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Law firm Brown Rudnick has appointed Didier Bruère-Dawson and David Malamed as partners in the Bankruptcy and Corporate Restructuring Practice in the firm’s Paris office.
With the addition of Bruère-Dawson and Malamed, Brown Rudnick continues to build and strengthen the firm's Paris presence and its international platform in one of the firm's core practice areas. Didier and David bring complementary skills and experience to the existing restructuring teams in the US and the U.K and have strong connections to key stakeholders in the French restructuring arena.
Didier and David also have considerable experience handling both international matters in the
Peter Freire is to assume the role of Chief Executive Officer of the Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA) on 8 June.
Freire succeeds Kathy Jeramaz-Larson who has served as Executive Director for the past eight years and will be stepping down at the end of the month.
Freire joins ILPA following a successful 18-year career at CEB, formerly the Corporate Executive Board, and more recently with the World Economic Forum and as an advisor and consultant to private companies. At CEB, he managed a number of its strategic businesses lines, and was responsible for CEB’s global portfolio of HR
The European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA) has a new Chairman, Max Römer, Founding Partner of Quadriga Capital. He succeeds Anne Glover of Amadeus Capital.
Römer has more than 37 years of private equity experience, including working as Investment Manager in the Asean Department of the German Development Bank DEG; being responsible for the establishment of Citicorp’s buyout operations in Germany; as well as being a founding director of the German private equity and venture capital association, the BVK. He founded Quadriga Capital in 1994 and was a Member of the Board and Executive Committee of the EVCA
Richard A Silfen has rejoined law firm Duane Morris as a partner in the Corporate Practice Group.
Silfen is returning to Duane Morris from having served as executive vice president, general counsel and secretary of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc, a commercial real estate investment trust based in Phoenix.
“It was a difficult decision to leave Duane Morris in 2014 so I’m excited to have the opportunity to return to the firm,” says Silfen. “I believe my experience as a general counsel will bring added value to our corporate clients.”
“Richard was a tremendous asset during his original
JLT Specialty Insurance Services has added several new team members to the firm’s Private Equity and Financial Lines Group.
This group will provide brokerage and advisory services to clients in the private equity sector as well as financial institutions, and will be based in JLT Specialty USA’s New York office.
The team of industry professionals who join the Private Equity and Financial Lines Group is comprised of professionals with substantial experience in risk management and consulting practices in the financial services industry. The individuals appointed to this team include:
• Rachel Beck, Vice President;
• Patti Ceglio Johnson, Vice President;
NextStage has unveiled a new logo and a new name with the management company is now called NextStage AM.
With this new name, the Partners at NextStage AM assert the ambition of the management company, one of the leading investors in middle-market companies and champion in their market, to move towards a new stage in its development in Europe, while reaffirming their strategic choices as long-term investors, as well as their vision and values.
With this new identity NextStage AM, which has accompanied more than 100 entrepreneurs over 13 years, solidifies its position as an entrepreneur-investor serving other entrepreneurs at
Private equity investment Siguler Guff & Company has expanded its European operations with the hiring of David Boal and Florian Lahnstein as managing directors based in London.
Boal and Lahnstein will take on leading roles in deepening Siguler Guff's platform and networks in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), with responsibility for marketing the firm's capabilities to institutional investors, consultants, fund managers and deal sponsors. Boal will have a primary focus on the UK, the Netherlands, Nordic countries and the consulting community. Similarly, Lahnstein will have a primary focus on Continental Europe, including Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium and
Elian, a provider of corporate services, fund services, private wealth and capital services, has extended its international footprint with the opening of an office in New York.
The New York office will support Elian’s fast-growing and comprehensive range of corporate services, including corporate structuring, structured finance and asset finance. The office will also support Elian’s broad range of administration services to private equity, real estate and hedge fund managers.
The office will be led by managing director John Wallace (pictured), who has over 25 years' international financial markets experience. Wallace has held a number of senior positions in New
Rede Partners, the fundraising and private equity secondaries advisory firm, has expanded its team from 10 to over 20 people since the beginning of last year, on the back of a strong run of closings and an increase in demand for its services.
Since Rede was established in 2011 the firm has built a team of experienced professionals with a focus on hiring the best talent from leading investment banks and private equity firms. Over this same period the team has supported its clients in raising over EUR6 billion of primary capital and divesting c.EUR500 million of secondary interests.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, a provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, has appointed Dan Ouyang as a partner in the firm's corporate and securities practice.
Formerly a partner at Paul Hastings, Ouyang brings extensive experience with US and Hong Kong capital markets, bond offerings, and private equity and M&A transactions. She will be based in the firm's Beijing and Hong Kong offices.
"Our Greater China practice has grown steadily for some time, encompassing a wide variety of matters for China and US-based clients, including private equity, IPOs, public and private M&A, going-private transactions,
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