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Law firm Michelmores has appointed corporate lawyer Roger Fink as a partner at its Chancery Lane, London office.
Fink, who qualified with Slaughter and May and has been a partner at Pinsent Masons for over 20 years, is recognised for his experience on leading multi-disciplinary teams on deal sizes ranging from under GBP1m to over GBP2bn, acting for private equity, insurance, retail and other clients.
His transactional experience includes leveraged buy-outs, management buy-outs, public to privates, joint ventures, acquisitions and disposals of insurance intermediaries and management share structures.
Roger’s appointment brings Michelmores’ partnership to 58.
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The Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCAL) has appointed Yasser El-Ansary as its new chief executive officer, effective from 20 November 2013.
El-Ansary (pictured) is currently a senior executive at the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia, where he is responsible for leadership of the organisation’s public policy and advocacy work with government, since joining in 2009.
During the course of his career, El-Ansary has spent almost 20 years in a variety of business advisory roles with PwC, Rio Tinto and Australand Property Group. He also has experience as a policy adviser with the Federal Department of the
Law firm Proskauer has appointed private equity/buyouts lawyer Steven M Peck to the firm’s corporate department and private equity and mergers and acquisitions groups.
Peck’s diverse transactional experience includes representing private equity sponsors, multi-national corporations, and other market participants in their most challenging transactional matters in the US and throughout the world. He also advises clients regarding securities law issues, disclosure and compliance matters, and corporate governance.
“Steve is an accomplished transactional lawyer who is highly regarded by both clients and colleagues in the private equity industry,” says Proskauer chairman Joseph M Leccese. “He is an important addition
S Scott Parel is to join Sidley Austin in Dallas as a partner and a member of the firm’s global private equity and M&A practices.
Parel is joining eight of his former colleagues from Weil Gotshal & Manges who have recently moved to Sidley, two of whom also are members of the firm’s private equity practice.
“We are extremely pleased to further expand our private equity and M&A practices with a lawyer of Scott’s calibre,” says Larry Barden, vice-chair of Sidley’s management committee. “He has built an impressive practice representing several leading private equity sponsors. His strengths complement
Octopus Investments has appointed Rob Devey as an independent non-executive director.
Devey was previously the chief executive of Prudential UK and Europe and brings a wealth of experience in retail financial services.
During his four years at Prudential, Devey was responsible for developing the company’s business in the UK and Europe as it continued to meet the savings and retirement needs of its millions of customers. Under his leadership, the business delivered a strong performance through challenging economic conditions driven by increased operational efficiencies and a focus on customer engagement.
Devey has over 15 years’ experience in
Private equity firm TA Associates has appointed Tony Marsh as director of capital markets in its Boston office.
In this newly created role, he will lead all new acquisition financings and capital markets activities for TA portfolio companies, as well as manage the firm’s relationships with corporate finance providers.
Marsh joins TA from Credit Suisse Securities (USA) where he served as a director, providing senior sponsor relationship coverage and executing transactions for key accounts. He advised clients on capital market trends and strategic decisions, including acquisitions, divestitures and capital structure alternatives. Previously, he was a controller at Mack
Silicon Valley Bank has appointed Nooman Haque as director of life science in the UK.
The new position and Haque’s expertise will strengthen support for the life science and healthcare sectors in the UK and improve collaboration with businesses and investors across borders.
Haque’s background is in healthcare and financial services, having most recently worked for London based venture capital firm Committed Capital. Prior to that, he worked for Sanabil Investments, leading the investment team with a focus on healthcare and financial services.
Over the course of his career, Haque has been involved in USD700m worth of
Perella Weinberg Partners has appointed Cem Koray as a managing director in its advisory business.
Based in New York, Koray will work closely with partner Joseph Gatto, providing strategic and financial advice to clients in the consumer products and retail sectors.
Koray has more than 10 years of investment banking experience in London and New York. He was most recently an executive director in JP Morgan’s consumer and retail investment banking group, where he advised a broad range of consumer products clients. During his tenure at JP Morgan, Koray advised on a number of notable transactions, including Altria
Private equity specialist fund services firm Ipes has strengthened its senior management teams in London and Guernsey with the appointment of two managing directors.
Ben Cook has been appointed as managing directorfor Ipes UK and Andrew Whittaker will take up the position of managing directorfor Ipes Guernsey.
Whittaker will lead the 100 strong team in Guernsey having previously headed up Ipes UK and its depositary business. He joined Ipes in January 2011 from Capita Financial Group’s Specialist Fund Services (formally Sinclair Henderson) where hewas managing director. He has extensive experience of onshore/offshore vehicles, open and closed, traditional and
Rene Griemens has been appointed as the new chief financial officer of Hamburg-based Kreditech.
Responsible for corporate finance and refinancing of the Kreditech Group, Griemens (pictured) will be focusing on scaling by broadening Kreditech’s international investment. He has over 20 years of experience in corporate finance in the technology and eCommerce sectors.
“The experience and strategic expertise Rene is bringing in is a huge benefit to us. In particular during the current shift from a start-up to a mid-sized, international operating company, this will be a substantial boost to Kreditech as an innovation leader,” says Sebastian Diemer, chief
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