Chris Glynn

A subsidiary of the Montreal-headquartered developer has been temporarily barred from doing business with the World Bank amid a probe into its failed bid for a bridge project in Bangladesh.

The school district of Yonkers, New York, has selected a team of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Macquarie Capital and URS Corporation to consult on what might be the first US public school system public-private partnership.

Private equity executive Edwin Charnaud has been named chairman of global infrastructure at Marsh. His appointment let Jim Pierce move to chairman of global industries.

The Australia-headquartered financial services provider is planning to raise cash for another addition to its North America-focused infrastructure funds business. The newly established vehicle will target approximately $2bn.

Conduit Capital Partners divested its final piece of Gasoducto Andina del Sur, selling the pipeline project to Odebrecht. The private equity firm became sole owner of the project in 2008.

The Arizona Department of Transportation has made an initial push to construct an office via a public-private partnership. The department is open to private sector feedback through June.

The Warsaw, Poland office of Chadbourne & Parke has named Przemyslaw Kalek international partner. He has a background in project finance and particular expertise in energy infrastructure.

Bilfinger Berger Global Infrastructure has announced the purchase of 13 assets bought from parent company Bilfinger Berger. The assets span Europe and North America.

Balfour Beatty Capital Group, the North America-focused project finance hub for Balfour Beatty, has brought over Mark Jennings from its UK base and hired lawyer David Yoon as assistant general counsel.

Pierre Duhaime has handed in his resignation as SNC-Lavalin CEO following an investigation that revealed an unauthorised payment of $56m. Ian Bourne has been named interim CEO.