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Broadhaven Capital Partners has appointed Joseph Zabik (pictured) as a Partner. Zabik has advised and run key divisions of financial services firms for the last twenty years, and will continue to grow Broadhaven's industry-leading financial technology advisory practice.
"Joe has a well-deserved reputation as one of the leading investment bankers specializing in financial institutions," says Broadhaven Co-Founder Jerry von Dohlen. "Having been involved with Joe on numerous transactions over the past twenty years, we’re very excited to have him join our partnership."
Zabik joins Broadhaven following the completion of the sale of Sterne Agee, where he served as a
Nexxus Capital has created a new portfolio operations team, which has been formed to work alongside the management teams of portfolio companies.
Portfolio Operations is a new group within Nexxus Capital that results from a strategic change in philosophy to enhance the value creation process of its portfolio companies.
The initiative tends to drive key value creation and performance initiatives, further strengthening Nexxus Capital’s strategy of investing in mid-sized companies with high-growth potential whose value can be enhanced through improved management and operations, value-added acquisitions and application of world class, state of the art business models.
René Fernández
Brown Rudnick has strengthened its Corporate Practice in London with the appointment of veteran employment law Partner, Nicola Kerr.
Kerr, who was European Head of Employment at King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) (formerly SJ Berwin) for over 15 years, advises employers and senior executives at hedge funds, private equity houses, broker-dealers, family offices and other companies on contentious and non-contentious employment law issues. She focuses on employment law issues for major corporate transactions and restructurings, high value executive dismissals, team moves, boardroom disputes and high value employment litigation.
Kerr has successfully acted for financial institutions and executives in a
BGF (Business Growth Fund) is continuing to expand its team across the North of England with the appointment of Rob Johnson who will be based in the firm’s Leeds office.
Johnson joins BGF from Deloitte where he worked across mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and restructuring. Johnson joins BGF’s 60-strong nationwide investment team responsible for identifying investment opportunities and managing the deal process from origination through to completion. BGF’s investors also provide support either as board members or observers in the companies they back.
BGF has also announced the appointment of Pinesh Mehta who will be based in the
Laurie Coben (pictured) has joined Everocore’s Investment Banking business as a Senior Managing Director. Coben will lead Evercore's efforts in the Power and Utilities sector in New York.
Coben was most recently a Managing Director and the Global Co-Head of the Energy & Power Investment Banking Group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. With over 30 years of investment banking experience and 21 years focused on the Power sector, she has advised clients on a number of notable strategic transactions, including advising PPL on its acquisitions of E.On's US business, AES on its acquisition of DPL, and Duke Energy on the
Venture capital (VC) attorneys, Frank Grant, and Ryan Azlein (pictured), are to join Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth as shareholders and will lead the expansion of the firm Venture Capital, Start-Ups and Emerging Companies practice groups.
Prior to joining Stradling, Grant spent 10 years in Silicon Valley and 8 years in the LA market, most recently as Senior Counsel at Perkins Coie, where he advised early stage companies, entrepreneurs and investors. He's also held corporate development and senior counsel positions at Nortel Networks and Kennedy Commercial.
Grant brings both legal and business acumen to his client's issues, having earned
Specialist technology start-up fund Force Over Mass Capital has appointed Filip Coen as its chief operating officer. Joining from JPMorgan, in his new role as COO Coen will be responsible for business development and operational excellence, with immediate effect.
“We are delighted to welcome Filip to the Force Over Mass senior team. He has a first-rate track record in business development and in the provision of capital solutions to sophisticated clients. His market knowledge and insight make him a hugely valuable addition to the team, particularly as we are growing at a tremendous pace,” says Martijn de Wever (pictured), CEO
Mid-market private equity house LDC has strengthened its UK-wide team with the appointment of three Investment Directors.
Steve Phillips and Victoria Marcer join the London and Nottingham teams respectively, with Tanya Thompson joining the Value Enhancement Group, supporting LDC’s commitment to invest in GBP1.2billion of equity into Britain’s mid-market businesses over the next three years.
The appointments come after a busy period of deal activity, which has seen LDC invest in leading IT and software provider Centiq, designer and manufacturer of showers and accessories Aqualisa and alternative assets information group PEI Media Group Ltd. LDC has also recently completed
Bruno Montanari has been appointed Partner within the Venture Capital team at Omnes Capital focusing on Life Sciences sector. The team has also been strengthened with the arrival of Claire Poulard as Life Sciences Analyst.
With 60 business disposals including 14 IPOs carried out in 15 years, Omnes Capital’s Venture Capital team is one of the key players in France in financing innovative SMEs via management of its FCPI funds. Since it was created, the Omnes Capital Venture Capital team has committed itself to financing over 180 innovative SMEs, mainly in the Technology and Life Sciences sectors. Headed by Michel
Eze Castle Integration has hired Maria DeSousa (pictured) as its chief administrative officer. DeSousa is an experienced technology and financial services industry executive with more than 15 years of finance, operations and technology expertise.
Prior to joining Eze Castle Integration, DeSousa was director of finance, M&A at Factset Research Systems, Inc, where she was responsible for pre- and post-acquisition activities. Previously, DeSousa was vice president of finance and operations at Code:Red, an investment research software platform for financial services firms. Code:Red was acquired by Factset in February 2015. DeSousa will lead Eze Castle Integration’s finance department, with responsibilities including global
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