Goldman headquarters sold August 14, 2012 Goldman Sachs’ headquarters at Peterborough Court have been sold for £280m, two years after going into receivership. It is understood the 370,000 sq f building was sold to Fleet Street Investments II, a Cayman Islands-registered firm. Mayer Brown advised Berlin-Hannoversche Hypothekenbank on the restructuring that led to the sale.
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS July 3, 2012 Mayer Brown Alexandria Carr, the lead legal adviser at HM Treasury on EU financial services strategy, has been appointed by the law firm to its financial services, regulatory and enforcement group in London. She has worked for the UK government for 13 years, the last five of which were spent at the Treasury. Close Brothers [...]
WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS June 26, 2012 Mayer Brown Andrew Block has been appointed as a partner in the pensions group of the law firm. He was previously a partner at Travers Smith, and started his legal career at Linklaters. Block acts in occupational pension scheme matters. He will be based in Mayer Brown’s London office. Manches The law firm has announced [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS June 13, 2012 Kleinwort Benson Clive Wright has been appointed head of private wealth management offshore at the private bank. He will report to Stephen Rothwell, head of private wealth management. Wright joined in January 2012 from Deutsche Bank, where he was head of its private wealth management division. Credit Agricole Xavier Musca has been appointed executive vice [...]
SJ Berwin and Mayer Brown in merger talks May 22, 2012 ONE of the UK’s top law firms is in preliminary talks with a US peer over a tie-up that would create a £900m business, it emerged yesterday. According to The Lawyer, City firm SJ Berwin has held exploratory merger talks with Mayer Brown – a Chicago-based firm that has a significant London presence. The news comes just a [...]
WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS April 30, 2012 BNY Mellon The financial services firm has appointed Peter Hazou as head of market management for treasury services, Europe, Middle East and Africa. He will report to Susan Skerritt, global head of business strategy and market solutions. Hazou joins from UniCredit, where he served as head of strategy and business development, global transaction banking. While [...]
CITY MOVES WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS April 24, 2012 DC Advisory Partners The corporate finance advisory firm has announced the appointment of Terry Huffine as executive director in its European consumer, leisure and retail team. Huffine joins after eight years with ABN AMRO and, following its acquisition, at the Royal Bank of Scotland, where he was a director on the consumer team. He also [...]
WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS April 23, 2012 Northill Capital The asset manager, founded in 2010, has announced the appointments of Darius Berendji and Cathy Jones as partners in its management team. Berendji joins as partner and chief financial officer. He was previously financial director for Kedge Capital. Jones joins as partner and head of human resources. She previously held the same role [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS February 5, 2012 Mastercard UK The global payment processing network has appointed Marion King as president of its UK and Ireland business. King was previously CEO of VocaLink, a payments service provider to banks, corporations and governments. Prior to this she worked at Reuters for 14 years, holding a series of senior roles, most recently as managing director [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS January 31, 2012 WSP Group WSP Environment and Energy, part of the FTSE 250-listed WSP Group, has hired Karen McAllister as director of the environmental planning division in London. McAllister is a former director of RPS, prior to which she was a director at the Town Planning Consultancy, which was acquired by RPS in 2001. Recent projects include [...]