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Hastings Funds Management has appointed new members to its European infrastructure investment team.
Oliver Schubert joins the European infrastructure equity team as director infrastructure with more than 14 years’ experience as a senior infrastructure investment professional. He is fluent in German and French and is based in London.
Previously senior vice president at Macquarie Capital Europe, Schubert has significant experience in originating and executing M&A transactions, building teams and originating, structuring and syndicating debt financing packages, particularly in the electricity, gas and renewable energy industries.
Earlier in the year Hastings announced the expansion of its global infrastructure debt
Private equity firm TA Associates has added to its investment staff in its Boston and Menlo Park offices.
Ethan K Liebermann and Emily C McGinty have rejoined the firm as vice presidents in the healthcare and consumer group in Boston. Jason S. Mironov has joined the firm as a vice president in the services group in Menlo Park.
Liebermann focuses on investments in healthcare, consumer, retail and other services companies. Prior to attending graduate school, he served as an associate at TA Associates, responsible for investment origination, transaction execution and portfolio management in the firm’s healthcare and consumer group. Liebermann
Morgan Joseph TriArtisan has appointed Stephen Robb, a 20-year Wall Street veteran in investment banking and M&A advisory, as a managing director in the firm’s consumer, retail and leisure investment banking practice.
“Steve’s broad background and experience will be a valuable addition to our firm’s mid-market practice in the key consumer, retail and restaurant sectors,” says Rohit Manocha, co-head of investment banking. “These are areas of mounting M&A and finance activity and, given his outstanding track record, having Steve on board will be highly beneficial to broadening our coverage, and serving our corporate constituents in these important sectors as well
Maven Capital Partners has appointed Alan Robertson as investment manager.
He will work alongside David Milroy in Maven’s Central Scotland team, and will be based out of the Edinburgh office.
Robertson (pictured) will focus on sourcing and executing new investment opportunities for the Scottish Loan Fund (SLF) as well as supporting new private equity transactions in Scotland.
The SLF, which is managed by Maven, was established by the Scottish Investment Bank to address the demand for finance from eligible SMEs, and has a focus on supporting growth and export businesses that have an established presence in Scotland.
Robertson joins from
CAI Private Equity has appointed Allan Weinstein as a managing partner.
Weinstein will lead the firm’s US investment effort, which is focused on energy and utility services, business and financial services, specialty/niche manufacturing, aerospace and healthcare. He will be based in CAI’s New York office.
Tracey McVicar, managing partner, says: "I’m particularly pleased to welcome Allan into our partnership and look forward to collaborating with him to grow the firm for the next generation."
With nearly 18 years of experience in private equity investing, Weinstein most recently served as managing director at Lincolnshire Management, a middle market private equity firm.
RBS Invoice Finance (RBSIF) has appointed Piers Harmer and Jon Hughes to the London-based RBSIF corporate team.
Both are experienced in the invoice finance and asset based lending industries and join the bank as business development directors.
They are new to RBSIF with Harmer joining from Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance and Hughes from GE Commercial Finance.
Harmer has national responsibility for financial sponsor coverage and will work closely with private equity houses to demonstrate the benefits of using ABL to support their transactions.
Hughes worked for GE Commercial Finance for 10 years as well as NMB Heller and UCB
HighWater, a boutique corporate governance services firm based in the Cayman Islands, has expanded with a New York-based principal.
Matt Auriemma, who will be based in New York, joins as a principal of HighWater, providing independent director services to investment funds, mostly hedge funds and other alternative investment vehicles.
“HighWater has an impeccable reputation for corporate governance in the industry and an impressive client portfolio including many of the world’s top alternative investment managers” says Auriemma. “My experience complements that of the team and I am looking forward to contributing to the future growth of this impressive firm.”
Auriemma was
Maples and Calder has appointed four new associates to the firm’s growing funds team in its Cayman Islands office and a new partner to the British Virgin Islands office.
Tim Clipstone, Greg Barwick, Philip Dickinson, Patrick Head and Lucy Nicklas are each specialists in their respective fields.
"It is with great pleasure that we add these new lawyers to our firm, as we anticipate that their collective expertise will serve to add more strength in depth to our client offering," says Jon Fowler (pictured), global head of the funds group at Maples and Calder. "Maples and Calder is renowned
Former Pfizer chairman and chief executive Jeff Kindler has joined venture capital firm Lux Capital as a venture partner.
Kindler (pictured) will help identify new healthcare investment opportunities and work with Lux portfolio companies.
He joins other recent venture partner additions Jim Woolsey (former CIA director) and Richard Foster (former McKinsey senior partner).
"With tremendous leadership experience in the healthcare industry, Jeff has an appreciation for the intersection of novel science, product development and commercial transactions," says Robert Paull, managing partner at Lux Capital. "As Lux continues to make new investments at the cutting edge of healthcare and as our
McGladrey, a provider of assurance, tax and consulting services, has expanded its financial services investment practice in Connecticut.
The team provides services to hedge funds/investment partnerships, fund of funds, investment advisers, broker-dealers, futures commission merchants, mutual funds and private equity groups.
Partner Kislay "Sal" Shah (pictured) relocated to McGladrey’s Stamford, CT office earlier this summer to serve the firm’s existing relationships throughout Connecticut and Westchester County and to oversee growing demand for the practice’s expertise in the region.
"We’re excited to welcome Sal, who brings with him deep expertise in the investment industry space, and who will provide the very
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