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Independent fund and corporate services provider, the Aztec Group, has made 113 promotions, including five senior appointments to director and associate director roles in the biggest round of promotions in the Group’s history.
The promotions came into effect on 1 July, with nearly 15 per cent of the Group’s 720 employees being recognised and rewarded. Combined with the Group’s mid-year promotions, which took place in January, nearly 200 staff have been promoted in the last 12 months.
Of those promoted, five senior appointments to director and associate director positions were announced, significantly strengthening the Group’s leadership team.
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BlackRock has appointed Elga Bartsch as Head of Economic and Markets Research for the BlackRock Investment Institute (BII). In her new role, Bartsch will lead BII’s research on global macroeconomic topics and will be based in London.
Prior to joining BlackRock, Bartsch had a very successful career at Morgan Stanley spanning more than two decades and was most recently Morgan Stanley’s Chief European Economist & Global Co-Head of Economics.
Philipp Hildebrand, Vice Chairman of BlackRock, says: “We are delighted that Elga Bartsch has joined the BlackRock Investment Institute. She is a world renowned market economist with extensive experience notably
Private investment firm Gridiron Capital has appointed John Warner as Managing Director. In this role, Warner will source and evaluate potential investment opportunities, perform due diligence, and participate in the structuring, negotiation, financing and closing of portfolio investments.
He will also work closely with Gridiron’s portfolio companies on various strategic and operating initiatives.
Tom Burger, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Gridiron Capital, says: “We have gotten to know John over the years and he demonstrates all of the qualities we look for in a Managing Director. In addition to the value he will be adding internally, we know he will represent
Ogier has promoted Geoffrey Delamarre and Bernard Elslander to senior associate as part of the firm’s global mid-year promotions.
Delamarre has been a member of the corporate team since 2014, specialising in the establishment of private equity and real estate structures, and Elslander has been part of the firm’s investment funds team since 2016, specialising in unregulated funds.
The promotions follow Anne-Gaëlle Delabye’s promotion to partner in June and Benjamin Devouassoux’s promotion to senior associate in February, as well as the recent arrivals of counsel Eva Gyori-Toursel and associate Cecilia Gomes.
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Jonathan Melmed, Enrico Granata and Ted Markson have joined King & Spalding as partners in the firm’s New York office.
Melmed has a focus on the power, electricity, energy and core infrastructure sectors, with the balance of his practice involving transactions in a multitude of other sectors, including technology, real estate buyout, healthcare/life sciences and general industrials. he will serve as co-chair, Global Private Equity and head of US Power & Infrastructure.
“Jonathan is one of the leading private equity lawyers in the energy and infrastructure space with a demonstrated brand and track record,” says Robert D Hays, Jr,
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has appointed Jean-Michel Aubertin, former CEO of CG Power and Doosan Power Systems, as an Operating Advisor to CD&R funds.
Aubertin has held senior leadership positions at a range of European-based industrial and services businesses. From 2014 – 2017, Aubertin served as Chief Executive Officer of CG Power, the electrical equipment and systems group. Prior to this he was CEO of Doosan Power Systems, the power engineering firm, from 2010 to 2013.
Between 2003 and 2009, Aubertin was a senior executive of Alstom, the provider of integrated transport systems, equipment and services, first as Senior Vice
Churchill Asset Management (Churchill), a majority-owned affiliate of Nuveen focused on originating, underwriting and managing middle market senior loan investments, has appointed Amit Bhatia, Jeff Rabaut and Tarek Srouji as Principals and members of the company’s Sponsor Coverage team.
The appointments are effective immediately and all will report to Randy Schwimmer, Senior Managing Director and Head of Origination and Capital Markets.
Bhatia comes to Churchill with over ten years of middle market debt investing experience, having worked most recently at Solar Capital Partners, where he was a Principal. At Solar, he focused on originating, structuring, negotiating and executing stretch
Fund administrator Apex Group (Apex) has expanded its US team with the addition of several new senior hires in the firm’s New York office.
Apex continues to grow rapidly in markets across North America, expanding its global footprint following a series of successful acquisitions teamed with organic growth.
The Group now has a strong presence across the Americas region with offices in Atlanta, Charlotte, New York, Santa Ana and San Francisco, in addition to Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Toronto and Uruguay. Apex’s focus on expanding its brand and service capabilities across North America sees the addition of seven new senior
US law firm Akerman has bolstered its core strengths in domestic and cross-border M&A, private equity and capital markets transactions with partners Peter Eccles from Foley & Lardner in New York and Karyn Koiffman from Baker McKenzie in Washington DC and New York.
Akerman says their experience builds on the firm’s capabilities for clients involved in inbound and outbound ventures across Latin America, with an emphasis on Brazil.
“Peter and Karyn are consummate corporate lawyers with decades of combined experience handling highly complex transactions,” says Jonathan Awner, co-chair of the Corporate Practice Group. “With them, we continue to expand
Morgan Lewis has added partner Rick Denhup, a veteran finance lawyer who has advised banks and other financial institutions for nearly 20 years, to its New York office.
Denhup focuses on representing financial clients in a range of matters, including asset-based loans (ABLs), cash flow credit facilities, and leveraged finance. Much of his work involves first- and second-lien loans, recapitalisations, cross-border transactions, debtor-in-possession financing transactions, restructurings, and workouts.
“Adding Rick to our elite finance team further strengthens our exceptional services for large and alternative lenders,” says Firm Chair Jami McKeon. “His outstanding reputation in the financial services industry is
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