Exus Management Partners (Exus), an expert in powering sustainable investments through operational excellence, has continued its global expansion by announcing a new office in Istanbul.  The new operation will focus on managing and optimising renewable energy projects within the host nation, as well as neighbouring regions in the Balkans, Caucasus, Middle East and north Africa. The announcement comes after a successful year, with Exus onboarding 4GW since 2020, reaching 9GW in assets under management (AUM) across the full scope of the company’s services. Exus Partner Aygen Yayıkoğlu will head up the office, bringing with him 25 years of energy and

Trilantic North America, a leading, growth-focused private equity firm, announced today the promotion of Dan Siegman to Managing Director. Siegman has played an integral role in expanding the firm’s business services practice, most recently leading an investment in digital marketing firm WebFX and launching Tercera, an IT services platform. He is currently a director of Asset Living, Outdoor Living Supply, Tercera and WebFX.   “Dan has contributed tremendous value to our business services team over the years, helping to lead recent investments this year in WebFx and Tercera,” says Charlie Ayres, Chairman and Managing Partner of Trilantic North America. “Beyond

Korean M&A lawyers, Woojae Kim, has joined O’Melveny as a partner based in Seoul. Woojae is a trusted advisor to Korean companies on their outbound, cross-border matters as well as to international investment banks and private equity clients in major transactions involving Korean businesses. Heis highly regarded for his broad abilities spanning cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity investments, financings, and securities offerings. Before joining O’Melveny, Woojae was a partner at one of Korea’s largest domestic law firms and a corporate partner in an AmLaw 100 firm in Seoul. He also previously practiced in both New York and

Baker Botts, an international energy, technology and life sciences law firm, has appointed Frank X Schoen has as a partner in the Global Projects Department in New York. Schoen regularly advises private equity sponsors and project developers, as well as commercial and investment banks, investment firms and other financial institutions, on project finance, leveraged finance and acquisition finance transactions in the conventional power, renewable energy, oil & gas, and infrastructure sectors.   He joins Baker Botts from King & Spalding in New York, where he was a member of the Corporate, Finance & Investments practice group. He has over 13

Neuberger Berman, a private, independent, employee-owned investment manager, is expanding its fixed income platform with the addition of five highly experienced and industry-recognised professionals dedicated to the broad spectrum of Private Placement credit markets globally. The firm’s new Private Placement credit team is expected to be fully operational in early 2022. The team will be led by industry veteran Frank LaTorraca, who is joining from Macquarie Investment Management, where he was Co-Head of the asset class. Two additional senior members of the team, Philip Lee and Nicole Tullo, are also joining from Macquarie and bring extensive Private Placements experience. Lori

Goldfinch Partners, a private equity firm with approximately USD1 billion of equity invested in digital transformation transactions across industry verticals, has appointed William Abbott as Principal. Abbott was most recently Director, Corporate Development, with Starbucks since 2016 working on over USD10 billion worth of closed investment transactions and forming a number of strategic partnerships. Prior to joining Starbucks, Abbott spent nearly four years as a Vice President in the Investment Banking division of JP Morgan, in New York. He holds a BA from Amherst College and an MBA from Columbia Business School. Abbott will be based at Goldfinch’s Seattle headquarters.

Middle-market private equity sponsor Clearview Capital has promoted William F Case, Jr and Matthew W Blevins to Managing Partners of the firm.  They will also serve as members of Clearview’s Management Committee alongside founders James G Andersen and Calvin Neider.   In their new roles, Case and Blevins will be involved in all strategic decision-making and in managing the firm’s day-to-day operations while continuing to lead new investment opportunities.    “Cal and I are immensely proud of what the Clearview team has built over the past 22 years,” says Andersen. “From the outset, our goal has been to create an

Bridge Alternatives, a specialist global alternative investment advisor, has launched Bridge Alternative Investment Solutions, an outsourced Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Chief Operations Officer (COO) business focused on meeting the institutional needs of investment management firms.  Kyle Fields, formerly of SS&C Technologies and PricewaterhouseCoopers, has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Bridge Alternatives and will lead this new business based in Evansville, Indiana and Lake Forest, Ilinois. He has over 15 years of extensive experience in accounting, finance, and technology, helping clients streamline processes, maximise performance, and increase profitability. At SS&C, he orchestrated and grew the Evansville, Indiana office

Trilantic North America, a growth-focused private equity firm, has promoted Dan Siegman to Managing Director. Siegman has played an integral role in expanding the firm’s business services practice, most recently leading an investment in digital marketing firm WebFX and launching Tercera, an IT services platform. He is currently a director of Asset Living, Outdoor Living Supply, Tercera and WebFX.   “Dan has contributed tremendous value to our business services team over the years, helping to lead recent investments this year in WebFx and Tercera,” says Charlie Ayres, Chairman and Managing Partner of Trilantic North America. “Beyond his involvement in sourcing

Insightful Science, a portfolio company of global venture capital and private equity firm Insight Partners, has appointed Rebeca Sanchez Sarmiento as Chief Financial Officer of Insightful Science and Dotmatics. With her early career carved on Wall Street as a sell-side equity research analyst at Deutsche Bank and Citigroup, Sanchez Sarmiento has extensive experience across corporate strategy, FP&A and investor relations in both private equity-backed and publicly traded companies. Sanchez Sarmiento joins the Company from previous CFO positions at InvestCloud and ATTOM Data Solutions where she led several transformative mergers and acquisitions, multiple capital raises and two significant corporate restructurings, most