Baird Capital, the global private equity and venture capital arm of Baird, has appointed Louise Kingston as a Director with the Global Portfolio Operations team in London. Kingston will focus on supporting UK-based investee companies.    Kingston joins Baird Capital from the mid-market private firm Livingbridge, where she spent eight

PwC UK has announced changes to its Deals Leadership team and continued to strengthen the practice with the promotion of nine new equity partners from 1 January 2022. Lucy Stapleton has been appointed as Head of Deals and a member of the firm’s Management Board. With over 25 years’ experience

The Rohatyn Group (TRG), an asset management firm with expertise in emerging markets and real assets, has appointed Colin Clark and Erik Kankainen as Partners.

Leeds-based private equity search specialist Raw Selection has promoted Jack Burns to Executive Search Manager.

Flexpoint Ford (Flexpoint), a private equity investment firm specialising in the financial services and healthcare industries, has appointed Chris Ackerman as Managing Partner, effective immediately. Ackerman joined Flexpoint in 2005 as a Vice President and was named Managing Director in 2014. In addition to his role as Managing Partner, he

International law firm CMS is strengthening its Corporate practice with the addition of two new partners. Financial Services M&A partner Emma Clark and Private Equity partner Edward Holmes join the firm in London, bringing the Group’s partner count to 79 in the UK.  They are supported by a team of

Highvern has made three senior hires as it opens a new Irish office in Dublin. The Dublin business will be headed up by Philip Dempsey as Country Head – Ireland, who is joined by Adrian Bailie and Emma Keane as Directors.   The Irish offering will include, subject to the

Law firm Seward & Kissel has promoted Daniel Bresler and Nicholas Miller to partner. The firm has also promoted Jay Baroody, Kurt Plankl, Dora Pulido, Filana Silberberg, and Steven Starr to counsel. The promotions were effective 1 January, 2022.   Bresler is a member of the firm’s Investment Management Group,

Silversmith Capital Partners has promoted Rafael Urdaneta to Chief Financial Officer. Since joining Silversmith in 2018 as Vice President of Finance, Urdaneta has played an integral role in all finance and compliance related matters of the of the firm. Urdaneta has over 15 years in finance and accounting experience. Prior