Offshore Business Solutions has appointed Dawn Cummings as Managing Director.   As well as serving as an independent director on the boards of various investment management companies, Cummings also oversees a team of professionals in the provision of custom-tailored solutions for investment management companies incorporated in the Cayman Islands and other offshore financial centres. Chairman of the Board Aldo Ghisletta says: "This is an exciting development, and Dawn’s addition to our team is integral in further enhancing our ability to serve a growing client base. Her outstanding capabilities and experience in the industry will help us to ensure OBS continues

Genstar Capital, LLC, a middle market private equity firm that focuses on investments in selected segments of the life sciences, healthcare, financial services, software, and industrial technology industries, has promoted Roman A Margolin and Eli P Weiss as vice presidents of the firm. Both were previously senior associates of the firm. Jean-Pierre L Conte, Chairman and Managing Director of Genstar, said: "Roman and Eli have demonstrated themselves as valued members of the Genstar team and we will continue to rely on them to help identify, evaluate and execute acquisition and investment opportunities. It is important that we continue to develop

New York and Palo Alto based KBR Capital Partners has appointed Daniel Oschin (pictured) as Managing Director. Oschin, a veteran of the securities and commercial real estate industries, will develop new programs and strategies designed to enhance and expand the company’s capital formation platforms and channels. Oschin has led a prestigious multifaceted career that includes experience and ownership in development, acquisition, property and asset management, redevelopment, divestment and syndication of more than USD500 million in commercial property investments. As a leader in the securitised real estate market, he has been instrumental in the development, release, marketing and distribution of more

Morris, Manning & Martin has expanded its Funds & Alternative Investments Practice with the addition of Margaret R A Paradis as partner.   The firm’s Funds & Alternative Investments Practice includes 25 lawyers from multiple areas of legal specialisation and in the past three years, has closed more than USD15 billion in transactions/offerings for alternative investments. Formerly a partner with Baker & McKenzie in New York, Paradis will be resident in Morris, Manning & Martin’s Washington, DC office. She is an investment fund and asset management lawyer with extensive experience advising managers on structuring, formation, operation and regulation of alternative

International law firm Walkers has appointed partner Paul Farrell in its new Dublin office where he will head up Walkers’ Investment Funds Group in Ireland. Farrell joins Walkers from Matheson Ormsby Prentice, where he practised as an asset management partner, leading their alternative investment arm and advised numerous banks and financial institutions in relation to the establishment of Irish funds over the past 13 years. Farrell specialises in the legal and regulatory issues surrounding the establishment and maintenance of Irish mutual and alternative investment funds structured as UCITS funds, non-UCITS retail funds, professional investor funds (PIFs) and qualifying investor funds

The Collingwood Group has appointed Mark DeGennaro as Managing Director to help build the firm’s hedge fund/private equity advisory and principal investment businesses.   Prior to joining Collingwood, DeGennaro was a Managing Director of a privately held boutique investment-banking firm based in New York, where he held a variety of positions both on the investment banking side and in executive management, including Managing Partner, Chief Operating Officer and head of the firm’s Restructuring Advisory Group. Earlier in his career, DeGennaro was an attorney with White & Case in New York where he worked on commercial litigation, corporate control, mergers and

Highly experienced lawyer Bruce Scott (pictured) has been appointed a partner of Bedell Cristin and will head the Jersey legal services team based in the City of London. – which is growing in response to client demand for City-based Jersey law expertise. Scott will lead a team of specialist lawyers covering all the principal financial services areas – providing the ready-access Jersey law practice the firm’s clients and intermediaries need in the heart of the City. Immediately before joining Bedell Cristin, he spent five years with another Jersey law firm, Ogier. As well as his offshore pedigree he also brings