The latest moves in senior wealth management from across Europe.

LINDEMANNLAW
LindemannLaw, aka Lindemann Rechtsanwälte, the Swiss firm, has appointed Dr Ariel Sergio Goekmen-Davidoff as a partner. This publication recently reported that Dr Goekmen-Davidoff also took up a role on the advisory board at Millenium Associates, the corporate advisory and M&A firm. 

Dr Goekmen-Davidoff, who has had a 34-year career, concentrates on areas such as entrepreneurs, family offices and international families. His practice involves wealth and estate planning in various jurisdictions, cross-border structuring, business law, succession planning, M&A, risk mitigation, relocation/immigration and art.

Prior to this new role, he was a member of the executive board in charge of private banking at Schroder & Co Bank AG Zürich as well as CEO and partner at Kaiser Partner Privatbank AG Liechtenstein. As a business economist with a doctorate, Dr Goekmen-Davidoff has a master of law in international business law (LL.M.) from the University of Zurich and is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.

Balchug Capital
Russia-based Balchug Capital, the investment firm focusing on emerging markets, has opened a new office in the Armenian capital, Yerevan. The firm's head office is in Moscow.

The office has three members of staff, in addition to the nine staff members in Moscow. Vachik Gevorgyan is head of the Yerevan office, and has investment banking and capital markets experience, having previously worked with the Central Bank of Armenia, Araratbank and Nasdaq OMX Armenia, among others. Lilit Hakobyan is an analyst and has over 15 years of fixed income and FX experience.

Balchug has also hired Hasmik Salnazaryan in their Yerevan office. Hasmik is a professional with five years of experience in capital markets. She joined Balchug Capital from Nasdaq OMX Armenia.

The firm's Armenia office will act primarily as a research unit for the firm's investments in emerging markets. Balchug is also advising various government agencies in Armenia.

Balchug’s investment thesis centres around identifying fundamental value in mispriced securities that may get re-rated by the market as a result of certain events; it relies heavily on its research and experience in individual markets.