Funds News and Analysis
US pair lead as Permira and HgCapital funds raise £4bn
US firms Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson and Proskauer Rose have advised on a duo of funds amassing close to £4bn that indicate the mixed success of private equity houses’ fundraising efforts.
Clifford Chance boosts Paris funds practice with Ashurst team
Clifford Chance is hiring Ashurst’s French fund formation chief Xavier Comaills and a team of lawyers to lead the firm’s Paris private funds group.
Mishcon boosts private equity with duo of Dundas partners
Mishcon de Reya has beefed up its private equity practice with the hire of Dundas & Wilson partner duo Simon Sale and Nadim Meer.
Withers turns to Appleby for pan-Europe investment push
Withers has appointed a partner from offshore firm Appleby to set up a pan-European investment funds practice.
Macfarlanes boosts hedge funds offering with Akin Gump hire
Macfarlanes has continued to invest in its funds group with the hire of Akin Gump partner Simon Thomas
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Goodwin Procter picks up Travers Smith property finance partner
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HgCapital installs former Clifford Chance lawyer as general counsel
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American legion
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Hot 100: Solomon Wifa, O'Melveny & Myers
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Hot 100: Askan Denstaedt, GoldenTree Asset Management
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Herbies and Hogan Lovells lead on BlackRock-Deutsche property fund merger
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Island of calm on a storm-lashed continent
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Walkers loses funds duo to Appleby
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Simmons & Simmons secures US alliance to boost funds practice
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SJ Berwin and Paul Hastings among eight firms on Patron's €880m fund closing
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Alternative views
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O’Melveny tightens Coller ties with $5.5bn fund closing
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BLP picks up a funds partner from Nabarro
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Linklaters partner takes top legal role at hedge fund Winton Capital
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DLA Piper's funds head quits for Simmons & Simmons
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Ten-lawyer funds team defects from Walkers to Maples
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Ropes & Gray snatches Nordic Capital fundraising from White & Case
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White & Case funds partner quits for DLA Piper in New York
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Morgan Lewis continues City funds hires with Proskauer partner
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Weil Gotshal lands first BC Partners fundraising since hiring CC team
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Ropes & Gray hires White & Case partner for City funds launch
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Akin Gump bolsters City funds team with double Simmons hire
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Proskauer funds team takes key clients from SJ Berwin
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Macfarlanes bolts on boutique in funds boost
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Funds and games
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Harneys funds partner relocates to Hong Kong
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SNR Denton adds Dechert lawyer to City financial services team
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Walkers names new Hong Kong boss as funds chief joins Asian office
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Delegates dissect EU funds regulation report
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Eversheds takes on brief for property duo
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Weil wins struggle for CC funds lawyer
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Fund manager Martin Currie installs first-ever GC
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Apax secondment proves sticking point as Weil waits on funds star
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SJ Berwin bolsters depleted funds team with four partner promotions
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Clifford Chance kicks off funds rebuild with Debevoise hire
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Skadden kicks off City funds team with Macfarlanes hire
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Eversheds helps Amber Green to helm of green energy fund
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Proskauer continues funds raid on SJ Berwin with six associate hires
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Irish funds boutique Dillon Eustace launches in Hong Kong
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Investor muscle
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Friendly giants
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SJ Berwin loses duo of funds partners to Proskauer
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SNR Denton hires Freddie Mac GC as global funds head
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Maitland hires Withers funds partner for London team
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Clifford Chance star associate resigns in wake of funds team exit to Weil Gotshal
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SNR Denton loses funds co-chief to Norton Rose
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CC threatens to sue departing funds team
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CC’s mettle to be tested after funds team’s flit
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Osborne Clarke bulks up in Bristol with BLP hire
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Clifford Chance loses four-partner funds team to Weil Gotshal
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Pinsents builds funds practice with addition of SJ Berwin lawyer
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Halliwells' administrators seek funds to cover £200m of debts
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Are we having funds yet?
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Freshfields and Slaughters advise on Henderson's Gartmore acquisition
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Hogan Lovells and Mourant Ozannes advise on John Laing IPO
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Funds regulation: managers must learn to live in ‘lawyers’ paradise’

