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Law firm K&L Gates has added Carl L. Liederman and Keith Snedden as partners in its London corporate practice.
Liederman joins K&L Gates from Arnold & Porter, where he served as head of the European corporate group.
Snedden arrives from Barlow Lyde & Gilbert, where he previously headed the firm’s corporate team.
Liederman counsels on a wide range of corporate and transactional areas, including mergers and acquisitions, complex joint ventures, capital markets, and technology and outsourcing agreements. He has advised clients on matters throughout Europe, North and South America, Asia, and Africa.
"K&L Gates offers an unparalleled platform
RoundTable Healthcare Partners, a private equity firm focused exclusively on the healthcare industry, has appointed Charles W. Stiefel as senior adviser.
Stiefel will assist RoundTable in identifying investment opportunities, facilitating key industry introductions, and advising the firm on strategic and operational issues.
Stiefel is the former chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Stiefel Laboratories, the largest family-owned and operated dermatology company with nearly USD1bn in sales and 3,600 employees in over 100 countries. GlaxoSmithKline acquired Stiefel Laboratories for USD3.6bn in July 2009.
In 2003, Stiefel was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the South Florida Dermatology Foundation,
Placement agent C.P. Eaton Partners has appointed Loren A. Boston as managing director and a member of the management committee with responsibility for leading the firm’s private equity fundraising business.
With over 26 years of Wall Street experience, Boston (pictured) was previously managing director and global head of origination for Merrill Lynch’s private equity funds group.
From 1999 through early 2004 he was managing director and global head of the private equity fund group at Citigroup Global Markets.
Boston brings to C.P. Eaton a large network of relationships in the private equity community. While at Merrill Lynch and Citigroup,
Augentius Fund Administration has appointed Glyn Thomas as managing director of its Guernsey office.
Thomas joined Augentius from PricewaterhouseCoopers as a senior accountant seven years ago, working with the firm’s first private equity clients.
He has a strong technology background and was heavily involved in the implementation of Sungard Investran, the accounting and reporting platform used within the business.
Thomas subsequently led a team of staff with a varied client portfolio and, following the MBO of the business, became a member of the executive, leading the training and technical team.
During 2009, Thomas was instrumental in the development of Augentius
Citigroup has appointed Sanjiv Sawhney as global head of fund services for Citi’s securities and fund services business.
In this new position, Sawhney will provide leadership for Citi’s hedge fund, private equity and mutual fund administration businesses globally within Citi’s suite of investor services solutions.
Sawhney will report to Neeraj Sahai, global head of Citi’s securities and fund services, and joins from JP Morgan.
Sahai says: "We are very pleased that Sanjiv is rejoining Citi in this key leadership role. His extensive industry expertise and global experience will be instrumental as our fund clients cross borders and jurisdictions to explore
US Logistics, a wholly owned subsidiary of private equity consolidator Ranger International Services Group, has appointed Major General (US Army, retired) Chuck Swannack as its chief operating officer.
US Logistics is a government outsourcing contractor specialising in tactical vehicle overhauls and repairs, technical staffing, base logistics, and aircraft technical services.
General Swannack retired from the US Army in 2005 after 33 years of service, culminating as the Commander of the fabled 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
As the new chief operating officer of US Logistics, Swannack will help guide the firm’s growth with vigilance on quality, safety,
Neuberger Berman has named William A. Arnold chief financial officer, effective in early March.
Arnold, who has 24 years of corporate finance experience in asset management and financial services, comes to Neuberger Berman from Citigroup.
Arnold will report to George Walker, chairman and chief executive officer.
During the firm’s transition to independence, the finance function had been overseen by Andrew Komaroff, chief operating officer.
“I am thrilled to have a finance executive of Bill’s calibre aboard to lead this important area for our independent firm,” says Walker. “We have an exceptionally strong team in place as we build on our
StepStone Group, a provider of private equity investment management and advisory services, has opened an office in New York.
In addition, Johnny Randel has joined the firm as chief financial officer and chief operating officer. He will be based in New York.
StepStone Group works with institutional investors to build portfolios that include private equity fund investments, co-investments and secondary investments.
“This is an exciting time in the evolution of our firm, and it is an important time for private equity investors to be evaluating and possibly reconstituting their portfolios,” says Jose Fernandez (pictured), a managing director at StepStone. “New
Accountancy firm Anchin, Block & Anchin has appointed E. George Teixeira as a tax partner in its financial services group.
With the addition of Teixeira (pictured), Anchin has a roster of 54 partners who provide advisory services to clients representing all of the major industries in the Tri-state area.
Teixeira brings almost 20 years of experience servicing privately-held and public companies in the financial services industry, including investment partnerships, broker dealers and investment advisers.
He has been involved with some of the largest investment partnerships in the country, including funds of funds, and he provides assistance to those expanding their
GCP Capital Partners, a private equity investment firm, has appointed Bob Deutsch as a managing director.
Deutsch will also be a member of the investment committee of Greenhill Capital Partners.
Deutsch joins GCP Capital with operating experience in the insurance industry. Previously, he served as a founder and the chief executive officer of Ironshore, an insurance company established with over USD1bn of equity capital, and a Greenhill Capital Partners portfolio company.
Prior to that, he was executive vice president and chief financial officer of CNA Financial. Before joining CNA, Deutsch was one of the founders of Executive Risk (now part
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