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Monroe Capital is expanding its presence and coverage in Canada with the addition of Mark Sturrock, who will lead its origination efforts in the country. He will be based in Toronto.
“We are very excited to have Mark as part of the Monroe Capital team,” says Ted Koenig, President & CEO of Monroe Capital. “The expansion of our product offering in Canada is consistent with our plan to deepen our presence in the middle market throughout North America. Mark will be responsible for leading the firm’s Canadian lending efforts in private equity sponsored and non-sponsored transactions.”
Prior to Monroe, Sturrock
Alternative asset management firm TPG has named Jon Winkelried (pictured) as Co-Chief Executive Officer of TPG Holdings alongside TPG Co-Founder and current Chief Executive Officer Jim Coulter.
David Bonderman, who co-founded TPG with Coulter, will continue in his role as Co-Founder and Chairman of TPG.
Winkelried, who previously served as the President and Co-Chief Operating Officer of Goldman Sachs, brings to TPG significant experience in helping build, manage and lead one of the world’s leading financial institutions. During his 27-year tenure at Goldman Sachs, Winkelried held various senior roles including co-head of the firm’s Investment Banking division, co-head of Fixed
Hausfeld is to expand its operations in Europe with the opening of a German office in Berlin after agreeing a EUR30 million deal with Burford Capital to finance competition claims and complex commercial litigation.
Hausfeld Rechtsanwälte LLP will formally open in Berlin by 1 January, 2016 and will be staffed by German partners and other lawyers with significant experience and reputations in the competition area in Germany. Specific personnel announcements will be made in the coming weeks. The offices will be located at Kurfürstendamm 218, Berlin.
There is significant and growing client demand for litigation funding in German –
Jay Fishman has resigned as a member of the Board of Directors of alternative asset manager Carlyle Group Management, effective 27 October, 2015.
Fishman had served as a board member since Carlyle’s initial public offering in May 2012. His resignation is due to previously announced health issues.
The Carlyle Group has named Anthony Welters, Executive Chairman of the Black Ivy Group, and Senior Adviser to the Office of the CEO of UnitedHealth Group, as an independent director.
“Jay played an invaluable role on our Board of Directors over the last several years,” says Daniel A. D’Aniello, Chairman of The
Seyfarth Shaw has added partner Eric Simonson to the firm’s Corporate department in New York.
Simonson joins Seyfarth from Blank Rome where he was a corporate partner in the firm’s New York office. While there, he was a member of the mergers and acquisitions, securities, and Asia practice services as well as the emerging companies, private equity and venture capital industries, among others.
For more than 25 years, Simonson’s practice has focused on a broad range of corporate services including mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures, corporate finance, securities matters, technology transactions, and capital raising activities. He has advised clients in
New York-based private equity firm Arsenal Capital Partners has strengthened its team of Industry & Operations Partners with the addition of Michael Huff, who will work within the firm’s Specialty Industrials Group and is the firm’s 12th Industry & Operations Partner.
Huff’s extensive experience combines working in senior operating positions with large public companies, as well as serving as CEO for a global portfolio company of a mid-market private equity firm. Prior to joining Arsenal, Huff served with Citadel Plastic Holdings, Inc. since 2008, most recently as President and CEO for the past five years. He was with Johns Manville
Linklaters has appointed Matt Keogh (pictured) as Global Practice Head of the Investment Management Group, succeeding Scott Bowie. The role is for a four year term with effect from 15 October 2015.
A partner since 2012, Keogh’s practice includes all aspects of institutional investment products and transactions acting for both sponsors and investors, with a particular focus on alternative investment funds including private equity, real estate, infrastructure, debt and hedge funds, private equity style joint ventures and equity syndication. Matt also has considerable experience in the operation of asset management houses as well as fund equity and debt financing (acting
Indos Financial, the UK’s only independent AIFMD depositary, is adding to its team with the appointment of Andrew Watson (pictured), a chartered accountant with over 14 years experience within the private equity and financial service industry.
Watson joins INDOS Financial’s London office and will manage the firm’s growing private equity and real estate depositary business.
Watson started his career in 1999 with PricewaterhouseCoopers working across a variety of Banking and Capital Markets clients. In 2003, Andrew joined the European private equity team at Bank of America as Financial Controller which later became Argan Capital, an independent European mid-market private equity
Private investment firm Lindsay Goldberg has appointed Eric Fry as a Partner.
Fry has more than 22 years of private investing experience and most recently was a Managing Director in Morgan Stanley’s global private equity group.
Alan Goldberg, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Lindsay Goldberg, says: “Having known Eric for many years and worked with him closely, Bob and I are excited to have him join our firm. Eric’s strong investing expertise and his background are an excellent fit with our long-term, family-oriented investment culture.”
Bob Lindsay, Co-founder and Chairman of Lindsay Goldberg, says: “Eric’s deep experience and focus will
Corporate credit specialist Muzinich & Co has opened an office in Manchester. The office is located in the Pinnacle building on King Street in central Manchester.
The primary purpose of the office is to house a specialist private debt team that will focus on providing growth capital to mid-sized firms located in the UK’s industrial heartland.
Managing Director of Marketing Josh Hughes says: “Over 50 per cent of private debt lending opportunities come from outside of the South East. The North West is a vitally important economic hub offering growth opportunities, which we believe will allow us to generate attractive
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