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Global law firm Ropes & Gray has promoted 20 lawyers to partner status, including one lawyer in the firm’s private investment funds practice and one lawyer in the firm’s investment management practice.
The promotions of Debra Lussier and Adam Schlichtmann will further strengthen the capabilities of the asset management practice.
“These attorneys represent the very best of Ropes & Gray, and we are pleased to have them join our partnership,” says Brad Malt, chairman of the firm. “They are incredibly dedicated to providing the highest level of service to our clients around the world.”
Lussier, who advises
EPIC Ventures has appointed venture capitalist and business executive Damon Kirchmeier as a director.
He will play a lead role in identifying and funding promising early-stage companies.
“Damon and EPIC have collaborated on projects for more than 10 years and knowing his extensive background in early-stage investments, we could not be more excited to have him join the EPIC team,” says Kent Madsen, a managing director of EPIC Ventures. “Damon has shown an impressive ability to guide a company financially, operationally and strategically, and adds substantial strength to our team.”
Kirchmeier joins EPIC with more than 17 years
Evercore’s Private Funds Group has made two new hires in its Hong Kong office, expanding the team’s current activities in the Asia Pacific region.
Ian Bell joins the firm as a managing director from Credit Suisse and will lead the group’s distribution and origination efforts across the Asia Pacific region. Bell will be supported in Hong Kong by Manda Chan, who joins from MVision Private Equity Advisers.
Richard Anthony, CEO of the Private Funds Group, says: “We are delighted to welcome Ian and Manda to the team. As fundraising for and from the region continues to strengthen, we believe
International law firm Maples and Calder has appointed Michael Gagie to the role of managing partner of the firm's Singapore office and has promoted associate Jess Stock to of counsel.
Gagie will relocate to Singapore when all necessary regulatory approvals are obtained.
Gagie joined Maples and Calder in 2010. He has developed an in-depth understanding of the Asian market and business culture during the eight years in which he has worked in Hong Kong, which included a period as managing partner of the Hong Kong office of another international law firm.
Gagie practises both BVI and Cayman Islands
Private equity firm SL Capital Partners is bolstering its distribution team with two senior hires, Robert Kellermann and Alan Coffey, who will be responsible for investor solutions across the UK and continental Europe.
In his new role, Kellermann will lead SL Capital’s efforts in the German, Austrian and Swiss regions as head of DACH.
Kellermann has an extensive knowledge and network in the region having joined SL Capital from Feri Trust Germany, where he was head of institutional clients, and prior to this with Pioneer Investments KAG Munich, where he was head of consultant relations for Germany and Switzerland.
Elian Fund Services has appointed two associate directors, Jane Stammers and Alex Di Santo, to its real estate and private equity teams in Jersey.
Stammers has over 20 years’ experience in the offshore administration of real estate and corporate structures. In her new role she will be responsible for ensuring the highest levels of offshore management, corporate governance and company secretarial skills are provided to Jersey structures.
Stammers also acts as a director on a number of real estate client boards and assists with the management of Elian Real Estate’s administration team.
Stammers joins Elian from Crestbridge where
Alter Domus, a provider of fund and corporate services to international private equity and infrastructure houses, real estate firms, multinationals, private clients and private debt managers, has opened an office in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Chief executive Laurent Vanderweyen says: “Expanding our international presence into this important European nation’s financial sector is an exciting development as Alter Domus continually strives to provide its clients with high quality services with an ever-increasing international reach.
“In Germany we have entered into a co-operation with Domus Legal Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH (Domus Legal), a law firm collaborating with bepartners, Düsseldorf, an independent firm of lawyers and
Mooreland Partnerrs has expanded its European-based senior banking digital media and internet team through the appointment of Seth Kundrot, who has joined the London office as an executive director.
"Digital media and Internet currently account for the largest share of US investment value in Europe across the technology sector, and adding an experienced senior banker based in our London office focused exclusively on this area allows us much closer coverage of this sector," says Holt Thrasher, managing director and founder of Mooreland Partners. "Since establishing our London office in 2005, Europe has accounted for roughly half of our M&A transaction
Asia Climate Partners (ACP), a joint venture by the Asian Development Bank, ORIX Corporation and Robeco Institutional Asset Management, has launched its headquarters in Hong Kong.
“We are pleased to announce the opening of our new headquarters office, which represents another milestone in our continuing efforts to establish the leading private equity platform in developing Asia targeting growth capital investments across a variety of climate-related industries including renewable energy, energy efficiency, environmental services, and agribusiness. We see significant opportunities in these sectors that are structured to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns while concurrently delivering positive environmental and social impacts,” says Todd Freeland, director
Tim Burke has joined Castanea Partners, a private equity firm focused on investing in branded consumer products and services, as a partner.
Rob Smith, a managing partner of Castanea, says: “Tim is an experienced private equity professional and consumer investor and we’re very excited to have him on our team. As a senior investor, Tim has extensive experience in all aspects of middle market investment sourcing, execution, and post acquisition management. He brings with him an extensive network of industry relationships including entrepreneurs, business owners, and investment bankers. Tim’s extensive knowledge and network in the consumer sector will help us
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