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K&L Gates has appointed Michael D Cuda as a partner in the firm’s banking and asset finance practice in Dallas.
Cuda joins K&L Gates from Squire Patton Boggs.
With more than 25 years of energy and banking experience, Cuda counsels clients on domestic and international energy and oil and gas financing transactions, including upstream through downstream operations, wind and solar projects, and related financial derivatives.
His practice also involves private equity investment and specialty lending transactions across multiple industries as well as various types of multi-tier, multi-currency, and cross-border syndicated lending transactions in energy, media, and telecommunications, among other
Transport industry-focused private equity firm Greenbriar Equity Group has appointed Niall McComiskey as a managing director.
McComiskey joined Greenbriar in 2006 and has led the structuring and sourcing of a number of investments across the transportation space, with a particular focus in the aerospace, commercial vehicle, distribution and shipping sectors.
Prior to joining Greenbriar, McComiskey was a vice president at HSH Nordbank. Previously, he worked in the mergers and acquisitions group at Deutsche Bank.
Regg Jones, managing partner and co-founder of Greenbriar, says: "We are pleased to acknowledge Niall's leadership role in our firm and with our portfolio companies. As
RiverNorth Capital Management, a boutique investment management firm specialising in opportunistic strategies, has appointed Greg Uythoven as an institutional portfolio specialist.
In this role, Uythoven (pictured) is responsible for supporting the investment management team by serving as a liaison between RiverNorth’s portfolio managers and institutional investor base.
“Greg is a highly accomplished executive, with deep asset management industry experience, strong institutional relationships and a demonstrated ability to meet client needs,” says Brian Schmucker, chief executive officer of RiverNorth. “We are confident he will be a valuable addition to our portfolio specialist team and we look forward to his contributions
Advanced Logic Analytics (ALA), a provider of enterprise-class big data and finance analytics solutions for buy- and sell-side institutions and other financial firms, has appointed Tilman Sayer as chief information officer.
Sayer (pictured), who will report to managing director Nick Ellis, will lead the strategic development of ALA’s new and market-leading ALA OneLogic financial analytics suite which includes models for behavioural, emotional and sentiment-based trading and portfolio optimisation models.
“There is a rising importance to financial enterprise use of big data analytics in the markets, in addition to our ALA OneLogic compliance, big data and financial analytics solutions, we
First Names Group’s fund services business Moore Management has appointed Scott Madden as funds director.
Based in Moore’s head office in Jersey, Madden (pictured) brings with him operational and technical experience including significant skills in organic and inorganic build-outs.
Prior to joining Moore he headed up the integrations team at Sanne, having joined through the acquisition of State Street’s Jersey corporate business in 2014.
Recently he spent six months in South Africa integrating an acquired hedge fund administration business in Cape Town.
Madden says: “I’m thrilled to be joining the Moore Management team. Moore is going from
Reiss, owner of the global men's and women's fashion and accessories brand REISS, has appointed Christos Angelides as chief executive officer (CEO) as part of a planned succession process.
Angelides brings over 30 years multi-channel retail experience to Reiss including 28 years at Next where he served for 14 years on the main board as group product director.
Most recently he served as president of Abercrombie and Fitch based in the US.
In addition, Andy Lawrence has joined Reiss as head of international. Lawrence joins from Ralph Lauren where he held a series of senior roles in Asia Pacific
BNY Mellon has appointed Declan Turner as a business development manager for its corporate trust team in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
Turner will focus on promoting BNY Mellon’s administration solutions across all loan portfolios, including direct lending and collateralised loan obligations (CLOs).
“Declan has extensive experience in structured finance and his buy-side expertise gives us an invaluable insight into client needs,” says Tom Ahern (pictured), head of BNY Mellon’s corporate trust business in EMEA. “Attracting, developing and retaining top talent is a core strategic priority and remains one of our biggest competitive advantages.”
Turner will be based
Assetz Capital, a UK peer-to-peer finance platform, has committed to expansion in Northern Ireland under the guidance of recently appointed Regional Relationship Director, Andrew Fraser.
Fraser joins Assetz Capital from Santander UK Corporate and Commercial. In this role he was a Business Development Director covering the Northern Ireland region. Fraser’s new role is to help local businesses acquire finance through the peer-to-peer platform and ensure borrowing through the Assetz Capital platform runs smoothly.
Stuart Law, CEO of Assetz Capital, says: "We see Northern Ireland as a key growth area and feel we have a very strong offering to assist small and mid
Sidley Austin is significantly strengthening its private equity, corporate and restructuring practices with the addition of eight partners to its Munich office.
The new group comprises seven partners from Kirkland & Ellis, headed by leading private equity and M&A lawyer Volker Kullmann, and Kolja von Bismarck, head of the German Banking and Financial Restructuring group at Linklaters. Joining Kullmann in the move from Kirkland are tax partner Roderic Pagel, corporate partners Björn Holland, Christian Zuleger, Marcus Klie and Nicole Schlatter, and finance/capital markets partner Markus Feil, a close-knit team who have worked together for many years.
The eight new
Sixpoint Partners (Sixpoint), a global investment bank serving the middle market, has appointed Michael Leonardo as Vice President, West Coast Distribution.
In addition, the company has promoted three long-standing members in the New York office, deepening its distribution and origination capabilities. Leonardo’s appointment and the promotions are effective immediately.
Leonardo joins from Ironwood Capital Management where he was an Associate Vice President, responsible for developing and maintaining the firm’s distribution and platform relationships. Previously, he worked at BlackRock where he advised institutional clients on customised portfolios and SMAs through the US Wealth Advisory and Global Client Group. He will
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