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Prytania Asset Management has appointed Fahd Basir (pictured), as a Managing Director. Basir’s broad structured credit experience over 14 years includes both agent and principal transactions across the capital structure over a wide variety of asset classes.
He will be based in Prytania’s newly opened New York City office.
Previously, Basir was a Director at 25 Capital Partners, where he was instrumental in launching a closed-end mortgage opportunities fund. Before that he was a Senior Vice President at Atlantic Asset Management and portfolio manager for its TALF Fund, where he managed a USD1.1 billion ABS portfolio. Prior to moving
Augentius Compliance has appointed Andrew Shrimpton as its Chairman. He will spearhead further expansion of the business, following yet another year of strong growth for Augentius’ Regulatory Compliance Business.
As the investment management industry strives to navigate its ever-tightening regulatory frameworks – while the regulators are more proactive than ever – demand is intensifying for workable solutions which allow fund managers to focus on their core investment strategy, while being confident in ensuring compliance.
Shrimpton says: “In an ever-expanding universe of complex rules and directives, including the imminent GDPR regulation, it is a huge challenge for managers to keep
LBO France has added three new members to its team since the beginning of the year, in two of the company’s areas of expertise.
Philippe Chambon and Sébastien Woynar have joined the Venture team, and Nicolas Manardo has joined the Small Cap team at the beginning of 2018.
Philippe Chambon joined LBO France as Venture Partner after a distinguished career in healthcare venture capital in the US. He started his business career in 1987 in the pharmaceutical industry, with Sandoz Pharmaceutical US affiliate and, in 1993, he joined The Boston Consulting Group as a Manager. Starting from 1995, he
Technology, Media and Communications global investment bank Drake Star Partners’ co-CEOs Marc Deschamps, Gregory Bedrosian and current Chairman Martial Chaillet will be taking on new roles within the firm, as Executive Chairman, CEO and Vice-Chairman respectively.
This change in the firm’s executive leadership is a reflection of its ongoing growth and the implementation of its long-term strategy.
Following Drake Star Partners’ award-winning 2017 transaction record, the opening of its tenth office in San Francisco, the recruitment of new partners and expansion of its existing offices, this new leadership structure is the latest announcement to support the firm’s global development
International law firm Dorsey & Whitney has appointed Martha F Coultrap (pictured), as a partner in the firm’s Corporate Group in New York.
Coultrap’s practice focuses on private investment funds and fund investors. She represents a variety of investors in alternative investments, including institutional investors and funds of funds. Her institutional clients include regulated financial institutions, public and private pension funds and foreign pension funds and private investors in domestic and offshore buy-out, growth, venture capital, hedge and special situations funds. She has also represented private and public companies in a variety of industries, including manufacturing, service, marketing and catalog
Thayer Ventures, a venture capital firm focused exclusively on innovation in travel and transportation technology, has appointed Katherine Grass as Venture partner.
Grass is based in Madrid and will help further accelerate the firm’s alignment with global strategic investors and its investment reach to promising start-ups in Europe and Asia. Thayer Ventures had the first close of its Fund III last year.
“We are very pleased to welcome Katherine Grass,” says Chris Hemmeter, Managing Director. “Katherine brings a unique track record, which includes growing a global investment fund, creating a robust partner network and working with strategic investors to
ASGARD Partners & Co (ASGARD) has appointed Andi Como as a managing director in the firm’s Capital Markets group.
Como, who will be based in New York, will focus on providing customised solutions to clients for acquisition finance, growth capital, and balance sheet recapitalisations.
Como has extensive experience in capital raising, relationship management, trading and portfolio management. He joins from the hedge fund coverage group at RBC Capital Markets, where he directed lending decisions to hedge funds and developed bespoke financing solutions to meet the sophisticated investment objectives of clients. Como was also responsible for managing RBC’s relationships with over 200
Framework, a solutions vendor for private equity firms, has made senior hires in its client and product teams to meet demand for its enterprise investment accounting data management solutions.
The company appointed Product and Development managers in 2017 and they are now joined by Graham Aitken as Head of Client Engagement. The expertise he brings from investment operations and technology will further enhance Framework’s ability to deliver innovative solutions to meet the investment accounting data management challenges faced by Asset Servicers, Investment Managers and Institutional Investors in the Private Equity sector.
Launched in 2000, Framework provides enterprise investment accounting
Richards Kibbe & Orbe has appointed Christopher Andrew Jarvinen, an accomplished bankruptcy attorney possessing nearly two decades of experience handling complex business and litigation issues arising in the context of corporate restructurings, as a partner in the firm’s New York office.
“Over the course of his career, Christopher has built an impressive practice specialising in bankruptcy litigation and restructuring deals, and we are thrilled to welcome him to the firm,” says Jennifer Grady, managing partner of RK&O. “He is an ideal complement to our bankruptcy, restructuring and special situation investments practice areas, and his particular expertise will be a tremendous asset to
Orion Energy has been very active in the Gulf Coast over the last two years, having partnered with five companies headquartered in the region and the new office will augment the firm’s origination and execution of new investment opportunities while better serving its current portfolio company partners in the area.
Ethan Shoemaker, a Managing Director and Investment Principal who has been with Orion Energy since its inception in 2015, will lead the new office including overseeing its growth and operations.
“Houston is a phenomenal place to live and work, and the ideal market to anchor Orion Energy’s strategy in
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