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Independent Growth Finance (IGF), an independent commercial finance provider, has appointed Dave Pickup as ABL Director for the Thames Valley.
Investment in the region follows another successful year for IGF, which included a 39 per cent growth in funded assets and a 29 per cent growth in revenues.
Having worked in the finance industry since 2001, Pickup specialises in improving SME’s cash flow through alternative funding. Providing facilities for every stage of a business’ journey including start-up finance, MBOs and acquisitions, as well as general working capital. His industry experience will support IGF’s growth ambitions and presence in the Thames Valley
Orrick has added M&A and private equity partner Bryan Gadol to its Orange County office in California.
Gadol advises companies, PE funds and family offices in tech, medical device, beauty, healthcare, consumer products, and manufacturing at all stages in the corporate life-cycle, including M&A and private equity, securities transactions, reorganisations and other corporate matters.
Bryan joins a team of about 100 lawyers in our three Southern California offices (Orange County, Los Angeles and Santa Monica) focused on companies in the tech & innovation, energy & infrastructure and finance sectors.
“It has been a longtime goal to build our corporate capability
International law firm Proskauer has appointed Leith Moghli as a partner in the firm’s Private Funds Practice, based in London.
“We are very excited to welcome Leith to the Proskauer team,” says Proskauer’s Nigel van Zyl. “We are committed to the strategic growth and expansion of our global funds practice to ensure our clients continue to have access to the very best talent. Leith’s hire is one of a number of significant developments in our implementation of that strategy. His experience representing leading sponsors and institutional investors across a range of industries will be a valuable asset to our clients.”
Eversheds Sutherland has appointed Stacey T Kern as a partner in the M&A and Private Capital teams within the firm’s Corporate Practice Group. Kern will be based in Eversheds Sutherland’s Chicago office, which opened in May.
“As we continue to build in Chicago, we are excited to welcome Stacey to the firm. She brings a strong background and years of experience at the highest levels in both M&A and private equity,” says Mark D Wasserman, Co-CEO of Eversheds Sutherland. “Adding Stacey in Chicago’s important private equity market is another step toward positioning the office as a focal point for our
Alternative credit asset manager DFG Investment Advisers (DFG has promoted Timothy Milton to Partner. Since joining the firm in 2014, Milton has been responsible for the management of the Vibrant Capital CLO platform in his capacity as Co-Portfolio Manager.
In addition, Eduardo Cabral has joined DFG’s credit research team as a Managing Director. Cabral’s appointment follows DFG’s hiring of 18-year industry veteran John Hwang in May and further underscores the firm’s commitment to investing in its credit research effort to support the growth and performance of the Vibrant CLO platform. Roberta Goss, Co-Portfolio Manager of the Vibrant CLO platform, has
Mid-market private equity investor, LDC, has strengthened its South West & Wales team, based in Bristol, with the appointment of a new Investment Director, Stefan Gunn.
Gunn joins LDC’s team from NatWest, bringing more than 15 years of relevant experience to the firm.
In his new role, Gunn will be responsible for identifying potential investment opportunities, leading transactions and supporting LDC’s portfolio of investment companies.
Gunn was previously a Director at NatWest’s Bristol-based Structured Finance operation, with responsibility for originating and executing transactions across the South of the UK.
Stefan started his career at Mazars, where he
Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES) has appointed Joel Holsinger Co-Head of Alternative Credit for the firm’s Credit Group, effective immediately.
Holsinger will serve on the Ares Management Committee and work alongside Keith Ashton as Co-Head of Alternative Credit to expand the firm’s global coverage of the USD4 trillion alternative credit sector. Ares Management’s Alternative Credit strategy pursues asset-focused direct investments primarily in North America and Europe across a spectrum of specialty assets, real assets and financial assets.
“We are very excited about our substantial and growing presence in the alternative credit sector, and we see similarities between today’s alternative credit
Funds specialist Sophie Reguengo has been promoted to partner in Ogier’s Jersey investment fund team.
Reguengo joins Niamh Lalor and Emily Haithwaite as partners leading the Jersey investment funds team, making Ogier’s the first all-women led investment funds legal team in the Island.
Reguengo is a highly experienced investment funds and regulatory lawyer with over 15 years’ industry experience. She is recognised as a “Rising Star” by IFLR1000 and a “Next Generation Lawyer” by Legal 500.
She acts for a wide range of real estate and private equity managers and is an active member of Ogier’s fund finance team. As
Specialist financier ExWorks Capital is moving its London office to 33 Central, King William Street in the City of London from its previous London headquarters on Cornhill.
Over the past two years, the Chicago-based company, which opened its first international office in London in 2017, has enjoyed notable success, ensuring that the company’s excellent reputation has been upheld in the United Kingdom (UK). The new headquarters will facilitate the continued growth of ExWorks’ business and enable it to cater to the needs of its expanding client base. ExWorks will occupy the seventh floor of the building, which was purchased by
Grasshopper Bank, a new commercial venture bank for innovation economy companies and the venture capital firms that fund them, has appointed Barbara Fleming as Head of Venture Capital and Private Equity Relationships.
Fleming joins from Bridge Bank, where she helped launch and expand its private equity and venture capital direct lending group. While there, Fleming lead the group’s business development efforts, product rollout, credit policy implementation, and portfolio management. She has more than 30 years of experience in a variety of business development focused banking roles, and prior to joining Bridge Bank served as Senior Vice President at Square 1
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