Evercore has appointed Benjamin Eldredge as a Senior Managing Director in the Industrials Advisory {practice of the firm’s Investment Banking business based in New York.  Eldredge joins from Credit Suisse, where he was a Managing Director and Global Head of Basic Materials & Distribution within the Investment Banking Division, will lead Evercore’s efforts across Building Products, Distribution and Basic Materials.

The Riverside Company, a global private investor focused on the smaller end of the middle market, has promoted Partner Jeffrey Gordon to Managing Partner and Co-Fund Manager of the Riverside Strategic Capital Fund (RSCF).  Gordon will work alongside Riverside Managing Partner George Cole to co-manage the fund. RSCF provides non-control capital solutions to sponsors and entrepreneurs, allowing them to retain control of all aspects of their business, including minority ownership of companies previously owned by other Riverside funds.

Alexander Curry and Oliver Richardson have been promoted to Partner, further strengthening Ogier’s Corporate team in Jersey. Curry’s corporate practice focuses on equity capital markets, cross border M&A and private equity (PE) transactions. He acts for a number of the world’s leading PE houses and has particular experience in natural resources, real estate, healthcare and fintech sectors as well as providing Private Wealth and Family Office clients with structuring and investment advice. Richardson is a Legal 500 Rising Star and Lawyer of the Year finalist, whose legal career started at Ogier as a bursary student before he trained and practiced

Exegy Incorporated, a provider of market data and trading infrastructure to the financial services industry, and a portfolio company of Marlin Equity Partners, has added two experienced industry professionals to its global sales organisation. Devry Ross joins Exegy as Global Head of Partners, while Jared Singer has joined the firm as Head of Sales – Americas. Both Ross and Singer will report to Craig Schachter, Chief Revenue Officer for Exegy.  

Maples and Calder, the Maples Group’s law firm, has relocated one of its experienced Funds & Investment Management Partners – Dan Beckett – from its Cayman Islands office to London.  Beckett, who has been with the firm for over 14 years and advises on the formation of both open-ended and private equity funds as well as on-going legal and regulatory compliance and general maintenance of all kinds of alternative investment funds, will work closely with Harjit Kaur who leads the London Funds & Investment Management practice. He will also collaborate with the firm’s other London practice groups which include Corporate,

Arcesium, a global financial technology and professional services firm, has appointed Cesar Estrada has been appointed as the firm’s Private Markets Segment Head. Estrada will be responsible for overseeing Arcesium’s application of its core competencies in data integration and harmonisation to the investment lifecycle of managers in private capital markets, including private equity, private debt, real estate and infrastructure. The new segment represents an expansion for Arcesium beyond its historical focus on supporting more than USD630 billion in assets of hedge funds, private equity funds, banks, and institutional asset managers. Estrada joins Arcesium from State Street, where he served as

Mariana Enevoldsen has joined JTC in Guernsey as a Client Services Director as the company continues to see strong growth in its funds business. She brings extensive experience as a Director, specialising in private equity, listed funds and corporate secretarial functions having previously worked at a number of high profile companies.

International law firm Dorsey & Whitney has appointed Stewart Worthy as a Partner in in the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity Practice Group in London at the beginning of December this year. Stewart’s practice focuses on complex cross-border transactions, with a particular focus on US and APAC in-bound UK investments and English law deals in Central & Eastern Europe and Africa. He has a broad corporate and finance practice advising clients on acquisitions and disposals, joint ventures, international securities offerings, strategic alliances, complex restructurings and other commercial transactions.