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Channel Islands independent director services business Altair has appointed Matt Wood as a director in Guernsey.
Wood will take on a pivotal role in driving forward Altair’s growth strategy in the Channel Islands as it looks to support the governance and oversight needs of a rising number of businesses across Guernsey and Jersey.
With over 20 years of financial services experience, particularly in the fund administration sector, Guernsey-based Wood joins Altair from Sanne where he was a Private Equity Director and Guernsey Country Head. Prior to that, he was Managing Director of State Street’s Alternative Investment Solutions.
Wood originally trained
Independent fund and corporate services provider, the Aztec Group, has promoted Paul Conroy to Group Head of Real Assets and Private Debt.
In his new role, Conroy (pictured) will assume overall responsibility for the development, growth and delivery of the Group’s real assets and private debt service offerings. He succeeds Mark Wanless, who has been appointed Chief Operating Officer.
Leading a multi-jurisdictional team of over 160 real assets and private debt administration professionals, Conroy will oversee client relationship management, operations and business development across real estate, infrastructure, asset leasing and private debt.
In his previous role, Conroy was Head
Polsinelli, an Am Law 100 firm, has appointed Patrick Doherty as a Shareholder in the firm’s Corporate and Transactional practice in New York.
Doherty advises clients, which include private equity sponsors and publicly- and privately-held companies on a range of corporate and transactional matters. His experience includes a particular focus on leveraged buy-outs, taking private and other merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions.
Dan Flanigan, Managing Partner of Polsinelli’s New York Office, says: “Patrick’s broad experience in M&A, transactional, and investment matters across a range of industries from health care, retail and consumer products, to digital media and entertainment is
Private markets investment firm Northleaf Capital Partners (Northleaf) has appointed Sophia Damianou as Managing Director, Business Development, Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
In her new role, Damianou will lead Northleaf’s business development and investor relations activities from the firm’s London office, further developing relationships with institutional investors, consultants and advisors across the EMEA region.
“We are delighted to welcome Sophia to the Northleaf team,” says Jeff Pentland, Managing Director and Head of Business Development at Northleaf. “As our first London-based business development executive, Sophia brings the content-driven, consultative fundraising and relationship-building expertise that will be integral to the
US law frm Akerman has opened new offices in Atlanta and Winston-Salem, North Carolina, marking the establishment of the firm’s 24th and 25th offices within seven months.
The expansion is part of a national growth strategy to meet increasing client demand in major financial and business centers across the United States and in areas of core strength.
Akerman is expanding its presence in Atlanta with the addition of Corporate Practice Group Partners R William “Bill” Ide and Amanda Leech. Ide and Leech bring robust transactional and governance experience, having represented numerous large corporations, Fortune 100 companies, and boards of directors
Pemberton, a diversified asset manager backed by Legal & General Group, has opened an office in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Pemberton’s pan-European network now spans eight locations across Europe, also including London, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Madrid, Milan, Luxembourg and Paris.
The opening comes at a time of increased investment opportunities in the Nordics region for the firm and will reinforce Pemberton’s relationship with investors, local borrowers, and the local private equity and financial community.
As part of the opening, Victor Kihlgren, Director – Nordics at Pemberton, will be moving to Copenhagen. Victor joined Pemberton’s London office in 2016 and is responsible
Pamplona Capital Management (Pamplona) has appointed Olaf Tensen to the newly created role of Country Partner for Benelux.
In this new position, Tensen, along with the Pamplona Capital team, will drive new investment opportunities and subsequent value creation in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg.
Tensen was previously a Partner at AAC Capital for 16 years, specialising in mid-market buyouts in Benelux with a focus on growth acceleration. He brings a wealth of experience in origination, marketing, deal execution, value creation and portfolio management, and has worked across a broad spectrum of businesses in the consumer, industrial and services sectors. He
HarbourVest Partners, a global private markets asset manager, has appointed Bill Royer as a managing director and will become Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) in early June.
Based in Boston, Royer will lead the continued evolution of the Firm’s global regulatory compliance program and serve as an adviser to the Portfolio Construction Committee and the Conflicts Committee.
“As HarbourVest has grown in size and expanded into new asset classes over the last few years, we continue to place great value on staying abreast of regulatory changes in the global private markets,” says John Toomey, Managing Director, HarbourVest Partners. “We have continued
Willkie Farr & Gallagher has appointed Gavin Gordon and David Arnold as private equity partners in the firm’s London office.
The pair, who were previously partners at Kirkland & Ellis, have worked on some of the most notable private equity deals in the UK and Europe.
“Gavin and David, two well-established leaders in the market, are a terrific addition to our premier private equity platform, and to our London office,” says Willkie Chairman Steven Gartner. “They join Claire McDaid, widely regarded as being one of the top private equity practitioners in the market, and a team that has added tremendous value
Investment group Infinity has added to its senior team with the appointment of Anna Kerrane as a director.
Kerrane has joined Salford Quays-based Infinity from the Manchester office of law firm Shoosmiths where she was a senior associate.
Before joining Shoosmiths, Kerrane spent a decade at Weightmans in Manchester.
She is an experienced corporate lawyer who has advised on a range of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, joint ventures and company restructurings.
Over the years she has advised Infinity on a number of deals.
Kerrane’s arrival at Infinity follows the appointment last year of another director, Paul Wogan,
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