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Andrew M Felner has joined the New York office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the firm's Corporate practice group.
Felner joins from FDX Capital LLC/FDX Offshore LLC, where he was co-founder and managing partner of the financial advisory firm and affiliated merchant bank, and where he will remain as a board member. In addition to private practice, Felner spent 10 years at Citigroup Inc., where he was Deputy General Counsel, overseeing all proprietary M&A activity and several other key legal practice groups for the global bank, including securities issuance and SEC reporting.
"Andy has
The Global Sustainability Initiative (GSI), an global impact investment project, is to have its headquarters in Catslebar, County Mayo, Ireland, where 250 jobs will be created.
The launch of GSI is the result of five years of development and planning by Dublin-based OpenSparkz LP and its partners.
Mayo County Council Enterprise and Investment Unit has worked with OpenSparkz to select suitable sites for GSI operations in the county.
"Ireland was chosen as headquarters for GSI given the country's strong technology and skills base in sustainability, and in particular, its leadership in food technology and its long-term friendly relationships with Africa
Canadian alternative asset management firm Fengate Capital Management has opened an office in Australia as part of the firm’s international investment strategy.
The office, located in Sydney, will be the headquarters for Fengate's Asia-Pacific operations. Greg Osborne has been appointed Managing Director – Head of Asia-Pacific to lead these operations.
One of the leading investors in the Canadian Public-Private Partnerships (P3) market, Fengate Capital has invested over USD632 million across 26 infrastructure projects, representing approximately USD10 billion in total project value. Part of the Firm's growth strategy is to focus on expanding into select international markets. According to Lou Serafini
Private equity firm Tower Three Partners has appointed Debra Bricker as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), succeeding Chris Jacobs who has retired.
Bricker joins Tower Three with more than 16 years of private equity and financial management experience. She brings extensive leadership experience, having previously served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at Harvest Partners, LP Bricker is a New York Certified Public Accountant.
"I am pleased to have someone of Debra's caliber join our team," says Bill Forrest, Founder and Managing Partner of Tower Three Partners. "Debra's extensive background in the financial services
Danish/Swedish lower mid-market private equity investor Polaris Private Equity has appointed two new members to its team.
Martin Lindh joins the firm as investment manager from SEB, while Thorsten Madsen, who also joins as a investment manager, was previously with Implement Consulting Group.
The appointments follow Polaris’s achievement of a successful first close on its latest private equity fund – Polaris Private Equity IV – at DKK 2.2 billion (EUR300 million). The fund has a target of DKK 3 billion and follows the same strategy as its predecessor fund, seeking to build value in lower mid- market Danish or Swedish
Investec Investment Banking (Investec) has appointed Serge Rissi as a Director in the Financial Sponsor Transaction Group, reporting to Christian Hess.
Rissi has 15 years of M&A execution experience. He was most recently a Director at Quayle Munro having originally joined UBS Warburg before spending more than a decade at Hawkpoint.
Rissi’s appointment further strengthens Investec’s dedicated private equity advisory group, which focusses exclusively on Financial Sponsor M&A sell-side and buy-side transactions.
Andrew Pinder, Head of Investment Banking, says: "I am delighted to announce Serge’s appointment; Private Equity is one of Investec's core client groups and our strong
Force Over Mass Capital has appointed Lee McSorley as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) with responsiblity for the development of the firm’s Performance Measurement and Valuation System – under the project name ‘DNA’.
With extensive experience in the development of systemic trading systems in the hedge fund community, McSorley specialises in genetic programming – an artificial intelligence field using an evolutionary algorithm-based methodology inspired by biological evolution.
McSorley was previously a Quantitative Developer at OTAS Technologies, from November 2011 until February 2013. Prior to this, McSorley worked as a Quantitative Developer at Integral Capital Management (March 2009 – August 2010), as
JLT Specialty Insurance Services has appointed André Eichenholtz as Senior Vice President, Leader of US Private Equity Due Diligence & Specialty Services.
Eichenholtz most recently served as President of Krauter & Company LLC where he managed the day-to-day operations of the firm including leading the client account service teams for risk management clients, middle market clients, the small business unit and Private Client Services of the firm, as well as managing corporate marketing, new business, carrier relations and recruiting efforts. He was with the company since its inception more than ten years ago.
Eichenholtz brings to the JLT Specialty USA
Wing Venture Capita has hired Jeff Schneble as a Partner.
Schneble joins Wing from Silver Lake Partners, where he was an operating executive on the Value Creation team. At Silver Lake he worked with multiple entrepreneurs and teams to grow successful tech companies, including GoDaddy, Mercury Payment Systems, Vantage Data Centers and Fathom. At Wing he will work closely with the firm's founders, Gaurav Garg and Peter Wagner, who have decades of experience building billion-dollar-plus enterprises in rapidly growing industries.
As a Partner, Schneble will lead investments in startups and leverage his operating expertise to help their founders create significant
Signature Private Finance, a privately owned & funded Principal Lender, has appointed Brilliant Solutions to its distribution panel.
Having just completed its first year’s trading, Signature has identified building relationships with select industry partners as key to its growth strategy.
Signature’s Business Development Manager, Nigel Robbins (pictured), says: “This is good news for us and for borrowers. This is a distributor that shares our philosophy in putting the needs of customers first, whilst demonstrating an understanding of the need for a fast and efficient service, when it comes to short-term funding.
“It’s been an encouraging first year and establishing a
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