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Adam Chester has joined the Jersey office of Walkers as a partner in the firm’s finance and corporate group.
Prior to joining Walkers, Chester founded CGI Legal, an independent corporate legal services provider in Jersey, which provided non-contentious and transactional legal services.
Before that, he spent six years at Ogier in Jersey and five years practising as an English solicitor at two international law firms in London. He also spent time on secondment with large, multinational businesses in the UK and Russia.
Chester specialises in advising on mergers, acquisitions and disposals including MBOs and LBOs, banking and finance
European growth private equity firm Keensight Capital has promoted Philippe Crochet to the position of partner.
Crochet (pictured) has 15 years of international experience in the telecom industry as well as in private equity.
He began his career in 1998 at Nortel, then moved on to Algety Telecom before working for the American-based Corvis Corporation (a manufacturer of optical networking equipment), where he held various roles within the marketing and sales teams.
In 2003, Crochet joined Partech International, a private equity firm located in Europe and the US, and specialised in the IT sector.
He was then
Placement agent Eaton Partners has launched a secondary advisory group following the addition of three senior professionals, Michael Pilson, Alexander Mejia and Kevin Imhoff.
The formation of the secondary advisory group further enhances Eaton Partners' product offerings and capabilities as secondary market activity continues to play an increasing role in both general partner fundraising and limited partner portfolio management activities.
Pilson, Mejia and Imhoff previously ran the secondary advisory business at Atlantic-Pacific Capital, where they advised a wide range of clients on secondary market transactions.
"We are extremely excited about adding Michael, Alex, and Kevin to our team. As the private
Alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group has appointed Jeffrey C Holland as managing director and head of the private client group.
Holland comes to this newly-created position from Cole Real Estate Investments, where he was president and chief operating officer, overseeing the private capital and real estate groups.
Holland joined the firm on 17 March and is based in New York.
Holland will oversee the group responsible for the development of Carlyle's relationships with individual investors and intermediaries serving these investors. The group led by Holland will focus on arrangements with bank feeder funds and other financial advisors
Jason Allison has joined Walkers’ Cayman Islands office as a partner in the global investment funds group.
Allison, an offshore investment funds practitioners, has close to ten years' experience advising on Cayman Islands law.
After spending over five years at Freshfields in London, he commenced his Cayman Islands career with Maples and Calder in 2004, becoming a partner there in 2007. In 2012, Allison left Maples and Calder to help establish the Cayman Islands office of another international offshore law firm.
Allison advises on Cayman Islands corporate and investment funds law, with particular expertise advising institutional clients on
Independent private investment company Ardian has appointed Tobias Gewolker as a director in the infrastructure team based in the firm’s Paris office.
Ardian’s infrastructure team, led by Mathias Burghardt, invests in core infrastructure assets and partners with leading industrial players across Europe.
Last year it raised EUR1.75bn for Ardian’s Infrastructure Fund III.
Gewolker (pictured), a German national, has more than 13 years’ investment banking experience in the City of London, with a focus on energy and infrastructure.
Prior to joining Ardian, he worked at DC Advisory, preceded by four years at Barclays Capital. Recent mandates have included
Lowenstein Sandler has expanded its private equity and mergers and acquisitions practices with the addition of Christopher Henry as a partner.
Henry, 41, joins Lowenstein Sandler’s New York office from Ropes & Gray, where he had been a partner since 2006.
Close on the heels of Michael Brosse, 43, who joined the firm from Kirkland & Ellis in January, Henry is the second lateral partner from a top 25 law firm to join Lowenstein Sandler’s M&A and private equity group in 2014.
“Our strategy is to broaden and deepen the services that our transaction, litigation and bankruptcy practices
Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners has appointed John D Clark as a managing partner based in New York.
Clark (pictured) will focus on middle-market, growth-oriented private equity investments in the technology, software and technology-enabled business services sectors.
Clark comes to the firm from Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, a New York-based private equity firm, where he was a general partner, a member of the management committee and a director of Paycom Software, Peak 10, NEWAsurion, Savvis, Lytx and other companies.
CVC managing partner Chris Stadler says: "CVC's greatest asset is the strength and depth of our investment
Collas Crill has appointed Elena Moran as a group partner in its Jersey commercial dispute resolution team.
An experienced commercial litigator who focuses on trust and commercial litigation, with a specialism in employment and media law, Moran will join the firm at the end of April.
It is a return to Collas Crill for Moran, who previously worked at the firm when she moved to the island in 2002.
Collas Crill senior partner Nuno Santos Costa says: "We are delighted to welcome Elena to our team. Elena brings first class technical skills and a wealth of knowledge in
Neuberger Berman has appointed Erik Knutzen as multi-asset class chief investment officer.
Knutzen (pictured) joins to deepen the multi-asset class strategic partnerships Neuberger Berman has with institutional investors.
Knutzen will drive the asset allocation process on a firm-wide level and create related client content for strategic partnerships and multi-asset class solutions while joining in portfolio management on a number of mandates.
"Erik's skills and experience complement our existing client partnership capabilities," says Joseph Amato, president and chief investment officer, Neuberger Berman. "Adding a seasoned, senior multi-asset class investor to an already deep capability at the firm helps Neuberger Berman deliver
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