Mid-market private equity investor LDC has strengthened its South West & Wales team with the appointment of Oliver Schofield as an Investment Director.

Schofield joins LDC from Goldman Sachs, where he was part of the Leveraged Finance team, supporting clients across the TMT and Industrials sectors. Prior to this, Schofield worked

Private equity investor Berkshire Partners has appointed Matt Gooch, Saad Hasan and Ben Levy as Managing Directors effective 1 January, 2020. They join the 22 current Managing Directors in managing the firm and its affiliated investment funds. The firm’s 25 Managing Directors have an average tenure of 16 years with the

Growth private equity firm TA Associates has promoted eight staff members in its Boston, London and Mumbai offices, effective 1 January, 2020, including two new Managing Directors.“It is an honour to recognise the promotions earned by these talented and dedicated team members who have provided a tremendous level of value-add

Ara Partners Group (Ara Partners), a Houston-based private equity firm specialising in industrial decarbonisation investments, has expanded its senior management team with the promotion of Johanna Schmidtke to Managing Director. Schmidtke joined Ara Partners in 2018 as a Principal. “We’re delighted to announce Johanna’s promotion,” says Troy Thacker, Managing Partner of

Squire Patton Boggs has expanded its Middle East presence with the addition of a team of three partners in its Dubai office. The trio have joined from Winston & Strawn’s Dubai office: Campbell Steedman, formerly Winston & Strawn’s Middle East Managing Partner, and corporate partner Christopher Skipper have both joined Squire

SANNE, a provider of alternative asset and corporate business services, has appointed Jessie Meng to the role of Country Head – Shanghai.In her role, Meng will strengthen and enhance the existing Shanghai offering, while working closely with business leaders in SANNE’s other Asia-Pacific based offices to promote the brand across

Dillon Eustace has appointed three new partners across its Corporate and M&A, Tax and Litigation & Dispute Resolution practices.Richard Lacken has been made a partner in the Tax division, Philip Lea is appointed partner in the Corporate and M&A division and Rachel Turner becomes a partner in Litigation and Dispute

Milbank has appointed M&A attorney Lisa O’Neill as a partner in the firm;s London office, further strengthening Milbank’s global corporate capabilities.

National law firm Seward & Kissel has promoted Kevin Neubauer to partner and Brian Maloney to counsel. The promotions are effective 1 January, 2020. “We are thrilled to make these well-deserved promotions. Kevin brings our clients a tremendous wealth of knowledge in fund formation and other issues of concern to private funds and pooled