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Neuberger Berman has appointed Kent Chen as Managing Director and leader of the firm's private equity efforts in the Asia Pacific region.
In this newly-created role based in Hong Kong, Chen will advise local clients and lead the firm's regional efforts investing in global private equity across a wide spectrum of strategies.
Chen joins Neuberger Berman from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) after 17 years of central banking career in various positions including Deputy Chief Representative of the HKMA's New York Office and Advisor to the Executive Director for China at the International Monetary Fund in Washington DC From
Raphael Weiner has joined Munich-based venture capital firm Target Partners as an associate. Weiner will support the team in handling all tasks related to startup investments, from deal flow to the investment process right through to portfolio management.
In 2009, Weiner became one of the first employees at Scoreloop, a mobile social gaming platform funded by Target Partners. As product marketing manager, he helped drive the growth of the Munich-based startup until its successful exit in 2011, when the company was acquired by Blackberry. “I’m really excited about making the switch from being employed at a startup to working at
BTIG has made a number of senior hires in its Investment Banking and Capital Markets division.
In New York, Charles Mather has joined the firm as a Managing Director within the firm’s Capital Markets Group while Brett Fodero has joined as a Director within the Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) Investment Banking Group. In San Francisco, Gene Ramirez, Managing Director, Steven Marder, Director, and Matthew McLeod, Vice President, have joined the firm within its TMT Investment Banking Group, and Gregory Wade, Managing Director, has joined within the firm’s Healthcare Investment Banking Group.
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International law firm Greenberg Traurig has strengthened its expertise in private investment funds and complicated derivatives transactions, with the additions of Anthony L Perricone and Nanette Aguirre as shareholders in its New York Corporate & Securities Practice.
Aguirre joins from Schulte Roth & Zabel, where Perricone started his career and was more recently a partner at Jones Day.
“Rather than force clients to choose between top tier quality and value, we remain true to our core: a business model premised not on size but upon delivering elite quality and extraordinary value in one firm, where we intensely focus on execution
LBO France has appointed Sophie Chateau as Managing Director within the Investor Relations team, which will now be made up of six members.
Since 2011, Chateau served as Associate Director at Weinberg Capital Partners, with responsibility for investor relations across all activities. In this role, she also oversaw the fund-raising process for both private equity and real estate activities.
Chateau brings with her over 15 years of investment experience. Having begun her career in 1995 in M&A with UBS in Paris, before continuing in London, she joined Chevrillon Candover (1998), subsequently Chevrillon & Associés (2001), an independent private equity firm.
Sun European Partners has made two senior hires in Europe.
Andreas Bösenberg has joined as Managing Director of the Frankfurt office and Michael Palm as Managing Director of Sun’s new Swedish office in Stockholm, supporting the firm’s continued expansion in the region.
Bösenberg joins from VTB Capital where he spent nearly five years as Deputy Head of Private Equity and Special Situations. Prior to this, he was Co-founder and Managing Director of Brockhaus Private Equity in Frankfurt. At Sun, Bösenberg will be overseeing Sun’s German operations and working with the team on the existing portfolio and upcoming pipeline of
Mercia Fund Management (MFM) has appointed Dr Nicola Broughton (pictured), a Leeds-based consultant specialising in the commercialisation of Intellectual Property, as an Investment Director and Head of Technology Transfer.
Broughton will be growing a team to help support Mercia’s university partners in their areas of geographical focus – the Midlands, North and Scotland.
Broughton has already worked closely with several MFM investee companies within the Life Sciences sector, As well as Mercia’s university partners in the Midlands. She will be liaising with university technology spin-outs and University Technology Transfer Offices to offer them support and advice on developing their work
The African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA) has appointed Hurley Doddy, Co-Chief Executive Officer of Emerging Capital Partners as Chair.
Runa Alam, Co-Founding Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Development Partners International, is stepping down after four years in the role. Alam will remain on the board of directors supporting Doddy and Papa Madiaw Ndiaye, CEO AFIG Funds, who will assume the role of Vice Chair.
During her tenure, Alam has been instrumental in setting up the Board and Advisory Council of AVCA and building further AVCA’s credibility and reputation following its re-launch. She has also played
Morrison & Foerster has appointed Amit Kataria as of counsel in the firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Group in its Hong Kong office.
Representing corporations, financial sponsors, and portfolio companies, Kataria brings a wealth of experience advising on mergers and acquisitions, and on a broad range of transactional and advisory matters including private equity, securities offerings, and other corporate transactions.
Qualified to practice in New York, Hong Kong, and Delhi (India), Kataria’s experience advising on M&A transactions across these regions gives him a unique perspective on global M&A work. His India experience provides further breadth to our corporate M&A practice
Custom House Fund Services has opened a new Hong Kong office, significantly expanding its presence in Asia-Pacific and offering for hedge and private equity funds operating within the region.
With the addition of Hong Kong, Custom House now serves its clients from 13 global locations.
Operating as Custom House Fund Services Limited, the office opened earlier this month and will be headed by Tony Kan. As part of the regional expansion, Custom House is enhancing its technology platform to provide a Chinese-language portal and website for clients and underlying investors allowing them to view their NAV statements and fund
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