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Wing Venture Capital has hired Martin Giles, the San Francisco-based technology writer of The Economist Newspaper, as Partner, Intellectual Capital. He will join the firm in March.
In this new role, Giles will develop deep and actionable insights in core areas of interest to Wing and its portfolio companies. Some of this proprietary research will be released publicly to highlight the trends and developments that are reshaping business-technology markets. He will work closely with Wing's founding partners, Gaurav Garg and Peter Wagner, who have decades of experience building billion-dollar-plus enterprises in rapidly growing industries.
Giles brings a wealth of experience
GoldenTree Asset Management has appointed Dean Merritt as Partner, heading up European restructurings and turnarounds.
He is based in GoldenTree’s London office and will be working closely with Ted Lodge, Global Head of Restructurings and Turnarounds.
“We have worked with Dean for years and are very excited to be joining forces with him in Europe,” says Steve Tananbaum, GoldenTree’s Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer. “Dean has a notable record of successful European restructurings, an area which is an important part of our distressed investment strategy; he’s highly regarded in Europe for his roles as financial and operational restructuring adviser,
Duane Morris has appointed Ute Mueller (pictured) as a partner in the firm’s Corporate Practice Group in London.
Mueller's addition further strengthens Duane Morris' international corporate capabilities. She joins Duane Morris from Boodle Hatfield.
Mueller focuses her practice on domestic UK and international transaction work, with special attention to the Anglo-German market and the metal commodities sector. She represents businesses and entrepreneurs with domestic and cross-border mergers, acquisitions, MBOs, MBIs and joint ventures. Mueller guides her clients on a day-to-day basis on multiple commercial agreements, specifically in the hard commodities sector. She is qualified as an English solicitor, as
Private equity firm Actiis is committing USD230 million to create an Indian renewable energy platform, Ostro Energy. Ranjit Gupta has been hired as CEO of the platform.
With a strong background in the Indian energy sector, Gupta is building a strong team to lead the business.
Ostro Energy’s first project is Tejuva, a 50.4MW wind project, already under construction in the Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan. On completion, the platform aims to provide 800MW of capacity across several Indian states by 2019.
Ostro Energy is the fifth such energy platform that Actis has created recently, following Globeleq Meso America
Kirkland & Ellis International has appointed Matthew Elliott as a partnerin the corporate practice group based in the firm’s London office.
“Matt joins us as one of the top attorneys in his market,” says Jeffrey C Hammes, Chairman of Kirkland’s Global Management Executive Committee. “His joining is a reflection of our commitment to broadening our strong transactional offering in London. Matt is our first partner in Europe with significant experience in private equity real estate, together with substantial experience in a wide variety of other corporate transactions. He is a great fit for our team.”
Elliott will join Kirkland from
Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) has appointed Dhruv Sarda as a Senior Director and leader of its corporate M&A Strategy and Post-Merger Integration practice in Europe.
Based in London, Sarda’s appointment underscores A&M’s expanding service offering to corporates in support of anticipated growth in M&A activity in 2015.
Sarda will expand A&M’s existing transactions expertise in the corporate and private equity industry across the UK and Europe. His in-depth experience aligns with the increasing importance of operational due diligence and the accelerated value that can be achieved from seamlessly integrating acquisitions.
Lawrence Hutter, CEO of Alvarez & Marsal European Corporate Solutions,
David Andrews has agreed to join the Evermore’s Investment Banking business as a Senior Managing Director in the firm’s Energy Group.
Andrews will be based in Evercore’s Houston office and will focus on oilfield services and equipment companies. He joins 8 other advisory partners and a team of more than 70 oil and gas advisory professionals in Houston, London, Aberdeen, Mexico City and New York.
Andrews was most recently a Managing Director at Deutsche Bank and Head of Oilfield Services coverage. He started his career at Lehman Brothers and has over 15 years of experience covering the Oilfield Services sector.
Independent debt advisory firm Tomorrow Partners has appointed Daniel Morland as a partner.
This expansion of the partnership comes on the back of the highly successful launch of Tomorrow Partners in 2012, with the firm advising on seventeen completed transactions in the last two years, with an aggregate financing size in excess of EUR5 billion.
Daniel joins from Gleacher Shacklock, where he was a partner and Head of Debt Advisory. He brings over 20 years of financing experience, including prior roles at Close Brothers and Robert Fleming & Co. He has advised on the financing of a number
Private investment firm SK Capital Partners has promoted Philip Marxen to principal. Marxen originally joined SK Capital as a Vice President in early 2014.
Marxen plays a significant role in sourcing and executing new investments and works with several of the firm’s portfolio companies including Addivant, of which he is a Director. Previously, he was an investment professional at The Blackstone Group and TPG Capital.
“We are very pleased to recognise Philip’s contributions with a well-deserved promotion,” says Managing Director Barry Siadat. “He has quickly established himself as an integral member of our team and we are confident that he
Private equity fund Ambienta SGR has appointed Nico Helling as a Partner based in Germany.
Helling, who has close to 20 years’ experience in private equity, will lead Ambienta’s operations in the German-speaking region, strengthening the partnership to support current and future growth. He joins from Vorndran Mannheims Capital Advisors, a European midmarket fund, where he was a Partner.
Prior to this Helling spent 10 years at Montagu Private Equity, where he was responsible for Montagu’s investment business in Germany, Austria and Switzerland as well as Poland and Eastern Europe. He was also a member of the management, investment and
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