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HIG Capital has appointed Daniel Nader as principal in the HIG Latin America team, as part of a strategy to expand its investment activity into real estate assets in the region.
HIG has been investing in Latin America since 2012 when it established operations in Brazil. The firm subsequently raised a dedicated Latin America Fund in 2016.
HIG’s real estate platform, which has been investing in the US and Europe since 2007, targets opportunistic real estate investments with a focus on adding value, improving performance and achieving attractive risk adjusted returns. With the ability to invest in all parts
Institutional alternative asset manager Crestline Investors has appointed Chris Golio as a managing director in the firm’s business development and client partnership group based in New York.
He will be focus on the Northeast and Midwest US regions and report to Frank Jordan, head of business development and client partnerships.
Prior to joining Crestline, Golio (pictured) was a partner for Constellation Associates providing private credit third party institutional marketing services primarily to direct lending and opportunistic managers. While there he specialised in direct lending, opportunistic and other illiquid strategies.
Before that, he was a managing director and the COO
Scottish-based business angel syndicate Archangels has appointed Shaolei McKie as its investment executive.
McKie will support Archangels’ executive team in undertaking due diligence, business performance analysis, legal and investor liaison both for Archangels’ existing portfolio of investee companies and for new investment opportunities.
A Chartered Accountant, Shaolei joins Archangels from Edinburgh-based Corran Properties where she has been financial controller since 2012. Her previous career has spanned the financial investment and banking sectors.
McKie says: “I really enjoy assessing and evaluating businesses and this role enables me to provide essential analysis for Archangels that will support their investment strategy
Law firm Goodwin has appointed Samantha Lake Coghlan and Paul Lyons as co-chairs of the firm’s London office with immediate effect.
They succeed David Evans, who will continue as chair of Goodwin’s European offices, providing support to the heads of the firm’s London, Frankfurt and Paris offices in the areas of integration, culture, collaboration and strategic growth.
“David has done an exceptional job in driving the strategic growth of our London office over the past five years, and I am confident that under Sam and Paul’s stewardship, Goodwin London will go from strength to strength,” says David Hashmall, chairman
Independent private equity fund administrator Gen II Fund Services has appointed Shawn McMenimen as a senior managing director.
McMenimen will be responsible for managing various client relationships and oversight of Gen II's compliance department.
In this role, he will work closely with Steven Alecia, Gen II's chief client officer, and Yuliana Gekhel, senior managing director, to optimise technology and control processes to support business growth.
"We are delighted to add Shawn to our team," says Alecia. "He's a highly experienced fund administration professional with exceptional knowledge of our product suite and understands intimately the level of service clients expect
Northern Trust has appointed Katharine Morris as head of sales of its global fund services business in the UK.
Based in London, Morris is responsible for offering investment operations outsourcing, fund administration and the full range of asset servicing solutions, to investment managers domiciled in the UK.
“We are pleased to welcome Katharine to Northern Trust,” says Laurence Everitt (pictured), head of global fund services for the UK at Northern Trust. “Her experience working with some of the UK’s most sophisticated asset managers will be valuable as we continue to grow our global funds services business in the region
GLAS, an independent provider of finance administration services, has opened an office in Sydney, coinciding with the key senior hire of lawyer Kate White.
The Sydney office expands the GLAS business in Australia following the opening of its Melbourne office in 2016.
Since entering the Australian market last year, GLAS has seen significant interest in its finance administration services from lenders, borrowers, issuers and advisers across the loan and debt markets.
Specialising in complex deals including loan and bond restructurings, GLAS has already taken key roles in major deals such as the Atlas Iron restructuring; the buy-out of
Elm Capital has strengthened its management structure by creating a partnership that will sanction all strategic and commercial decisions regarding the business.
The primary objective of this change is to create a strong foundation for the continued growth of Elm Capital’s business in the primary and secondary markets, as advisers to both general partners and limited partners.
Etienne Deshormes, managing partner, says: “My colleagues, Emanuele Musso, Alberto Badino, Bernhard Ellmer and Samantha Page, have been promoted to Partners in recognition of their unique contribution to our success to date and of their commitment to further develop Elm Capital as
Financial risk consultancy JCRA has appointed Benoit Duhil de Benaze as director.
Working from the firm’s London offices, Duhil de Benaze will help to drive and further establish JCRA’s offering in the financial sponsor and corporate markets across the UK and Europe.
Before joining JCRA, Duhil de Benaze spent three years at Nomura where he was an executive director in the FX structuring team and involved in several high-profile transactions for private equity and corporate clients. Prior to Nomura, he spent nine years at Société Générale where he built and headed up the London FX structuring team for both corporate
MMC Ventures, a London-based venture capital fund, has promoted Simon Menashy and Ameerul Miah to partner.
Miah also becomes chief operating officer (COO).
MMC has also added to its executive team with Victoria Ferguson becoming general counsel and Anna Slemmings stepping up to the role of director of marketing and investor relations.
Menashy has led a number of new investments over the past two years including the firm’s most recent investment into AI business Signal Media. He also serves on the board of MMC portfolio companies Sky-Futures, Masabi, Admedo, Brightpearl and MUBI. He joined MMC in 2011 from
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