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F Mark Fucci and Anne-Marie Godfrey are to join law firm Akin Gump’s Hong Kong office.
Fucci joins as a partner in the financial restructuring practice, while Godfrey is as a partner in the investment management practice.
Both Fucci and Godfrey are joining Akin Gump from Bingham McCuthcheon bringing the total number of partners switching between the two firms to 28.
The firm announced the forthcoming arrival of 22 partners in London, Hong Kong and Frankfurt on 17 September and four additional partners in London and Hong Kong on 22 September.
All 28 partners are expected to
AIM-quoted Adamas Finance Asia has made two senior appointments at its Hong Kong-based investment manager Adamas Asset Management (HK).
Viscount Trenchard and Andrew Main have been appointed as senior advisers with immediate effect. Both have extensive experience of Asian investment markets.
The two appointments add to the Asian investment experience of the Adamas team as it plays a pivotal role in Adamas Finance Asia’s planned transition into a credit finance business that will focus on providing funding for well-managed Chinese growth businesses.
The Cherry Tree Companies has appointed Paul L Novak as a managing director in the company's investment banking unit, Cherry Tree & Associates.
Novak will be based at the company's Carlson Center headquarters, and will strengthen Cherry Tree's growing sell-side advisory practice in manufacturing, distribution, food, and agribusiness, as well as expand its existing coverage of private equity.
"I couldn't be happier to be back in the Twin Cities and surrounded by such an impressive group of colleagues as those at Cherry Tree," Novak says. "Our growth prospects are tremendous and I am happy to be a key contributor
The Credit Junction, an online marketplace lending platform focused on industrial and manufacturing small and mid-size enterprises (SMEs), has secured USD2 million in seed funding.
The round was led by GLI Finance, a specialist lender to small and medium sized businesses, with participation from several individual investors.
Geoff Miller, chief executive of GLI Finance, says: “This investment is a perfect fit within our strategy of focusing on niche lending to SMEs and enables us to add another US platform to our portfolio. We are delighted that Michael and his team have chosen to partner with us, and we look
Investment banking boutique Zeus Capital has appointed Sir Nigel Knowles as chairman.
Knowles (pictured) currently holds the position of global co-chief executive officer and managing partner of DLA Piper.
Over the last 18 years he has led DLA Piper’s growth from a regional law firm to a global business with a turnover in excess of GBP1bn and over 4,200 lawyers across 30 countries.
Knowles’ leadership was also instrumental in the largest transatlantic legal sector merger in recent history, which saw DLA integrated with US-based firms Piper Rudnick and Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich in 2005.
Zeus Capital,
Pamplona Capital Management is expanding its US private equity effort with the appointment of Bill Pruellage as a partner.
Pruellage, who will be based in the New York office, will be sourcing and managing new investments across various industrial, consumer and service sectors.
He was previously at Castle Harlan, a New York private equity firm, where he served as co-president since 2010. His recent transactions include the sale of Pretium Packaging to Genstar Capital and the acquisition of Gold Star Foods from Prospect Partners.
He joins more than 25 investment professionals at Pamplona, which is currently investing its recently
Power Capital Partners (PCP) has hired Eyob Easwaran as managing director and director of asset management, responsible for leading construction oversight, asset and risk management activities.
Easwaran will serve on the PCP investment committee.
Easwaran has more than 20 years of experience in the power industry in various capacities including engineering, project financing, construction, and asset and risk management.
Most recently, Easwaran was lead asset manager for Conduit Capital Partners, a private equity firm that invested in power projects in Latin America and the Caribbean. He managed a portfolio of power projects with approximately 1,000 MW of aggregate installed
HIG Capital has expanded its investor relations team with two new hires.
Jordan Peer joins the firm as managing director and head of investor relations, based in New York.
Thierry Edde joins the firm as director of investor relations, based in London.
Peer will oversee all marketing and investor relations activities globally across the firm’s private equity, growth equity, real estate, credit and life sciences funds. Edde will be responsible for investor relations efforts in the Middle East and Europe.
“We are excited to welcome these talented professionals to the firm. Peer and Edde have been hired
International law firm Akin Gump has appointed four partners from Bingham McCutcheon in the firm’s corporate, restructuring and funds practices in London and Hong Kong.
The new partners are: Vance Chapman (corporate, London), Thomas John Holton (funds, London), Matthew Puhar (corporate, Hong Kong) and Thiha Tun (funds, London).
These practitioners join 22 partners from Bingham McCutchen who, as announced on September 17, will be joining Akin Gump in London, Hong Kong and Frankfurt over the coming weeks.
Akin Gump chairperson Kim Koopersmith says: “We were thrilled with our announcement last week, and the chance to welcome these additional
Saionton Basu has joined corporate practice group at Duane Morris as a partner.
Based in London, Basu further strengthens Duane Morris' growing corporate practice, particularly with regard to international matters.
Basu joins Duane Morris from Penningtons Manches, where he was co-head of the firm's India practice.
Basu advises international clients who are active in India, including banks, corporations, foreign governments and financial institutions, as well as Indian companies doing business in the UK and Europe. He is an experienced mergers, acquisitions and projects lawyer and advises on international corporate and commercial activities involving a wide range of industries
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