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Chune Loong Lum has rejoined Ropes & Gray’s private investment funds practice as counsel in Hong Kong.
Lum (pictured), represents Asia- and China-focused fund sponsors in the formation, structuring and operation of private equity funds, as well as sovereign investors and institutional investors in their fund commitments and transactions.
A fluent Mandarin speaker, his extensive experience includes counselling fund sponsors, investment advisors and asset managers in the structure, launch, capitalisation and ongoing operations of private investment funds, including buyout funds, venture capital funds, joint venture funds, credit funds, evergreen funds and auxiliary funds. Lum also has significant experience in
Frazier Healthcare Partners has appointed Jim Brady as an Operating Partner on the firm’s Growth Buyout team.
Brady brings almost 30 years of experience in healthcare as both an Operating Partner in private equity as well as an executive operator in software and technology. Most recently Brady was Healthcare Operating Partner at Marlin Equity Partners where he helped create and build a highly successful portfolio including over 20 acquisitions across multiple sectors within healthcare.
“We are thrilled that Jim has chosen to join Frazier as the firm looks to build its presence in healthcare IT. His tenured background in
European Fund Administration (EFA) has appointed Cédric Jauquet as Head of Private Asset Services and member of the company’s Executive Committee.
Jauquet (pictured), joins from Credit Suisse Fund Services Luxembourg, where he was Head of Private Equity and Real Estate Administration. Cédric has 18 years’ experience in private asset services in Luxembourg at Credit Suisse, Banque Internationale à Luxembourg’s corporate and fund services subsidiary, RBC Alternative Investor Services and PwC.
EFA further strengthens its existing team of experts by appointing Fabrice Freilinger, Head of Private Asset Investor Services, and Tomasz Szubartowski, Head of Private Asset Accounting Services. Both also
Golding Capital Partners (GCP), an independent asset manager for alternative investments, has appointed Marco Sedlmayr as a Managing Director with responsibility for institutional client services and sales activities in German-speaking countries.
The appointment of Sedlmayr enables GCP to expand its advisory competence and expertise, in the insurance and pension fund segment. Sedlmayr previously worked at Allianz Global Investors, where he was a member of the European insurance team responsible for supporting insurance companies and pension fund managers from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. His work focused on the structuring and implementation of individual investment solutions to align capital investments with increasing
The Standards Board for Alternative Investments (SBAI) has appointed Stuart Fiertz, Co-Founder and President of Cheyne Capital Management, and Richard Lightburn, Chief Executive Officer of MKP Capital Management, to its Board.
The SBAI is the global standard-setting body for the alternative investment industry and custodian of the Alternative Investment Standards. The SBAI and the Standards are supported by approximately 200 alternative investment managers and institutional investors who collectively manage USD3.5 trillion.
Dame Amelia Fawcett, Chairman of the SBAI, says: “Stuart and Richard, as prominent leaders in alternative investment management, will bring invaluable insights to our board as the SBAI
Noerr has appointed private equity/ M&A expert Holger Ebersberger as an equity partner. He will be accompanied by his team from previous firm Ashurst and will boost Noerr’s Private Equity practice group at its Munich office.
“The Noerr Private Equity Group has achieved success by focusing on a sector-specific implementation of growth strategies in both the buy-out and growth capital fields,” says Georg Schneider, co-head of Noerr’s Private Equity Group. “With Holger Ebersberger we are strengthening our team to assist in complex PE transactions in the mid- and large-cap sector and are honing our profile in the provision of integrated
Duff & Phelps has appointed Ted Keen as Managing Director in the firm’s Transfer Pricing practice based in London. Keen will serve as the European leader for the practice, focusing on client service and further expansion of the transfer pricing group in Europe.
Keen brings over twenty years of experience advising clients on transfer pricing matters in both the US and UK. He has served clients across a wide range of industries, most recently focusing on the life science, high tech, natural resources and business services, and on applying economic analysis to complex transfer pricing valuation matters.
Mike Heimert, Managing Director
Campbell Lutyens has opened a new office in Singapore, following regulatory approval.
The office will support the continued expansion of the firm’s fund placement and secondary advisory business in Asia-Pacific, and will be the firm’s second in the region, after the opening of a Hong Kong office in 2010.
Campbell Lutyens’ Asia-Pacific team has grown to 15 people and is currently advising on USD7.8 billion of transactions for Asia-Pacific clients. The firm raises capital and advises on secondary transactions for private equity, infrastructure and private debt funds globally.
“We have been expanding our presence in Asia-Pacific over the
BGF has appointed Sophie Birch to its Talent Network team, which helps BGF-backed companies gain unparalleled access to a group of more than 5,000 board-level non-executives, business leaders and sector experts.
Birch’s experience of helping growing companies strengthen their boards, together with her extensive contact book of senior business leaders adds further weight to BGF’s network.
Birch has over 10 years’ experience at Lyceum Capital Partners where she had sole responsibility for developing its talent management function. Prior to this, Sophie was a key member of Lyceum’s investor relations team.
Last year, BGF expanded its Talent Network team,
Geoff Pullen has joined State Street as managing director, alternatives sector, EMEA.
Based in London, he will report into Maria Cantillon, head of sector solutions for EMEA, and his responsibilities will include driving the execution of the team’s regional sales strategy across hedge and private equity fund clients.
With 16 years’ experience, he joins State Street from Standard Chartered where he led the transaction banking & securities services sales to European alternative and traditional asset managers. Prior to this he held senior sales roles at both HSBC Securities Services and BNP Paribas.
He holds a BSc (Hons) in
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