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King & Spalding has appointed Bernhardt Nadell as a partner in the firm’s Corporate, Finance and Investments (CFI) practice group in the New York office.
Nadell represents private equity firms, insurers, reinsurers and leading investment banks in complex insurance-related transactions, including life and property casualty insurance M&A, reinsurance, and insurance securitisations. His broad-based experience in the insurance transactional area includes acquisitions of life and property casualty companies and blocks of business, buying and selling distressed insurance companies, run-off transactions, sponsored demutualisations and management buyouts.
“Bernhardt is a rare find because of his market-leading experience assisting private equity firms in identifying
Deepak Reddy has joined McGuireWoods as a partner in New York, bringing a wealth of experience in aviation finance.
Reddy represents airlines, aircraft leasing companies, financial institutions and investment funds in M&A, financing, restructuring and leasing transactions involving commercial aircraft. He also advises Fortune 500 companies, financiers and high-net-worth individuals in a wide variety of private and corporate jet transactions.
Chambers USA has twice recognised Reddy as one of only two up-and-coming aircraft finance lawyers nationwide. Euromoney has selected him for inclusion in the “Euromoney Expert Guide: Aviation in 2019,” and Corporate Jet Investor has recognised him as a leading
Ridgemont Equity Partners, a middle market private equity firm, has appointed Anthony Cassano as a Partner in the firm’s Tech & Telecom practice.
In addition, the firm has announced the following promotions – Charles Anderson, Tim Dillon and Cay Freihofer were to Partner, Seth Peck to Principal, Tyler Houin to Vice President, and Dan Norton to Senior Associate. Karen Garrison was also promoted to Fund Controller on Ridgemont’s Finance and Operations Team.
Cassano will focus on investments in the Tech & Telecom space. He spent the last 10 years at Spire Capital Partners. Prior to that, Anthony was at
Seward & Kissel has promoted Lancelot (Lance) King, a member of the firm’s Investment Management Group in Washington DC, from associate to counsel. The promotion is effective 1 April, 2019.
King’s practice focuses on a broad range of regulatory, compliance, and transactional matters affecting investment companies and registered investment advisers. His experience includes counselling clients in the establishment, registration, and operation of registered investment companies; developing and reviewing compliance programs for investment companies and investment advisers; and counselling clients undergoing regulatory examinations.
“Time and time again, Lance has gone above and beyond in servicing our clients,” says Seward & Kissel Managing Partner Jim
Specialist private equity investor Hg has opened a new US office in New York.
Hg is one of the the most active European-based investors in software and services, having led over 100 investments in the sector in the last 25 years. On an aggregated basis, Hg’s portfolio represents the third largest and fastest growing technology company headquartered in Europe.
The firm has 170 people representing the largest technology investment team in Europe, with funds under management of USD13 billion and a portfolio representing a combined enterprise value of USD25 billion. Hg’s investment teams have a flexible investment approach, investing
Arma Partners, an independent corporate finance advisory firm focused exclusively on the global Communications, Media & Technology sector, has appointed Broor Spahr van der Hoek as Partner and Co-Head of its Private & Growth Capital team.
Broor will be based in Arma’s London office and will further enhance the firm’s deal origination and execution capabilities in this strategically important area. This appointment follows a period of record activity for Arma, with the firm having advised on 30 transactions valued at approximately USD12 billion in aggregate since the beginning of 2018, including raising nearly USD300 million across five transactions for fast-growing
Argand Partners, a New York and San Francisco Bay Area-based middle market buyout firm, has promoted Joyce Schnoedl to Partner, Dino Sawaya to Principal, and Janel Maki to Operations Manager.
“Joyce provides important leadership across our firm in sourcing and executing complex deals. Her ability to identify and generate opportunities by navigating complexity and continually expanding relationships is a significant asset,” says Tariq Osman, Partner of Argand. Schnoedl has most recently been a Principal at Argand and has worked with several portfolio companies, including Sigma Electric Manufacturing Corp, Brintons Carpets, Ltd, and Concrete Pumping Holdings. Earlier in her career, Schnoedl
Drawbridge Partners, a cybersecurity consulting firm specialising in the needs of hedge fund and private equity managers, has appointed Viktor Tadijanovic as Chief Technology Officer (CTO).
In this role, Tadijanovic will oversee the company’s overall technology strategy and lead the engineering, product and customer engagement teams.
With deep expertise in the financial services sector, Tadijanovic brings more than 20 years of IT governance, technology architecture, platform development and corporate strategy experience to Drawbridge. Tadijanovic most recently served as Chief Strategy Officer at Abacus Group and was responsible for corporate development initiatives. As a founding member of Abacus Group in
Crestbridge has moved to new larger office premises in Luxembourg as a result of a recent expansion of its team in the jurisdiction and ahead of anticipated future business growth.
As from 1 April 2019, Crestbridge’s Luxembourg office, which will mark its tenth anniversary next year, will be at 1 Boulevard de la Foire, premises that offer greater scope for future expansion.
The firm has seen considerable growth in business flows and headcount in recent months. Over the past year alone, the firm has grown its Luxembourg team by over 69%, whilst it also recently strengthened its senior team with
Private equity fund administrator Gen II Fund Services (Gen II) has appointed Ian Cameron as its Chief Operating Officer (COO). Cameron will focus on strategic and operational responsibilities at Gen II and will report to the Managing Principals, Norman Leben and Steven Millner.
Since 2015, Cameron was Chief Financial and Operations Officer for the Washington State Investment Board (WSIB). WSIB is a public pension plan that oversees approximately USD130 billion in assets under management, including retirement plans that benefit approximately 784,000 active and retired public employees. WSIB’s investment portfolio consists of over USD45 billion in private market assets. While at
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