Advisory
Corporate finance: Houlihan Lokey buys Quayle Munro
Investment bank Houlihan Lokey has acquired London-based corporate finance boutique Quayle Munro.
Monument Group promotes three to partner
Adam, Diggins and MacCurtain become partners in the London and Boston offices of the placement agent
Axon hires Boursetty as principal
Vincent de Boursetty leaves Ondra after five years to join the Swiss fund services firm
Shielding PE from political risk
Once a niche advisory sub-sector, political due diligence has now become an integral part of deal-making in Europe
Epiris expands team with Atwal hire
Atwal joins from Bain & Company, prior to which he spent four years at Morgan Stanley
Bregal Freshstream hires de Graauw from Bain & Company
In his new role, de Graauw will be responsible for overseeing portfolio development
Sidley appoints Simpson Thacher's De Vlieger and Lefranc
Recruits leave their roles as counsel and associate after 10 and nine years respectively
Q&A with Aztec Group’s Harrison: Outsourcing demystified
Aztec's Harrison speaks with unquote” about modern fund administration and how the role has adapted to a new market
Clearwater hires two for debt advisory team
Grassby and Rattan will join the debt advisory teams in Manchester and Birmingham respectively
Oddo BHF hires new MD to lead corporate finance team
Oddo BHF hires managing director Christophe Marchand and senior adviser Joëlle Antmann
AlixPartners hires Jouaber from GSK
Jouaber will be responsible for the firm's activities in the healthcare and life-sciences sectors
Jones Day recruits three Linklaters lawyers in Paris office
Partner David Swinburne and two associates move to Jones Day's Paris office
Macquarie boosts European advisory service with double hire
Macquarie appoints Matthew Taylor as head of business services and Henry Elphick as senior consultant
Osborne Clarke poaches Squire Patton Boggs PE head
Law firm hires Tim Hewens as a partner in its London-based private equity team
GP Bullhound opens Madrid office
Adviser says the opening is in response to a growing need for tech advisory services in Spain
DC's Tilley joins Inflexion as partner
Tilley spent 16 years at corporate finance house DC Advisory, working with financial sponsors
Alantra to acquire Catalyst in £30m deal
Catalyst will rebrand as Alantra UK, with 15 senior team members taking equity in the listed acquirer
DC Placement Advisors hires MLP's Schiebel
Schiebel will be responsible for debt capital raising in France, Benelux and the Mediterranean area
White & Case hires two from Hannes Snellman
Prior to joining, Jan Jensen worked at Nordic law firm Hannes Snellman as head of private equity practice
Squire Patton Boggs appoints Fitzgibbon as partner
Prior to joining, Fitzgibbon worked in PwC's Manchester office as corporate solicitor
Sanne appoints Morris as head of private equity
While at KPMG, Morris completed a two-year secondment providing technical support to BVCA
Ogier appoints Bermingham in Luxembourg
New recruit focuses on fund structuring, formation, regualtion, operation and tax issues
Dentons hires three new partners
New hires will strengthen the firm's corporate M&A practice in the Czech Republic and the Netherlands
Kirkland hires Damodaran from Ropes & Gray
Damodaran will be advising clients on the formation of private investment funds