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Proskauer has expanded its mergers and acquisitions capabilities with the addition of Lorenzo Borgogni as a partner in the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions Group. Borgogni, who joins from Dewey & LeBoeuf, will be based in Proskauer’s New York office.
"Lorenzo has developed an extremely successful and diverse practice and will bring a wealth of legal and business experience to the firm," said Ronald R. Papa, co-Chair of Proskauer’s Corporate Department and co-head of its Mergers & Acquisitions Group. "He is a talented M&A lawyer and has been involved in a variety of complex, high-profile domestic and international transactions."
Borgogni represents
Pierfrancesco Carbone has joined the Duane Morris’s growing Corporate Practice Group as a partner. He will be based in London.
Carbone’s appointment marks the expansion of the firm’s Private Equity Group, already active in the US and in Asia, into Europe. Duane Morris is the first law firm to become Global Growth Partner of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) and is a founding champion of the Middle Market Private Capital Leadership Forum. Carbone joins Duane Morris from Kirkland & Ellis International LLP.
Carbone focuses his practice on cross-border corporate transactions, particularly in the area of private equity. He mainly
Tom Donovan is joining private equity fundraising advisory specialist Rede Partners from Credit Suisse as a Partner to lead the company’s North American business.
The news builds on Rede’s recent success as global fundraising advisor to AnaCap Financial Partners LLP, which closed the Credit Opportunities Fund II at its hard cap of GBP350m after only a six month active fundraising campaign.
Donovan, says: “It has been clear to me for some time that the fundraising market has changed and that fundraising advisors need to change with it. Rede has a creative, bespoke, partnership approach, providing comprehensive advisory services touching
The Riverside Company has appointed Jamie Kiggen as President of the global private equity firm. Riverside Co-CEOs Béla Szigethy and Stewart Kohl say Kiggen will play a key role on the management team and work with Riverside’s teams around the world to drive efficiency, enhance the portfolio, provide investment advice and support fundraising efforts.
A proven executive, Kiggen brings more than 25 years of experience, most recently as Senior Managing Director at Blackstone, where he headed up their cleantech venture capital effort while also playing a senior technology investment role in their private equity group. Prior to that, he was at AllianceBernstein, where
Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has appointed Ben Bolt as investment director. Bolt will work alongside Andrew Ferguson in Maven’s Midlands and Southern England team, and will be based out of the Birmingham and London offices.
Bolt will focus on sourcing and executing new investment opportunities in UK companies requiring GBP2m-GBP10m of equity finance, including MBOs/MBIs, expansion capital, replacement capital and acquisition finance. He has built up extensive experience of investing in UK businesses over the course of a 15 year career in Corporate Finance. For the past three years he has been an Investment Director with Catapult Venture Managers, and prior to
The Riverside Company has promoted Juan Barnechea, the leader of its Origination team in Europe, to Managing Director.
Barnechea leads the deal sourcing efforts for Riverside, which was recently recognised as the world’s most active private equity firm. The work of the firm’s global Origination team is the driving force behind much of that activity.
“Juan has done an outstanding job since joining us in 2008,” said Riverside Chief Operating Officer Pam Hendrickson, who oversees the global Origination team as part of her duties. “Under Juan’s leadership of the team, Riverside has continued to see increasing quantities of high-quality deal
Strand Hanson, the independent advisory-led, merchant bank, has appointed Lek van Cruyningen and Naiem Hussain to lead a new division, Strand Ventures.
Strand Ventures specialises in advising and investing in early stage companies and larger private companies, primarily in the natural resources, agriculture, energy, technology, healthcare, and chemical sectors.
Strand Hanson’s advisory team are introduced to a significant number of businesses each year looking for growth capital, which are not necessarily yet at a stage to undertake a stock market listing, and which are therefore seeking access to private equity and pre-IPO funding. Strand Ventures has been established to identify
Gresham, the mid market private equity firm, has appointed Adam Rudd as Investment Manager. Rudd joins the Manchester office as part of the firm’s deal team.
Rudd joins from KPMG where he worked as Corporate Finance Manager in their northern corporate finance team. Whilst there he had national responsibility for targeting the e-commerce sector and advised on numerous transactions including private equity and public to private transactions.
Andy Marsh, Partner, Gresham Manchester says: “We are delighted to have recruited Adam to our team. He is a talented individual who has a natural instinct for origination with experience in
The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) has appointed Christophe Florin as Head of Emerging Markets Fund Investments in its Private Equities Department, effective immediately.
In his new role, Florin will lead a team of portfolio managers and associates and be responsible for managing existing investments in emerging market funds and for driving future investments. He will also manage and develop key external relationships with GPs, portfolio companies and other relevant parties. Based in Abu Dhabi, Florin will report to Hareb Al Darmaki, Executive Director of the Private Equities Department.
With over 20 years of experience in the private equity industry,
Alter Domus has appointed Michael Ellul as Director of the firm’s office in Malta.
The office in Malta, which was established in 2010, offers corporate management support to holding and financing companies of investment firms, multinationals, and private investors. Solutions range from fund administration services to company management. Malta’s importance as a fund domicile of choice and a member of the EU made it a logical location in the expansion of Alter Domus global network.
Michael Ellul, who joins an existing team of experienced professionals in Malta, has significant local experience in banking and in trust and company formation. In
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