Advisory
Alvarez & Marsal expand services across Benelux
International bankruptcy advisory firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M), appoints two to its Benelux practice as it broadens its service offering across the region.
Alvarez & Marsal appoints Paul Taaffe as MD
Alvarez & Marsal has bolstered its team in Germany by appointing Paul Taaffe as a managing director to its restructuring and turnaround practice.
Q&A: Fundraising in 2010 and beyond
Charlie Jolly principal at Matrix talks to Francinia Protti-Alvarez about recent fundraising trends and implications for the future.
HAARMANN bolsters M&A and acquisition finance practice
HAARMANN bolsters M & A and acquisition finance practice HAARMANN Partnerschaftsgesellschaft Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater Wirtschaftsprüfer in Frankfurt am Main has won a new partner, Dr Veit Denzer, who joined the firm in January.
Hauck & Aufhäuser hires ten from Sal Oppenheim
Private bank Hauck & Aufhäuser has hired a team of ten financial professionals from Sal Oppenheim, headed by Wofram Schmerl, formerly managing director and head of the private bank's financial sponsors team.
Q&A: Germany remains strong at the core
Mareen Goebel speaks to Richard Burton, PricewaterhouseCooper's private equity leader for Germany, about the challenges facing the country's private equity market in the year ahead.
Herbert Smith bulks up PE team with new appointment
Law firm Herbert Smith has hired James MacArthur as partner to the firm's private equity practice.
unquote" Fund Administration Report 2009
An introduction to the fund administration market
EUROPE - Law firms Buse Heberer Fromm and Spitzweg to merge
European law firms Die Buse Heberer Fromm and Spitzweg have agreed to merge, effective 1 April 2010.
LUXEMBOURG - Argentius to open offices in Luxembourg
Augentius Fund Administration Group has received regulatory approval for the opening of its office in Luxembourg.
EUROPE - Mourant acquired by State Street to create PE servicing giant
European fund administrator Mourant International Finance Administration has been acquired by financial services giant State Street Corporation for an undisclosed sum.
Corbett Keeling Corporate Finance
Third quarter 2009 - light at the end of the tunnel?
EUROPE - Osmosis appoints Agentius as fund adminstrator; bolsters team
London-based asset manager Osmosis Capital LLP, has appointed Augentius Fund Administration as the administrator for its forthcoming fund-of-funds.
Jockeying for position
A private equity landscape in subsidence, a barren fundraising market and stateside-kickback scandals: placement agents are having to change their modus operandi. By Ashley Wassall
Due diligence: Levelling the playing field
In a market dominated by distressed sales and complex restructuring operations, the role of intermediaries has taken on renewed significance, writes Ashley Wassall
Corporate bees-iness
The downturn has hit all areas of private equity - including corporate finance. But despite a volatile market, corporate finance advisory firms are still keeping busy. Is this an indication of things to come? Deborah Sterescu investigates
Q and A: Due diligence
Diligence is back on priority lists, with partners - not just targets - the focus. Deborah Sterescu talks to Chris Grove, corporate finance partner at BDO Stoy Hayward, about the new challenges for due diligence advisers in today's climate
EUROPE - Barclays boosts European mergers advisory business
Barclays plans to hire as many as 65 bankers for its European mergers advisory business in an attempt to become one of the top three global securities firms.
Business as usual
Deborah Sterescu asks Janusz Heath, managing director of limited partner Capital Dynamics, about the current challenges the industry is facing and how to succeed in a changing environment
CEE - Magisters merges with Belarus law firm
CIS-focused law firm Magisters has merged with Belarus-based rival BelJurBureau.
GLOBAL - BNY Mellon launches private equity fund admin service
The Bank of New York Mellon's Alternative Investment Service is launching a private equity servicing platform.