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Peer-to-peer finance platform Assetz Capital has appointed Rob Pailin as its chief commercial officer and member of the board of directors.
Pailin joins from RBS Corporate, where was managing director of the bank’s corporate business in the north. As a senior executive at RBS for more than 10 years, Pailin was also chief operating officer for RBS Corporate EU divestment team, responsible for a wide range of functions including business risk and controls, change management, customer insight, regulatory reporting and management information and analytics.
He has recently been preparing for RBS’s re-brand to Williams & Glyn ahead of its planned
O2 Investment Partners has appointed Sean Darin to the firm’s investment team.
Darin will be responsible for evaluating new transactions, due diligence, underwriting, and monitoring O2's portfolio companies.
Prior to joining O2, Darin worked for RIN Capital, a private investment firm, where he was responsible for evaluating and underwriting growth equity transactions, primarily in the healthcare space.
Prior to RIN Capital, Darin worked for FINNEA Group, a Detroit-based investment bank, where he specialised in executing middle market buy- and sell-side M&A transactions.
Darin began his career as an analyst in the financial institutions investment banking group of
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy has appointed Michael Bernhardt, a German private equity lawyer, as a partner in the firm’s corporate department in Frankfurt.
Bernhardt has over 15 years of experience. His practice is focused on corporate M&A and private equity, representing national and international corporations and sponsors on investments and cross-border transactions and he advises regularly on private equity transactions including public takeovers as well as public-to-privates, LBOs and MBOs.
"We are delighted that Michael Bernhardt will join the firm," says Scott A Edelman, chairman of Milbank. "His addition to the team is another strategic step in expanding
Rothschild Global Advisory, part of the Rothschild & Co Group, is expanding its debt advisory business by appointing Michael Speller as head of debt advisory, North America.
Speller will join Rothschild Global Advisory as a managing director and head of debt advisory for North America, commencing 13 February 2017. Speller will lead the debt advisory team in North America, advising clients on the strategy and execution of debt market transactions for both publicly listed and privately owned companies, including companies owned by financial sponsors.
Jimmy Neissa, head of Rothschild & Co North America, says: “The addition of a North
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed Aly El Hamamsy as a partner in the firm’s US corporate practice.
Fluent in English, French, Arabic and Italian, El Hamamsy’s career has been devoted to managing sophisticated cross-border transactional matters.
His experience includes several years with Davis Polk & Wardwell’s M&A group, including two years in its Paris office; serving as vice president and managing director of the National Basketball Association (NBA); and, most recently, serving as a partner with Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft in New York, where he continued his focus on international corporate matters.
His recent transactions include representing Salix
Omnes Capital is strengthening its international investor relations with the appointment of Miria Späth Werder as a partner.
She will head the international business development activities.
Werder, a German national, brings along extensive private equity experience and broad knowledge of the European investor market. Her mission will be to help Omnes Capital further develop its investor base internationally. She is based in Zurich, Switzerland.
Werder says: “I am excited about my new role which is of strategic importance to Omnes Capital. I am impressed by the professionalism of the team, Omnes’ clear edge in deal sourcing, its strong
Unigestion has appointed four investment experts to its private equity team, as it looks to strengthen its European team with a particular focus on secondary and direct investment activities.
Pieter-Jan Frederix was appointed investment director within the private equity team in December 2015. Frederix joined from the Antenna Group where he was responsible for direct investments and has extensive experience through previous roles at KPMG Corporate Finance, Bear Stearns and private equity firm Veronis Suhler Stevenson.
In May 2016, Unigestion also appointed Andreas Georgiades as an investment manager. He jouned from Nomura International where he focused on M&A.
GLAS, an independent provider of finance administration services, has appointed Xavier Poussardin as head of capital markets business development (EMEA).
Poussardin will be responsible for expanding GLAS’ services beyond direct lending and entering new geographies.
His appointment supports GLAS’ continued growth in the industry. As banks face increased challenges to provide agency and trustee services due to compliance and regulatory requirements, demand for independent firms has increased.
Poussardin was previously vice president at Deutsche Bank where he spent the last seven years in the global transaction banking team. Before this, he worked at Bank of New York as
Independent investment bank Zeus Capital has appointed Rachel Birkett as research analyst in its Manchester office.
Birkett, who is a qualified chartered accountant, joins from Brown Shipley where she spent two years as a company analyst and fund manager. In this role, Birkett researched the consumer discretionary sector of the FTSE350 to identify trends and support investment cases, as well as managing a concentrated portfolio of GBP90 million fixed income investments.
Birkett also worked for three years as an audit assistant manager at business advisory firm Deloitte, covering field managing statutory audits across a range of industry sectors. Having
Law firm Noerr is adding a team of 11 DJBW lawyers including three partners and an of counsel to its Warsaw office, effective 1 January 2017.
DJBW is an independent Polish law firm founded by ex-White & Case managing partner Witold Daniłowicz and former White & Case partner Witold Jurcewicz, together with Radoslaw Biedecki and Ludomir Biedecki.
DJBW is a recognised transactional and corporate brand on the Polish legal market, servicing domestic and international clients from various sectors.
Noerr has operated in Poland since the 1990s and has built a strong regional advisory force in Central Eastern Europe,
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