Aubrie De Sylva joined FrontWell Capital Partners’ deal originations team as vice president and Kevin Freer and Andrew Isaac joined the underwriting team as vice president and assistant vice president, respectively.
Ares Management appointed John Knox Australia and New Zealand chairman of Ares SSG, furthering focus on Asia Pacific business expansion. Knox is the former CEO of Credit Suisse Australia.
Brown Gibbons Lang & Company established a debt capital markets group with the addition of Jason Sutherland, Olivier Lopez and Collin Supple. Sutherland and Lopez joined as managing directors and Supple joined as a vice president.
Based in London, Jan-Erik Back, Duncan Sherriffs and Alex Boyce joined Stifel, bringing with them the advisory business of Galiant Partners. Together, they have more than 50 years of combined experience as investors, advisors and lenders.
Northern Trust added Justin Miller and Chris Dulieu as relationship management and client service leaders to its Middle East and Africa executive team to support business growth and expand local service and solutions expertise.
Lance Miller and Peter Richter have joined Paladin as partners of the firm.
Brent Weisenberg joined Lowenstein Sandler as senior counsel in the firm’s bankruptcy, financial reorganization & creditors’ department.
Vinson & Elkins announced that Paul E. Heath, an accomplished partner in the firm’s Restructuring and Reorganization practice group, has relocated from Dallas to Houston.
US Capital Global, a private financial group for the middle market, appointed Jeff Sayer as managing director to head up the firm’s expanding mergers & acquisition division.
Winston & Strawn hired James T. Bentley, an experienced bankruptcy and restructuring attorney, as a partner in the firm’s New York office.