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In the Marketplace

By ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |
February 26, 2013

Bank of the West has named John Evans as senior vice president and manager of vendor finance. He will succeed Jerry Newell, who is retiring as manager of the bank's Equipment Finance Division. Evans joined the bank in 2005 and has been instrumental in driving the growth of Bank of the West's vendor finance business.

TD Equipment Finance of Cherry Hill, NJ, has named Kenneth G. Sullivan as senior vice president, director of credit management. He will be responsible for managing the credit underwriting and credit administration functions within specialty banking as they pertain to equipment finance activities. Sullivan previously served as SVP & Chief Credit Officer at Fifth Third Bank Equipment Finance Company in Cincinnati.

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced that Tara Higgins, Torsten Marshall and Rafael Galvan, a group of energy and project finance partners from Bingham McCutchen LLP, have joined the firm as partners in Orrick's Energy and Infrastructure Group, resident in New York. Higgins, formerly co-chair of Bingham's Energy and Project Finance Group, will become co-head (along with San Francisco partner Mark Weitzel) of Orrick's U.S. energy practice.

John Unchester has joined the management team of First American Equipment Finance, a wholly owned subsidiary of Los Angeles based City National Bank. Unchester was the president of JP Morgan Leasing and Chase Equipment Leasing until 2005, and also held various senior-level positions with bank leasing subsidiaries including TD Bank, Citicorp, Chemical Bank and First Fidelity Bancorporation.

Bank of the West has named John Evans as senior vice president and manager of vendor finance. He will succeed Jerry Newell, who is retiring as manager of the bank's Equipment Finance Division. Evans joined the bank in 2005 and has been instrumental in driving the growth of Bank of the West's vendor finance business.

TD Equipment Finance of Cherry Hill, NJ, has named Kenneth G. Sullivan as senior vice president, director of credit management. He will be responsible for managing the credit underwriting and credit administration functions within specialty banking as they pertain to equipment finance activities. Sullivan previously served as SVP & Chief Credit Officer at Fifth Third Bank Equipment Finance Company in Cincinnati.

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced that Tara Higgins, Torsten Marshall and Rafael Galvan, a group of energy and project finance partners from Bingham McCutchen LLP, have joined the firm as partners in Orrick's Energy and Infrastructure Group, resident in New York. Higgins, formerly co-chair of Bingham's Energy and Project Finance Group, will become co-head (along with San Francisco partner Mark Weitzel) of Orrick's U.S. energy practice.

John Unchester has joined the management team of First American Equipment Finance, a wholly owned subsidiary of Los Angeles based City National Bank. Unchester was the president of JP Morgan Leasing and Chase Equipment Leasing until 2005, and also held various senior-level positions with bank leasing subsidiaries including TD Bank, Citicorp, Chemical Bank and First Fidelity Bancorporation.

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