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Caroline Jury further enhances Morrison & Foerster’s London finance practice, and becomes the latest partner to come to MoFo from a magic circle firm.
Jury, who comes to Morrison & Foerster from Clifford Chance, is the fifth partner in less than two years to join from a magic circle firm. She brings a wealth of experience and accomplishments in cross-border financial transactions.
“Caroline is a highly experienced lawyer with deep connections and experience in the London market and an impressive track record in building market-leading finance practices, including in Germany and most recently in Sydney,” says Paul Friedman, Morrison
REYL & Cie Ltd (REYL) has appointed Ante Razmilovic to head its new Structured Finance business to be run from its London office and part of the Corporate Advisory & Structuring business line.
Based in REYL’s London office Razmilovic brings 25 years of experience from Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse in the structured and secured finance arena. Most recently Razmilovic worked at Goldman Sachs in London and Hong Kong, as Managing Director. After first joining Goldman Sachs in 1997, Razmilovic held a number of roles, including various responsibilities in structured finance in Europe and the Middle East. He has also
King & Spalding has appointed Kevin Glenn as a partner in the firm’s New York office. Glenn, a former partner at KPMG, joins the firm’s Corporate, Finance and Investments practice group, which includes the firm’s tax practice, to provide US tax advice to US and foreign multinational companies on cross-border financing, joint venture, and M&A transactions.
Glenn spent over 25 years at KPMG, where clients sought him out for his extensive experience in supply chain planning, post-merger global integration, cash repatriation, and foreign tax credit planning. His practice cuts across multiple industries including consumer products, financial institutions, automotive, retail and
Ares Management has appointed Myles Gilbert (pictured), former Managing Director at Cambridge Associates and Co-Chairman of its Credit Investment Committee, as Partner, Head of Investor Strategy & Solutions.
In this newly formed position, he will oversee a team of professionals within the Ares Strategy & Relationship Management Group. He is charged with supporting new product development, coordinating cross-platform mandates and overseeing consultant strategy.
Mike Arougheti, Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and President, says: “There has been a notable uptick in the number of large investors looking to develop significant strategic mandates across our platform – which I believe speaks to
Gusto Restaurants has appointed Matt Snell as its new Managing Director. Snell recently joined the group as Commercial Director and will take over the reins from current MD Sue Crimes in April. Crimes will move into a Non-Executive board position as part of a planned succession process.
Gusto’s Chairman, Jeremy Roberts, says: “Matt brings a wealth of relevant experience to the role and we are very excited at his appointment. He will bring a different perspective and outlook to the business, enabling him to build on the strong foundations laid to date.”
Snell says: “Sue and the team have
Leading independent fund and corporate services provider, the Aztec Group, has made two senior promotions in Jersey with Michael Wood and Erique Mvalo both being appointed as directors within the private equity team.
Wood and Mvalo have played a vital role in the growth of the Group’s private equity offering, which was recently named Jersey’s leading fund administrator with USD77.5 billion net assets and 144 funds in the 2017 Monterey Report.
Wood has been with the Aztec Group for over 10 years, joining as a Client Relationship Manager in 2006. Over the years, Wood has watched the Group go
Anthony Pralle, Senior Partner Emeritus of The Boston Consulting Group, has joined Activa Capital’s Industrial Committee
Pralle recently retired from The Boston Consulting Group after thirty-six years with the firm. His client base was focused in Consumer and Retail, where he advised multinational, regional and national players in packaged goods, food and non-food retailing, travel and leisure. He has worked extensively for private equity funds on buy and sell-side due diligence as well as with their portfolio companies. Pralle joined BCG in London and moved to Spain in the late 1980s as part of the team opening the Madrid office.
TA Associates portfolio company think project!, a SaaS company for collaboration in construction and engineering, has appointed construction industry Chief Information Officer, Gareth Burton, as a non-executive member of its Board of Directors.
Burton began his professional career 30 years ago and has held various technical and commercial roles in leading global technology companies such as Motorola and BT. He has held board level IT positions within the oil and gas, mining and construction sectors, serving as Chief Information Officer for a number of companies, including Baker Hughes, African Minerals and currently Laing O’Rourke, one of the UK’s leading engineering
Muzinich & Co has appointed John Clifford to its European private debt team.
Based in London, Clifford will be focused on origination and deal sourcing in the UK lower mid-market. John has over a decade of experience in UK mid-market lending. Previous roles include Managing Director in Investec Bank’s Growth and Acquisition Finance division and a Partner at independent corporate finance boutique Livingstone Partners.
“Private debt continues to be an ever more accepted and utilised funding solution in the UK and across continental European markets,” says Grant Davidson, Co-Head of Private Debt UK. “John’s expertise, network and experience
THL Credit Advisors (THL Credit) has named Brian Murphy (pictured), as Head of Capital Markets. Murphy, who is based in Chicago, is a Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager for THL Credit’s Tradable Credit strategy.
In this newly created role, Murphy will be responsible for overseeing all of THL Credit’s capital markets activities, including sourcing investment opportunities from banks and lenders and managing excess risk across THL Credit’s Tradable Credit and Direct Lending strategies.
Murphy has more than twenty-four years of investment industry experience, principally in the area of leveraged finance. Mr. Murphy joined THL Credit in 2012 in connection
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