Aermont Capital, the European based real estate investment and asset manager, has raised a total of €2bn of equity for its fourth European real estate fund. The final closing was held on 31 October 2018.

Osborne Clarke has advised Cargo One GmbH on a seed financing round. Point Nine Capital, Creandum and Lufthansa Cargo invested 3.2 million dollars in the young logistics company.

International law firm Bird & Bird today strengthens its Compliance & Investigations offering with the appointment of white collar crime expert Jean Tamalet as a partner in its Dispute Resolution Group, based in Paris.

International law firm Bird & Bird boosts its Corporate practice with the appointment of life sciences expert Michiel Wurfbain as a partner in The Hague.

A prominent white-collar crime lawyer, Steve joins from financial services group Nomura International Plc where he was deputy head of financial crime for EMEA. He was a senior lawyer in the FCA’s enforcement division and held senior roles within Barclays’ financial crime team. With over 17 years’ experience, Steve has a wealth of knowledge in white collar crime compliance, investigations and prosecutions having defended, prosecuted and latterly worked in in-house senior financial crime compliance roles.

Eric B. Bruce, a former high ranking official in the US Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and one of the country’s leading white collar lawyers, has joined Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP (“Freshfields”) as a partner in Washington, DC. His addition enhances the firm’s global dispute resolution offering and strengthens Freshfields’ growing and internationally recognized global investigations and litigation practice, an integrated team that includes prominent former government prosecutors in the United States, Asia, Continental Europe and the United Kingdom.

International law firm Hogan Lovells has announced that Stuart Morrissy has joined the firm’s New York office as a Finance partner in the International Debt Capital Markets (IDCM) practice. Morrissy joins from Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP where he was a partner in the firm’s New York office.

U.S. HUD Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development Neal Rackleff To Rejoin Locke Lord’s Austin and Houston Offices as Partner; Strengthens Firm’s Highly Regarded Affordable Housing and Community Development Section

King & Spalding has recruited Derek Meilman as a partner in the firm’s Corporate, Finance and Investments (CFI) practice in London.

International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced today that Richard (“Rick”) Frye has rejoined the Firm as a partner in the Firm’s global Private Equity practice and is based in the Dallas office.

“Rick’s significant experience in private equity ranges across many types of transactions and spans a wide variety of industries,” said Weil Executive Partner Barry Wolf. “We are excited to welcome him back to the Firm.”