Corporate dealmaker T Hale Boggs III has joined O’Melveny’s Century City office as a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions practice. 

Boggs arrives from a prominent legal and professional services firm, where he was chair of the media, technology, and advertising division and venture capital/emerging companies practice.    
 Boggs is well-known as a trusted legal and business advisor to entrepreneurs and investors in emerging companies, with a focus on digital media. He has longstanding relationships with numerous venture capital funds in both Southern and Northern California, representing funds and their portfolio companies in a wide range of corporate transactions as

Management consultancy CIL has established its first US office in Chicago. The company, which has historically served its international client base from the UK, is expanding its footprint in response to growing demand for its services from both US and European clients.   CIL specialises in growth strategy and customer referencing. It is a provider of commercial due diligence to private equity, including both buy and sell-side mandates. CIL’s focus is on supporting management teams and investors to optimise profitable growth through new product or service development, international expansion and operational improvement.   The company has a strong base of repeat

UBS Asset Management’s (UBS-AM) Real Estate & Private Markets (REPM) business has made two appointments to strengthen its global infrastructure effort. Patrick Cunningham arrives at REPM with over 20 years of investment markets experience, the majority of which has been focussed on the infrastructure, energy and real asset sectors. He will report to Tom O’Shea and will be responsible for growing REPM’s client and product franchise and for ensuring its infrastructure investment capabilities, across both debt and equity strategies, are marketed across the Americas.   Cunningham was most recently a partner at McCarvill Capital Partners where he spent the past

DWS has appointed Thomas Kalthöfer as Investment Director within its global infrastructure investment business. Based in London, Kalthöfer will join the Pan European Infrastructure (PEIF) investment team which currently manages PEIF II, a closed-end fund focusing on unlisted European infrastructure investments that closed in 2017 with EUR 2.5 billion available to invest. It was the follow-on product to PEIF I which closed in 2007.   The appointment of Kalthöfer comes as DWS continues to invest in its infrastructure business, having made a total of nine appointments over the past 12 months. Kalthöfer is a seasoned infrastructure professional who has worked

Private equity investor Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has promoted five senior staff to partnership positions. The newly promoted partners are Colin Anderson (Property), Suzanne Lupton (Co-investment), Ewan McKinnon (Private Equity), David Milroy (Private Equity) and Andrew Whiteley (Property). Colin Anderson joined Maven in 2014 after 11 years in various Corporate Banking and Real Estate Finance roles with The Royal Bank of Scotland. A chartered accountant, Colin has been instrumental in growing the Maven property business from five assets in 2009 and GBP41 million Gross Development Value (GDV), to 23 assets and GBP295 million GDV prior to recent exits this year.

Pamplona Capital Management (Pamplona) has expanded its leadership team with the appointment of Martin Schwab and William Pruellage as Co-Managing Partners, jointly responsible for Pamplona’s day-to-day operations.    Alex Knaster and John Halsted will continue to lead the firm, with Alex remaining as Chairman & CEO, and John becoming President of Private Equity and continuing as Chair of the Investment Committee.   Halsted says: “Martin and Bill have a strong foundation of trust, personal respect and friendship and I am delighted to be handing them more responsibilities in the management of the firm. They have a proven track record of

Private equity firm OpenGate Capital has hired Shawn Haghighi as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer.   Working from the firm’s office in Los Angeles, Haghighi joins OpenGate’s global senior leadership team comprising investment professionals in Los Angeles and Paris, France.   Haghighi is a tenured professional with over 18 years of legal practice and experience with a diverse background gained through his tenure at two global, investment firms and leading, international law firms. Prior to joining OpenGate, Haghighi was Senior Vice President, Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary at Platinum Equity. During his four-year tenure at Platinum, Haghighi was

Borden, a heritage American brand and US dairy processor and distributor, has appointed Eduardo Martinez as Vice President of Direct Store Delivery (DSD), effective immediately. “DSD is a key advantage for Borden in providing best-in-class service,” says Borden CEO Tony Sarsam. “The DSD team plays a critical role as they are best equipped to proactively identify and respond to retailers’ needs. Eduardo brings invaluable experience and is a proven leader across a variety of functions in the beverage industry. We are very excited about the impact he will make as we look to grow our foodservice and convenience store business.”