CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS January 19, 2011 Alvarez & Marshal Alvarez & Marsal, the global professional services firm, is expanding its European real estate advisory business in Europe with the appointment of London-based directors, Patrick Anderson and Caspar Vredenbregt. Anderson and Vredenbregt both have over 12 years of experience in real estate development, investment and finance. Prior to joining A&M, Anderson was [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS February 6, 2011 Pinsent Masons The law firm has appointed Barry Vitou (pictured) to its dispute resolution team. He joins the firm from the London office of US firm Winston & Strawn, where he headed its regulatory and tech practice. He will be working with Danvers Baillieu, a senior associate advising on online and tech business issues. Vitou [...]
BUSINESS AS USUAL AS BORIS BIKES TO CANNES March 8, 2011 IF you happened to be in Cannes yesterday afternoon, you would have been treated to the sight of a middle-aged, straw-haired man riding a Boris Bike into the centre of town. On closer inspection, you would have spotted that that figure was, in fact, the London Mayor Boris Johnson, who was livening up the MIPIM [...]
FRESH HOPE FOR PONTIN’S January 5, 2011 UK HOLIDAY camp firm Pontin’s has attracted ten offer approaches since going into administration, accountants KPMG said yesterday. KPMG, appointed as administrators in November, said the majority of the offers were from parties keen to continue operating the business as a going concern. But in a blow to unsecured creditors, KMPG said there would be [...]
FRESH HOPE FOR PONTIN’S January 5, 2011 UK HOLIDAY camp firm Pontin’s has attracted ten offer approaches since going into administration, accountants KPMG said yesterday. KPMG, appointed as administrators in November, said the majority of the offers were from parties keen to continue operating the business as a going concern. But in a blow to unsecured creditors, KMPG said there would be [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING March 7, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES IVORY COAST MOVE SPARKS COCOA FEARS Laurent Gbagbo, the Ivory Coast leader who the international community says lost presidential elections in November, announced he would nationalise the cocoa sector in a surprise move that threatened to drive the cocoa price sharply higher. The African country is the world’s largest cocoa exporter, accounting for [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING March 7, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES IVORY COAST MOVE SPARKS COCOA FEARS Laurent Gbagbo, the Ivory Coast leader who the international community says lost presidential elections in November, announced he would nationalise the cocoa sector in a surprise move that threatened to drive the cocoa price sharply higher. The African country is the world’s largest cocoa exporter, accounting for [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS January 30, 2011 KPMG Dr Nicola Mazzarotto (pictured) has been appointed as head of competition economics for financial advisory and accountants KPMG. The appointment means that he is now a director in the firm’s economics practice. He joins the firm from the competition commission, where he performed economic analysis for eight years on several high-profile mergers, including a [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS January 30, 2011 KPMG Dr Nicola Mazzarotto (pictured) has been appointed as head of competition economics for financial advisory and accountants KPMG. The appointment means that he is now a director in the firm’s economics practice. He joins the firm from the competition commission, where he performed economic analysis for eight years on several high-profile mergers, including a [...]
Downturn for Adventis Health January 27, 2011 MARKETING and advertising company Adventis yesterday reported a “very considerable downturn” in its healthcare business, Adventis Health. “A number of anticipated contracts were either deferred or failed to materialise,” it said. “The board intends to instruct KPMG to conduct an investigation into these matters and general controls,” it added. Consolidated pre-tax profits for the year [...]