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Dave Edwards, Nick Grainger and Andy Dimmock, Partners at FRP Advisory specialising in debt advisory services, are now operating as FRP Debt Advisory as part of the full integration of Litmus Advisory within the FRP Advisory partnership of business advisory services.
The launch of FRP Debt Advisory coincides with the appointment of Andy Pickford to the team as a Director based in the firm’s Manchester office, as a response to client demand for debt advisory services from companies and private equity groups both in Manchester and across the wider North-West and North of England regions.
The formation of FRP Debt
LightBay Capital, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm focused on middle-market opportunities, has appointed David Burcham as a Principal.
Burcham will be responsible for sourcing, analysing new investments, due diligence, deal process execution, and portfolio company management and monitoring.
Burcham brings a decade of direct investing and transaction experience to LightBay. Prior to joining the firm, Burcham spent more than eight years at Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP), where he most recently served as a Managing Director and led private equity and credit investments across several industries and in a variety of transaction types. He served on the boards
Law firm Paul Hastings has added restructuring partner David Manson to the team based in the firm’s London office. Manson joins from White & Case where he was a partner.
“David’s expertise and relationships will be an asset to our growing London restructuring practice,” says Seth Zachary, chair of Paul Hastings. “He has played a major role on some of the most challenging global cross-border restructurings and our lawyers on both sides of the Atlantic are looking forward to working with him.”
Manson regularly advises banks, noteholders, funds, insolvency practitioners, and companies on all aspects of domestic and cross-border
International law firm Proskauer has promoted 23 lawyers, 14 to partner and nine to senior counsel, including three partners promotions in the private investment funds and private equity teams in London.
“We are pleased to promote this outstanding group to our ranks as partner and senior counsel,” says Proskauer Chairman Joe Leccese. “We applaud them on achieving this significant milestone in their careers and are confident that they will continue to make remarkable contributions to our clients in the years ahead.”
Edward Lee advises fund managers and institutional investors on a broad range of matters relating to private funds,
Lodbrok Capital, an investment manager focused on the European credit market, has appointed Adam Sorab as Partner. This follows a period of organic growth and the successful launch of the Lodbrok European Credit Opportunities Fund in May 2017.
Sorab (pictured), joins from hedge fund CQS, where he spent the last 13 years and where he held various senior roles including Head of Investor Relations.
Lodbrok Capital has hired Sorab to lead the company’s investor relations with responsibility for managing client relationships. Sorab brings over 30 years’ investment industry experience to the firm. Prior to CQS, Sorab was Head of
Equistone Partners Europe (Equistone) has appointed Sebastien Leusch as Investment Director to its Manchester office as the firm continues to seek new investments from its EUR2 billion Fund V.
Leusch joins Equistone having previously worked at Montagu Private Equity, where he spent nine years developing a strong reputation for delivering transactions across a broad range of sectors in the North of England and Europe. Completed deals include the MBOs of Paris-based low fat and healthy spreads manufacturer, St Hubert, and Poland’s leading owner and operator of transmission towers, Emitel, at an enterprise value of EUR430 million and EUR425 million respectively.
Maven Capital Partners has appointed Alex Marsh to its investment team in the North East, as Investment Manager to transact on behalf of Maven’s private equity funds and help manage the GBP20 million Finance Durham Fund, announced earlier this year by Business Durham.
Marsh joins from Northstar Ventures, a North East-based venture capital investor focussed on the digital and technology sector, where he invested in early stage businesses to support a range of innovative, high growth companies and prepared portfolio companies for exits. Previously at PwC for almost 10 years, Alex worked as a Corporate Finance Manager in the award
HarbourVest Partners, a global private markets asset manager, has appointed Simon Jennings as a Managing Director. Based in London, Jennings will focus on business development with distribution partners in Europe and Asia to help their private wealth clients achieve their private markets objectives.
“Over the last three decades, and especially more recently, HarbourVest has worked closely with market intermediaries globally to help meet the private markets investment needs of their family office, private bank, wealth management and institutional clients,” says Peter Wilson, Managing Director and member of the Executive Management Committee, HarbourVest. “Simon understands the needs of this market segment
SANNE continues to drive forward its global change agenda with the appointment of a Global Director of Change Management.
Epidarex Capital (Epidarex), an early-stage, transatlantic life science venture fund, has appointed Dr William R Sellers, William Burns and Dr. Frank M Armstrong to its advisory board.
Epidarex is a leading investor in high growth life science and health technologies in under-ventured markets. The advisory board provides strategic guidance and advice to Epidarex and its transatlantic portfolio of 14 early-stage life science companies.
Kyp Sirinakis, Managing Partner and co-founder of Epidarex, says: “As a leading, early-stage venture capital firm, Epidarex builds high-growth life science companies in under-ventured markets. We are delighted to welcome our new advisory board members and
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