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...“I think it won’t be rubber stamping [Elon’s wishes] any more,” said Philippe Houchois, auto analyst at Jefferies....
...She joins from Hogan Lovells....
...Jeffery Norton has rejoined O'Melveny & Myers in the corporate finance practice in New York from Dechert where he was a partner....
...McGill was previously at Hogan Lovells....
...Turnround specialist Alan Lovell is taking over the role of chairman from Glyn Barker at the struggling UK outsourcer Interserve. Details here....
...Before this, he was at Hogan Lovells. Smart Reads Carillion’s fog of goodwill Outsourcing group Carillion may have collapsed after financial restatements....
...Hogan Lovells has hired Sarah Shaw from rival Allen & Overy to work as a M&A partner in its energy, natural resources and infrastructure team....
...Somma joined the firm on March 12 from Hogan Lovells....
...Earlier this year, a cadre of Moore’s former M&A partners from Weil also moved to Hogan Lovells....
...Jefferies Putnam Lovell, a New York-based specialist investment bank, said there were 73 deals involving asset managers between January and June, compared to 109 in the same period a year earlier....
...Putnam Lovell....
...Putnam Lovell, a New York-based investment bank....
...That pricing gap is still a problem, according to Jefferies Putnam Lovell, an investment bank that specialises in the asset management sector....
...Karamvir Gosal, a director at Jefferies Putnam Lovell, the investment bank, says: “Profit margins have come down by 25 to 45 per cent....
...Karamvir Gosal, a New York-based managing director at Jefferies Putnam Lovell, agrees with Mr Gilbert....
...In spite of this, the volume of deals is unlikely to increase from the level witnessed in the first half of the year, according to Jefferies Putnam Lovell, a New York-based specialist investment bank....
...According to Jefferies Putnam Lovell, a New York-based specialist investment bank, the number of merger and acquisition deals involving alternative investment firms rose to 38 in the first half of 2008,...
...Ben Phillips, head of strategic analysis at Jefferies Putnam Lovell, said: “A lot of generalist private equity firms have become more interested in asset management businesses....
...But the credit crisis has pushed the issue of divesting their asset-management arms from the theoretical to the practical, says Ben Phillips, a managing director at Jefferies Putnam Lovell, an investment...
...“The overall trend remains to keep those two businesses separate,” says Ben Phillips, managing director at Jefferies Putnam Lovell. Insurance companies are more likely buyers, he says....
...US-based investment bank Jefferies has lured away three bankers from HSBC to be managing directors to boost its business in transportation, oil services and infrastructure....
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