern European Private Equity Statistics 2015 report.
“Last year’s increase in regional investment activity, at a new post-financial crisis high, points to a healthy and evolving market,” says Robert Manz, managing partner at Poland’s Enterprise Investors and chairman of Invest Europe’s Central
Investment banking advisory firm Evercore has extended its strategic alliance for cross-border M&A advisory services with Korea’s NH Investment & Securities for an additional two year period.
The advisory alliance enables Evercore and NH to continue to capitalise on what they believe to be a positive long-term trend driving cross-border M&A activity in Asia.
Ralph Schlosstein, Evercore's president and chief executive officer, says: "We are pleased to extend and expand our Alliance with NH, which we established in 2011. Our longstanding relationship with NH is an important part of our global strategy and enables Evercore and NH to serve domestic
NorthEdge Capital has backed the management buyout of ITC Luxury Travel Group.
The firm has invested for a majority stake to support CEO Jen Atkinson and her senior team to deliver on planned investment in IT, management, staff, product and customer service.
Specialising in luxury tailor made holidays worldwide since 1974, Chester-based ITC Luxury Travel is one of the UK’s largest independent luxury tour operators.
ITC is on track to make 13,000 bookings this year and is expected to carry 32,000 passengers to 106 countries across the globe.
It employs 200 staff and is led by Jen
Context Summits, a producer of investment summits for the alternative asset management industry, has appointed Sarah Huntington as chief marketing officer.
Huntington brings to Context Summits more than 15 years of sales and marketing experience in the alternative investment industry.
“Sarah’s addition strengthens our senior leadership team and continues the expansion of our firm,” says Mark Salameh, CEO of Context Summits. “Over the last 12 months, we have optimised and grown our technology, operations, sales and investor relations teams in an effort to continue to deliver the most efficient, productive and innovative events in the alternative asset management industry.”
Livingstone’s consumer sector team has advised the management team of Long Tall Sally, a multi-channel retailer of fashion for taller women, on the GBP30 million acquisition of the business by Equistone-backed TriStyle Mode.
Founded in 1975, East London-based Long Tall Sally, led by CEO Andrew Shapin and backed by Amery Capital, offers taller women fashion through its 26 stores located in the UK, Canada, Germany and the US, and its online offering.
The business will continue to be operated independently by the existing management team led by Shapin and Amery Capital Chairman Maurice Helfgott post-acquisition, with both Shapin and
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