Manager Moves and Appointments

Justin O’Connor, CEO of Cordea Savills

John Partridge steps down as Executive Chairman at Cordea Savills

After nine years at Cordea Savills, Executive Chairman, John Partridge, has announced his resignation from the international investment management business. Partridge will remain involved with Cordea Savills as a senior adviser. »

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Schulte Roth & Zabel adds leading PE and real estates groups to New York Office

Schulte Roth & Zabel has expanded its New York office with the addition of a group of leading private equity and real estate attorneys joining the firm from Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP effective 16 May, 2012. »

Fiona Le Poidevin, Deputy Chief Executive of Guernsey Finance

Le Poidevin to take over as Guernsey Finance chief executive in July

Fiona Le Poidevin, the current Deputy Chief Executive of Guernsey Finance, will take over as Chief Executive from Peter Niven with effect from 30 June. »

Moscow at night

K&L Gates expands Moscow office with addition of real estate and corporate partners

Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added real estate partner Andrei V Soukhomlinov and corporate and finance partner Dmitry K Gladkov to its Moscow office. »

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Cordea Savills appoints Esther Lewis to win new business

Institutional properly investment manager Cordea Savills has appointed Esther Lewis as Associate Director of Institutional Business. »

Regina M Pisa, Chairman of Goodwin Procter.

Goodwin Procter hires Conder from Linklaters

Joe Conder is to join Goodwin Procter as a partner in the firm’s London office. Conder joins Goodwin from Linklaters, where he headed Linklaters’ UK investment team and served as Co-Global Head of its Real Estate Sector Group. »

Dirk Schmitz , Associate, Cushman and Wakefield

Dirk Schmitz joins Cushman & Wakefield‘s investment department in Germany

Dirk Schmitz (pictured), 48, has joined the Frankfurt investment department of Cushman & Wakefield as an Associate. He brings over 20 years of professional experience in the real estate sector and will focus on advising regionally and nationally active investors. »

Phillip Burns, CEO of CORESTATE

CORESTATE makes three key hires

The CORESTATE Group (CORESTATE), a specialist private equity investor based in Zug/Switzerland, with partner offices in Frankfurt, London, Essen and Luxembourg, has made three strategic appointments, strengthening its asset management, corporate development and investor relations teams. »

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Olswang strengthens its international Restructuring & Insolvency (R&I) practice with addition of new Of Counsel 

Olswang has appointed Christiane Huismans as Of Counsel in the firm's Restructuring and Insolvency Practice. Christiane joined the German team on 1 May 2012.   »

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Zerounian joins WTAS LA alternative investment funds practice

Vahan Zerounian has joined WTAS as a Director in the Alternative Investment Funds Practice in the firm’s Los Angeles office.  Prior to joining WTAS, Vahan was a Tax Director at Marcum LLP. »

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