CITY MOVES WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS May 14, 2012 Grant Thornton The professional services firm has appointed Andy Morgan as a partner in its London corporate finance team. Morgan is a technology expert and has over 17 years’ experience in mid-market mergers and acquisitions. He joins from PwC, where he led its UK technology, media and communications sector team. Mazars John McMahon has been [...]
ADVISERS INVESTEC April 12, 2012 KEITH Anderson and Chris Baird of Investec advised Melrose on yesterday’s secondary share placing. Anderson is co-head of corporate broking at Investec and has advised a range of top clients on their finances. He and Baird were recently appointed as a broker to Halma, a FTSE 250 UK technology provider, having advised the firm in [...]
Back to the Cole-face for lawyer who won Maxwell pension case March 20, 2012 MARGARET Cole’s move to in-house counsel at PwC marks a return to her original career as a lawyer, which has included stints as commercial litigation partner at both Stephenson Harwood and US firm White & Case. Her first high-profile role came back in the early nineties, when she represented pension fund trustees in their recovery [...]
RAPID responses June 19, 2012 Marital business [Re: Selling off unproductive assets is liberating music to a capitalist’s ears, yesterday] Anthony Evans says he has merged his CD collection with his wife’s, and she has made unofficial assurances that the new entity now belongs to him. I’m afraid his wife now sees the entire collection as a problem. After a [...]
Game plunges into administration March 26, 2012 Struggling video games retailer Game said on Monday it has entered administration, becoming the latest household name to fall by the wayside in the consumer downturn. The firm, which employs 10,000 staff in 1,270 stores in nine European countries and Australia, said it has appointed PwC as its administrator after failing to find a buyer [...]
Regulator faces backlash on expensive new offices April 30, 2012 THE BANK of England is spending millions of pounds extra to house the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) a few hundred yards away in Moorgate, instead of keeping it a short DLR journey away in Canary Wharf, it was announced yesterday. However, financial services groups and MPs denounced the move as “lavish” at a time when [...]
CITY MOVES WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS April 12, 2012 Norton Rose The law firm has announced two new partner hires. Maartje Govaert (pictured) joins as an employment partner from De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek and Herman Wamelink joins as a banking partner from Allen & Overy. Govaert has 13 years experience practising employment law in London, New York and Amsterdam, and Wamelink has broad experience [...]
CITY MOVES WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS April 12, 2012 Norton Rose The law firm has announced two new partner hires. Maartje Govaert (pictured) joins as an employment partner from De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek and Herman Wamelink joins as a banking partner from Allen & Overy. Govaert has 13 years experience practising employment law in London, New York and Amsterdam, and Wamelink has broad experience [...]
Mining deals surge with China gaining traction in market March 4, 2012 CHINA is snapping up fast-growing miners in new markets while Western firms “play it safe”, according to figures from PwC out today. Mining titans in the US, Canada and Australia still make up the lion’s share of the takeover market, representing 53 per cent of buy-side activity by value in 2011. But firms in developed [...]
CITY MOVES WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS May 9, 2012 Assura Group The primary healthcare group has announced that Jenefer Greenwood has been appointed non-executive director with immediate effect. Greenwood is currently director of sales and lettings for Grosvenor Britain and Ireland and is also member of the board for the Crown Estate, where she chairs its remuneration committee. She will replace Claire Hollingsworth as [...]