Akin Gump has appointed Stephen Brown as a partner in the firm’s London office. Brown brings substantial experience advising private equity sponsors and public companies on executive employment issues and in relation to the structuring and taxation of share schemes and management incentive arrangements and their taxation, in the UK

Private equity firm General Atlantic has appointed Ajay Banga as Vice Chairman. In this role, Banga will advise on strategic matters for the firm, its investment teams and its portfolio of more than 165 growth companies around the world. Banga is a specialist in technology, data and financial services, with

EY has invested in its Private Equity team, making two key appointments to better support clients in driving value.

NewSpring, a family of private equity strategies, has promoted Hart Callahan to Partner of NewSpring Growth, the Firm’s dedicated growth and expansion strategy.  NewSpring Growth invests in industry-transforming, fast-growing companies with talented, innovative management teams to support their growth. “The NewSpring Growth team is composed of former operators and investors

True Wind Capital (True Wind), a San Francisco-based private equity firm focused on investing in leading technology companies, today announced that it has strengthened its team with the addition of the following seasoned professionals.    Nima Kelly has joined the firm as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer. Kelly

FSN Capital has appointed Robin Muerer and Ulrik Smith as Co-Managing Partners, effective 1 January 2022. Rounding out the new leadership team, Morten Welo continues in his role as Chief Operating Officer.  This is the first leadership transition since FSN Capital was founded in 1999. Founder and current Managing Partner

Alternative asset manager Tikehau Capital has appointed Vincent Archimbaud as Head of Wholesale Sales for Europe. Based in Paris, his role will be to develop the distribution of the Group’s funds in Europe and contribute to the growth of its assets under management. As Head of Wholesale Sales for Europe,

finnCap Group has appointed Nigel Birks and Dr Susie Jana as Directors in its Life Sciences team.  Birks joins as Equity Capital Markets Director with a remit to enhance the firm’s institutional and corporate relationships while Jana is joining the research team to expand the growth trajectory of the franchise

Infrastructure and construction veteran Haydn Mursell has been appointed as chair of fire protection specialist Checkmate Fire as part of a strategic plan to grow the business following the company’s acquisition of Rosse Systems earlier this year. Checkmate Fire is backed by YFM Equity Partners (YFM), which supported a management

Partners for Growth (PFG), a global specialty lending firm focused on emerging growth companies, has made a number of promotions and new hires. Jason Georgatos, who joined Andrew Kahn and Don Campbell as a founding member of the PFG investment team in 2004, has been elevated to President. In this