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Aquila Capital is expanding its advisory board with the appointment of Daniel Just (pictured), chairman of the executive board at Bayerische Versorgungskammer (BVK), Germany’s largest public pension fund.
Just has chaired the executive board at BVK since 2013 and previously headed BVK’s asset management division.
Under his tenure the pension fund established real asset investments as an integral part of its portfolio allocation and was one of the first signatories to the UN principles for responsible investment (UN PRI).
Bayerische Versorgungskammer is the competence and service centre for occupational and communal pension schemes. As a public authority of
Ogier has appointed a new partner in its Luxembourg office to head its corporate practice.
Bertrand Geradin, whose appointment takes the firm’s 25-strong Luxembourg team to five partners, has more than 15 years’ experience with law firms in Luxembourg, Brussels, London and Philadelphia.
He specialises in corporate law advising private equity and real estate clients, asset managers as well as multinational companies.
Ogier is the only law firm with a presence in Luxembourg, Cayman, BVI, Jersey and Guernsey. The Luxembourg office was established in 2012 by founding partners Francois Pfister and Daniel Richards, and has since seen significant
Sebastian Ehrnrooth has become managing partner at Segulah, having previously shared the role with Henrik Lif who is leaving the company.
Ehrnrooth has been with Segulah for 16 years.
Lif joined Segulah in 2014 and became co-managing partner in 2015. His responsibilities will be shared by the partner group consisting of Percy Calissendorff, Marcus Planting-Bergloo, Erik Thornell, Håkan Dahlin, Sebastian Ehrnrooth and Gabriel Urwitz.
”Henrik’s departure comes after a discussion in the partner group about the management of the firm. We appreciate Henrik’s contribution to Segulah and wish him the best of luck with future endeavours,” says Ehrnrooth.
Noerr has added to its private equity and venture capital practice group with the appointment of Christoph Thiermann as an associated partner.
Thiermann, who joins Noerr from P+P Pöllath + Partners, specialises in transaction-related advice to PE investors in an international environment and advises clients on investments and takeovers, as well as restructurings and divestments.
Besides investors, he also regularly advises companies on M&A transactions both on the buyer and the seller side.
At Noerr, Thiermann will primarily work with Georg Schneider, who heads the firm’s private equity and venture capital group, and will contribute to further expanding
BlackFin Capital Partners is launching a venture fund focused on FinTech opportunities across Europe.
The venture fund, which will be supported by a new dedicated FinTech team led by Julien Creuzé and Maxime Mandin, will focus on the FinTech sector including all aspects of banking, payments, wealth and asset-management, brokerage, insurance, insurance distribution, financial software and technology, technology related to regulatory requirements, and financial media.
After a first wave of FinTech start-ups mainly focusing on distribution and customer relationship, new ventures are now providing full stack financial services rethinking the whole value chain, BlackFin says.
The fund
Demica, a provider of working capital solutions to major corporates and banks, has appointed Daniel Kustrin as chief technology officer.
Kustrin will be responsible for the firm’s technology needs, including overseeing the growth and development of Demica’s proprietary platform that enables the financing of over USD50 billion of trade receivables each year.
He will play a key role in the growth of the firm as it invests in new product development.
Kustrin joins Demica from Cardano Risk Management where he was global head of technology for development and infrastructure across locations in the UK and the Netherlands.
Peer Funding, a newly FCA authorised peer to peer business lending platform, has appointed Gill Fielding as non-executive chairperson.
Fielding, a Chartered Accountant, is a public speaker on macro-economic affairs, wealth creation, financial education, property and investing skills.
Aside from taking part in Channel 4’s Secret Millionaire, Fielding makes frequent appearances as a financial commentator for the BBC, ITV and CNBC channels and is currently a financial expert for a regular phone-in show on BBC radio.
Malcolm Piper, managing director, says: “Gill comes from a background of significant achievement and success; she has a unique skill set and
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has appointed James Howe as a partner in the firm’s London office.
Formerly a partner with Proskauer Rose in London, Howe will continue his private equity and mergers and acquisitions practice at Gibson Dunn.
Ken Doran, chairman and managing partner of Gibson Dunn, says: “James will be a strong addition to our private equity and public and private M&A capabilities in the UK. Continuing to build our transactional capability in London is critical to establishing the bench strength and visibility needed to achieve long-term success in the UK and global markets.”
“James will be a
Joshua J Yang has joined the Chicago office of K&L Gates as a partner in the firm’s investment management, hedge funds and alternative investments practice.
He joins K&L Gates from Winston & Strawn.
Yang represents investment managers in the formation and structuring of private funds, including hedge funds, commingled funds, and group and collective investment trusts.
A chartered financial analyst, he also advises banks, registered funds, and hedge funds in derivatives documentation as well as on a broad range of Dodd-Frank and US Commodity Futures Trading Commission registration and compliance issues.
Additionally, Yang counsels Chinese futures companies
Context Summits, a producer of investment summits for the alternative asset management industry, has appointed Sarah Huntington as chief marketing officer.
Huntington brings to Context Summits more than 15 years of sales and marketing experience in the alternative investment industry.
“Sarah’s addition strengthens our senior leadership team and continues the expansion of our firm,” says Mark Salameh, CEO of Context Summits. “Over the last 12 months, we have optimised and grown our technology, operations, sales and investor relations teams in an effort to continue to deliver the most efficient, productive and innovative events in the alternative asset management industry.”
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