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Morrison & Foerster has appointed Mark Wojciechowski as a partner in the firm’s financial transactions group in New York.
Wojciechowski has spent most of his career handling sophisticated finance matters in the New York markets. He brings to Morrison & Foerster close ties with leading institutional lenders and investment funds.
Jill Feldman, chair of Morrison & Foerster’s financial transactions group, says: “Mark is an exceptionally versatile finance lawyer who works across a spectrum of areas that will benefit our clients. He has a strong track record working with sophisticated domestic and international banks, non-bank lenders and companies on
Oppenheimer & Co has appointed Jason "Hutch" Hutchinson as managing director to lead the firm’s technology mergers and acquisitions group.
Hutchinson joins Oppenheimer as part of a team of bankers that includes Michael Lippert, executive director, and will continue to deliver a wide range of M&A advisory services to the firm’s clients across all sectors of technology, media and telecom.
The team will be based in Oppenheimer’s San Francisco office.
"With their network of relationships and long track record of successfully advising clients across the technology landscape, Hutch and his team substantially expand both our Technology and
Jersey’s proactive and flexible approach to the adoption of new international regulation will ensure its funds industry can look forward to a positive future, according to Ben Robins, the new chairman of the Jersey Funds Association (JFA).
Elected into the position of chairman at the recent AGM (19 July) of the trade association that represents Jersey’s funds industry, Robins (pictured) is joined by Tim Morgan, who becomes vice chairman.
A partner and head of the funds practice area at Mourant Ozannes, Robins has extensive experience in investment funds, offshore capital markets and structured finance. Having qualified as an
North Bridge, an active partner for early-stage entrepreneurs, has promoted Matt Blodgett to partner.
In addition, North Bridge is has promoted Holly Maloney to principal and Kaitie Donovan has returned as principal to the growth equity team.
Since joining the firm in 2007, Blodgett has developed investment partnerships with Aeropost, BrightTALK, Leapfrog Online and Spil Games and also played an instrumental role in the firm’s investment in Proto Labs. In March, Blodgett was elected to Proto Labs’ board of directors.
“Matt has been an indispensable member of our team since day one,” says Doug Kingsley, managing director
Ariel Yehezkel has joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton as a partner in the firm’s corporate practice group, based in the firm’s New York office.
Yehezkel joins from Kirkland & Ellis.
"Ariel is a terrific addition to the firm. We continue to grow our New York office and are thrilled to add such a high caliber private equity attorney to the firm," says Guy N Halgren, chairman of Sheppard Mullin.
"This year we have significantly solidified our presence in New York by adding more than 11 attorneys. We are very pleased to expand our office and capabilities
Silicon Valley venture capital firm Accel Partners has appointed Hilary Mason as data scientist in residence.
She will serve as an advisor to the firm’s portfolio companies and assist with evaluating new technologies and investment opportunities.
"Hilary’s data science expertise coupled with her interest in mentoring entrepreneurs makes her the perfect addition to our team," says Ping Li, Accel partner. "As one of the prominent thought leaders from NYs vibrant tech scene, we’re excited to work with her as we add more data driven software start ups to our portfolio."
Mason (pictured) will be working from Accel’s
Summer Street Capital Partners, a Buffalo, New York-based private equity fund, has appointed Amy Standing as chief financial officer.
Concurrently, Summer Street’s current CFO, Ron Fleissner will begin his transition into retirement.
Standing joined Summer Street in June 2013 from Discover Financial Services, a publicly traded direct banking and payments company. At Discover, Standing worked in business development and as chief of staff. She has over 20 years of experience in finance, accounting, tax and risk management, which is complemented by her strong background in SEC reporting and compliance.
"The breadth of Amy’s core competencies and experience
Nina Tannenbaum has joined AllianceBernstein as managing director of alternatives sales and client services.
Tannenbaum will work with AllianceBernstein’s growing alternatives team to further build out its diverse product offerings as well as service the complex needs of clients to integrate alternatives into their current investment portfolios and risk profiles.
Tannenbaum will report to Joel R Stevens II, senior managing director and head of Institutional Investments.
"With so many firms today competing to build a presence in alternatives, our ability to continue to attract top talent demonstrates that our services are resonating with the industry," says Stevens.
Lightyear Capital, a New York-based private equity firm focused on financial services investing, has appointed Richard Korhammer as senior adviser.
Korhammer (pictured) will draw upon his extensive background in financial technology to help identify and evaluate financial technology and capital markets investment opportunities for Lightyear.
In 1999, Korhammer co-founded Lava, an equities and foreign exchange direct market access and order management system provider. As CEO, Korhammer guided Lava from its inception through Lava’s acquisition by Citigroup in 2004. After the purchase, Korhammer remained at Citigroup as the head of global equities electronic execution.
Korhammer currently serves as the
The Blueshirt Group, a financial communications and IPO advisory firm, has expanded its internet practice with the addition of veteran internet, education and business services analyst James Samford as managing director.
Most recently, Samford was a senior equity research analyst at Citigroup Global Markets covering the business and education services sector. Prior to that, he was a member of the firm’s number one Institutional Investor and Greenwich ranked internet research team.
Before joining Citi, Samford was part of Merrill Lynch’s internet team.
Prior to Wall Street, Samford worked in management consulting at KPMG and in corporate development
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