Offshore law firm Carey Olsen has added to its banking and finance team with the appointment of Michael Evans as counsel in the Jersey office. Evans (pictured), brings with him more than 10 years’ experience working on a variety of finance transactions and has acted for a wide range of international institutions and borrowers on complex multi-jurisdictional bilateral and syndicated facilities. He has a particular interest in leveraged and acquisition finance, Islamic finance and restructuring and insolvency.   Evans qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales in 2007, having trained in the London and Dubai offices of Freshfields Bruckhaus

Global fund administrator Mainstream Fund Services is expanding its organisation to handle the growing practice for closed-end funds; private equity, venture capital, and real estate – with the appointment of Jay Maher as CEO of Private Equity. For the past two decades, Maher (pictured), who will be based in the US, has been a developed a best in breed service focusing on technology and automated workflow processes.   “Mainstream is the perfect fit for our experienced team to execute delivery of our service model to the Private Equity, Venture Capital, and Real Estate industries. Mainstream has a global reach while

Augentius, a global service provider to private equity and real estate funds, has appointed James Watts to the role of Chief Operating Officer.  The appointment follows another successful year of 19 per cent growth for the firm as the industry remains resilient to political and regulatory challenges.  As Chief Operating Officer, Watts (pictured) will be responsible for Augentius’ Global Operations throughout its’ offices across three continents. Watts says: “The growth of Augentius has been quite amazing. In just over 10 years the small UK/Guernsey centric business I joined, has become a major global player, with offices and clients across the world.

Ipes, a provider of outsourced services to private equity in Europe, has appointed Mark Symons as Senior Manager in the firm’s Guernsey Office. Symons has joined Ipes as part of the Senior Management Team in Guernsey and brings considerable client service experience. He will focus on leading and managing a number of key client relationships across the Ipes Group. He will also play a key role in delivering our growth strategy by communicating and strengthening relationships with the Guernsey business community. In addition, Mark will be responsible for the New Business team. Prior to joining Ipes, Symons worked at Kleinwort

Heitman LLC (Heitman), a global real estate investment management firm, has appointed Tony Smedley as Managing Director, Head of European Private Equity. In this role, Smedley will lead Heitman’s European Private Equity group and is tasked with broadening the scope of the firm’s European operations while continuing to serve its clients in meeting or exceeding their European real estate investment objectives.   Smedley brings with him nearly 30 years of experience in real estate and investment management. Prior to joining Heitman, Smedley was the Head of Continental Europe for Schroder REIM where he provided leadership, direction, and management for fund

Barings Real Estate has expanded its European asset management and transactions team with the appointment of Guillaume Bieganski as Director, Asset Management & Transactions.  Bieganski, who will be based in Barings’ Paris office, will support the development of the business in France and will report to Séverine Laffineur, Head of France.   Bieganski joins from Abenex (formerly ABN AMRO Capital France) where he was a Director overseeing the launch and development of the Company’s real estate activity. Between 2013 and 2016, Guillaume served as a Portfolio Manager for Standard Life Investments where he was responsible for asset management and acquisitions in

Cairngorm Capital has promoted Alex Bayliss and John Naylor-Leyland to Managing Director. This is in recognition of their significant contributions to the growth and success that Cairngorm Capital has achieved since its formation in 2014. It also marks the expansion of Cairngorm Capital’s senior leadership team. Bayliss and Naylor-Leyland were founding members of Cairngorm Capital’s investment team, joining Managing Partner, Andrew Steel, shortly after the successful close of Cairngorm Capital’s first fund in August 2015. Together they have been instrumental in defining and implementing the firm’s growth and buy and build investment strategies. They have led or overseen the majority

Z Capital Group, an alternative asset manager focused on opportunistic, value-oriented private equity and credit funds, has announced a raft of promotions across the company’s Private Equity Investment and Operations teams. Stephen Parsons, has been added to the Management Committee as an ad hoc member. Since joining Z Capital in 2016, Parsons has served as an Operating Partner, assisting in the management and oversight of portfolio company initiatives, including leading the development and implementation of human capital strategies across all portfolio companies.   Matthew Kane, has been promoted to Managing Director. Kane is responsible for advising on and executing value-oriented