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M&A, private equity and hedge fund lawyer Shaun Lascelles (pictured) has joined Vinson & Elkins as a partner, enhancing the firm's growing private equity practice group in London.
Lascelles comes to V&E from Ashurst.
Prior to August 2015, he was a partner and co-head of the global private equity group at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in London.
Joining Lascelles in V&E's London office is Simon Rootsey, an M&A and private equity counsel from Skadden.
In addition, the firm has promoted London-based private equity attorney Dan Graham to counsel.
"These moves demonstrate our commitment to
Justin JX Cai has joined Duane Morris & Selvam’s corporate, banking and finance practice groups as a director in its Shanghai office.
Cai’s appointment further strengthens the firm’s corporate capabilities in Asia.
He joins Duane Morris & Selvam from MWE China Law Offices, McDermott Will & Emery’s strategic alliance office in China.
Cai focuses his practice in the areas and industries of M&A, joint ventures, outbound investment, project finance, real estate, private equity/venture capital, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigation, labour law, foreign exchange compliance and customs law.
He has more than 12 years of private practice experience
Neon has appointed Vanessa Young to the role of underwriter and solicitor – M&A insurance, reporting to the head of M&A liability insurance Rob Brown.
Young joins Neon from her previous role as legal director at Bird & Bird.
She brings extensive UK and international M&A experience with considerable expertise in the renewable energy sector and advising infrastructure funds, private equity and other institutional investors.
Young’s hire is part of Neon’s broader ambition to consolidate its position, helping to address the growing demand for M&A insurance as a result of increased utilisation by financial and corporate clients during
International law firm Proskauer has appointed Monica Arora as a partner in the firm’s private investment funds group in New York.
Arora advises fund managers across the full asset class on fund structuring and management company arrangements, including private equity, real estate, infrastructure and debt. She also advises on both primary and secondary portfolio transactions.
“We are very excited to have Monica join our team. Her extensive experience working with sponsors and investors both in the US and internationally will be of great value to our clients as they navigate current market changes,” says Howard Beber, co-head of the
Asset management boutique Managing Partners Group (MPG) has appointed Philip Eaton Richards as head of its capital markets team as it expands its asset-backed securities (ABS) business based in Malta.
Reporting directly to the chief executive officer Jeremy Leach, Eaton Richards’ responsibility is to develop MPG’s securitisation and structuring services arm.
MPG believes the market for ABS is set to grow exponentially over the next few years in Europe to meet demand from companies in three main sectors – SMEs looking to expand their products and services, operators in the growing FinTech sector and alternative fund managers looking to
Samir Sikka, former lead portfolio manager of the Pelican Value Equity team at Wells Capital Management, has teamed up with Estancia Capital Partners launch Sapience Investments, a private, independent investment management firm offering high conviction small and SMID cap value equity strategies.
Sikka (pictured) will serve as CEO/chief investment officer of Sapience Investments, in which employees have majority equity ownership, while private equity fund Estancia is a minority stakeholder in the new firm.
Sikka brings 20 years of investment expertise to Sapience. At Wells Capital Management since 2006, Sikka directed small and SMID cap value strategies currently representing approximately USD2.5
Highland Capital Management, a Dallas-based alternative investment management firm, has appointed Brad Eden as global head of marketing and investor relations.
Eden (pictured) brings to Highland more than 30 years of experience across a wide range of institutional investment leadership roles.
His experience includes growing Fund Evaluation Group, an independent institutional consulting firm that he co-founded, to one of the US's largest investment consulting firms by number of clients, and leading corporate development at a USD2 billion credit-focused asset management and private equity firm where he headed successful fundraising efforts around the firm's distressed strategies.
He was also
Outcome Capital, an investment banking firm that serves middle market growth companies in life sciences and technology markets, has expanded its operations into Europe with the opening of a UK office in London.
The company has appointed Shawn Manning as managing director of the new office.
Outcome Capital has been working closely with the UK Department for International Trade to set up the London Office.
“In addition to providing background research on the life sciences ecosystem in the UK, we continue to support Outcome by helping identify UK companies that may meet their M&A and investment criteria,” says
DTE Energy has named Angela Buk as chief investment officer (CIO), leading the company's investment policy and strategy.
Buk, who will manage DTE's employee retirement plan investments and other company trust investments, most recently led the alternative investments team in the Treasury Asset Management Group at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA).
"We are excited to have Angie join our team," says Mark Rolling, vice president and treasurer, DTE Energy. "Angie is a highly-qualified investment professional whose experience and education makes her well-suited to lead the strategic investment of the company's USD9 billion in trust assets."
In her role
Private equity firm Idinvest Partners is expanding its international team with two new additions to its strategy and solutions division, led by partner Sylvain Makaya.
Sophie Béric has been named strategic projects director, responsible for managing Idinvest’s international and cross-border projects.
After three years at BNP Paribas' General Inspection and a further three years in asset management (BNP Paribas, Edmond de Rothschild), Béric launched her own consulting practice in marketing and strategy, catering to a diversified clientele of asset managers, private banks and entrepreneurs before joining Idinvest in 2016. In particular, she provided pro-bono consulting to social enterprises and
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