Squire Patton Boggs has expanded its Global Corporate Practice in London, adding significantly to its international private equity (PE) team, with the appointment of former KPMG heavyweight Stephen Ball, and leading PE practitioners Charles Leeming and Ben Squires from Simpson Thacher.  

Alpine Investors, a middle market private equity firm focused on software and services, has promoted Matt Moore to Partner and Daniel Cohen to Principal. 

EV Private Equity, a global private equity firm focused on the energy sector, has promoted Houston-based Matt Anstead to Senior Partner. 

Former Macquarie Group Senior Investment Specialist Teiki Benveniste has been appointed as the Head of newly formed Ares Australia Management, which was formed as a strategic joint venture between Ares Management Corporation (ARES) and Fidante Partners in October 2019 and is aiming to become one of Australia’s leading credit and alternative asset managers. 

LDC-backed global digital marketing agency Croud has appointed the former Chief Executive of Dentsu Aegis Network, Jerry Buhlmann, as its Non-Executive Chairman, with immediate effect.

Middle market private equity firm Wynnchurch Capital has appointed Bob Linscott as an Operating Partner. 

floLIVE, a provider of secure, cloud-native global Connectivity Management Solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT), has secured USD21.5 million in a Series B financing round and appointed Nir Shalom as the company’s new CEO. 

One Rock Capital Partners (One Rock) has appointed Rohan Narayan as a Partner. Narayan joins One Rock from Lindsay Goldberg. 

Peak Rock Capital has appointed Jim Lott as Managing Director of Peak Growth Consulting LLC (PGC), a Peak Rock subsidiary that provides operational expertise to the firm’s portfolio companies.

Leading global investor services group IQ-EQ is expanding its Luxembourg senior team with the appointment of senior director Bram Eijsbouts as its new Head of Business Development.