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Robert Leonard and Michael Mavrides have joined the law firm Proskauer’s hedge fund group as partners in the firm’s New York office.
The addition of these practitioners will enhance the firm’s ability to serve hedge fund clients across the universe of fund types and strategies.
Leonard’s industry experience spans over 25 years, representing, structuring and organizing domestic and international hedge funds, funds of funds, and other private investment funds and fund managers. He advises on master-feeder, side-by-side and mini-master funds for hedge fund managers across all investment disciplines. He also has substantial experience with seed deals and funds of one. Leonard also has
Financial services advisory firm Kinetic Partners has made promotions across its global teams.
There are four promotions to member: AnnMarie Croswell in Hong Kong, Jess Shakespeare in the Cayman Islands and Ian Manson and Richard Crannis in London.
Claire Simm is promoted to director in London and Katrina Banh and Jason Bleau are promoted to associate director in Hong Kong and London respectively.
Julian Korek, CEO, Kinetic Partners says: “The regulatory landscape is dramatically different to five years ago. Regulators are scrutinising company procedures far more and also working together to bring international enforcement actions. Companies now have
Placement agent Eaton Partners has launched a secondary advisory group following the addition of three senior professionals, Michael Pilson, Alexander Mejia and Kevin Imhoff.
The formation of the secondary advisory group further enhances Eaton Partners' product offerings and capabilities as secondary market activity continues to play an increasing role in both general partner fundraising and limited partner portfolio management activities.
Pilson, Mejia and Imhoff previously ran the secondary advisory business at Atlantic-Pacific Capital, where they advised a wide range of clients on secondary market transactions.
"We are extremely excited about adding Michael, Alex, and Kevin to our team. As the private
Investment firm FORT Management has expanded its operations and opened a new office in New York.
Based in Chevy Chase, Maryland the firm was founded by former fund managers at the World Bank, Yves Balcer and Sanjiv Kumathe.
The firm manages approximately USD700m in assets on behalf of institutional and high net worth investors worldwide.
Balcer is heading up FORT’s new office, located at 540 Madison Avenue, and is being joined by two new managing directors – Alan Marantz and Douglas McKeige – who have come on board to direct business development and assist in overall firm management.
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the global hedge fund industry association, has appointed three new directors to its global council, its governing body.
The three directors are Simon Lorne, vice-chairman and chief legal officer of Millennium Management; Tim O’Brien, partner, general counsel and CCO of Pine River Capital Management; and Stuart Fiertz, president and co-founder of Cheyne Capital Management (UK).
Kathy Casey, AIMA chair, says: “We are most fortunate to add three enormously experienced and well-qualified directors to our council. I would like to personally thank Stuart, Simon and Tim for volunteering to serve on the board. Their
Gar Wood Securities has promoted industry veteran Craig Gantar to senior vice president and sales manager.
Gantar has over 15 years of industry experience, and joined Gar Wood in 2007 as a senior client service associate on the Gar Wood Pro Desk and worked directly with institutional clients and brokers.
In addition to the new sales manager position, Gantar will continue to oversee the client and broker on-boarding process.
"Craig has done a great job in supporting our brokers and clients over the past 6 years, and I am confident that his experience, knowledge and relationships are a
Jason Allison has joined Walkers’ Cayman Islands office as a partner in the global investment funds group.
Allison, an offshore investment funds practitioners, has close to ten years' experience advising on Cayman Islands law.
After spending over five years at Freshfields in London, he commenced his Cayman Islands career with Maples and Calder in 2004, becoming a partner there in 2007. In 2012, Allison left Maples and Calder to help establish the Cayman Islands office of another international offshore law firm.
Allison advises on Cayman Islands corporate and investment funds law, with particular expertise advising institutional clients on
DW Investment Management (DWIM), a USD6bn global multi-strategy credit management firm, has appointed Joel Biran and John Buck, former managing directors at Versa Capital, to the firm's distressed corporate team.
Biran and Buck represent senior additions to DWIM's existing team and bring expertise in rescue finance, middle market lending, turnarounds and other operationally intensive workout and distressed-for-control situations.
The new additions will focus on expanding DWIM's stressed and distressed corporate credit efforts, with an emphasis on investments in distressed and underperforming middle market companies.
"Joel and John have a breadth and depth of experience originating, structuring, and
Adam Sussman has joined Liquidnet as head of market structure and liquidity partnerships.
In this global role, Sussman (pictured) will serve as a senior advisor on market structure issues providing insight and guidance on industry developments, technological trends and financial industry dynamics to Liquidnet’s community of buy side members and customers.
He will also advance Liquidnet’s efforts in identifying new ways to bring in additional sources of unique, safe and actionable block liquidity by building and strengthening partnerships with a broad spectrum of industry participants.
Sussman will be based in New York, reporting to Liquidnet’s head of US equities
Forum Securities has appointed Sophia Banar as managing director and strategic risk and portfolio manager based in the firm’s Old Greenwich, Connecticut office.
Banar brings over 15 years of real estate investing and consulting experience to Forum.
Before joining Forum Securities, Banar was a portfolio manager with The Tuckerman Group, a boutique real estate focused affiliate of State Street Global Advisors.
In her new role Banar will cover US companies and will add her voice to Forum Securities’ global portfolio management team. Forum expects that her investment contributions will initially focus on risk management and a top-down perspective.
