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New York People and Company News, Week of Jan. 30, 2026
- MGAC, a global project and cost management consultancy, has appointed Nicholas Muir to senior director based in the firm’s New York office. Muir joins MGAC with more than three decades of international experience in establishing, building and managing property portfolios across 13 countries and comprising a combined value exceeding $12 billion.
- Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright announced that Richard Madris has joined the firm’s financial services team as a partner in the funds and asset management group in the New York office. Madris advises on fund formation and operations and structuring fund investments, with a focus on real asset funds, for clients in the infrastructure, real estate, private equity, private credit and renewables sectors. He is particularly well-known for creating JPMorgan’s Infrastructure Investments Fund, a leading open-end global infrastructure fund.
- Palistar Capital LP, an alternative asset manager focused on mission-critical communications and digital infrastructure, appointed Ginu Thomas to an expanded leadership role as COO and CFO. Thomas joined Palistar as chief administrative officer in September 2025.
- The law firm of Norris McLaughlin, P.A. has added a team of real estate attorneys, including H. Michael Lynch, Esq. and Kimberly Yeager, Esq. formerly of Lynch and Associates located in Manhattan and Long Island, and Chavala Kobluk, Esq. Lynch formally ran his boutique real estate and finance firm providing services for high-profile banking clientele on their mortgage, lending, and finance needs. Lynch and Yeager will continue to service Long Island clients while expanding their services to the Norris McLaughlin, P.A. team in New York City. Kobluk will continue to represent landlords and tenants in litigation, including disputes involving rent-regulated, free-market and NYC Housing Authority properties.
- MNLA, an award-winning landscape architecture firm, has elevated Alexis Gagné, Dan Yannaccone, Johanna Phelps and Martha Desbiens to the role of principal. Since joining, Gagné, Yannaccone, Phelps, and Desbiens have each played pivotal roles in shaping the firm’s portfolio and culture:
- Visitt, an AI-native property operations platform, has raised $22 million in Series B funding from Susquehanna Growth Equity (SGE), an entrepreneur-centric growth equity firm, with participation from existing investors Vertex Ventures Israel, Anfield and Sarona Ventures. The funding round follows a year of rapid expansion for Visitt, which today has more than 150 customers, achieving over 900% growth in managed square footage in 2025.
- ◦People
