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Perella Weinberg Appoints Four Partners In New York
Eliane Chavagnon
23 December 2013
, which provides
advisory and asset management services to clients globally, has elected four
individuals in New York to join the firm’s partnership as of January 1, 2014. Michael Grace and Kevin Stahl will serve in
an advisory capacity, while Frances Ni and Vladimir Shendelman focus on asset
management and firm administration respectively. Prior to joining Perella Weinberg Partners
in 2006, Grace was with Citigroup, Salomon Smith Barney and its predecessor
firms. Grace has specialized in mergers and acquisitions across a number of
industry sectors, including financial technology, media and telecommunications,
and consumer products. Ni is chief accounting officer of Perella
Weinberg Partners and co-head of operations for its asset management business.
Prior to joining the firm in 2006, Ni was chief financial officer at
ReachCapital and the accounting manager at FrontPoint Partners, an
alternative asset management firm. Earlier still, Ni was a portfolio
analyst at SAC Capital, having previously worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Shendelman is deputy general counsel of
Perella Weinberg Partners, providing legal counsel to the advisory and asset
management businesses. Prior to joining the firm, he was an attorney at Davis
Polk & Wardwell within its mergers and acquisitions group. Lastly, prior to joining Perella Weinberg
Partners in January 2012, Stahl was a managing director and co-head of US real
estate investment banking at RBC Capital Markets. Before that, he was with GE
Real Estate, Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley.