Bedell Cristin has appointed Guy Westmacott as a Partner two years after he joined the firm. A specialist in corporate and commercial matters, with particular expertise in mergers and acquisitions, Guy works on a variety of international transactions and also advises on related regulatory aspects including competition and financial services.

Independent venture capital firm Truffle Capital, which focuses on creating and financing start-ups with disruptive technologies in life sciences and information technology, has appointed Maud Lazare as the company’s Director of Investor Relations. Under the supervision of Truffle Capital’s three existing partners Patrick Kron, Philippe Pouletty and Bernard-Louis Roques, Lazare

Evercore has appointed Eduard Kostadinov as a Senior Managing Director in its Advisory practice based in Frankfurt.    Kostadinov will focus on advising clients on M&A and capital-raising assignments in the Industrials sector across Europe. Kostadinov will also take on the leadership of Evercore’s German Advisory business, working in close partnership

Independent investment consultancy bfinance has appointed Sweta Chattopadhyay as Director – Private Markets. Heading the private equity advisory practice at bfinance, she brings with her over a decade’s experience investing in private equity funds and in direct/co-investments globally. With a mandate to help grow and evolve bfinance’s Private Markets team,

Private equity firm Earth Capital Partners (EC) has appointed Edward Collins as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) with immediate effect. Collins (pictured), is a former Managing Director of Hanson Asset Management, an independent investment management and advisory firm, and CIO of Hanson Family Holdings. Most recently, he was the CIO of

Vistra, a global fund administration, trusts and corporate services provider, has appointed Scott Kraemer as Managing Director, Alternative Investments in North America, effective immediately. In this role, Kraemer is responsible for the development and execution of the AI strategy for North America, including operations, key account management, strategic partnerships and

Offshore law firm Appleby has appointed James Fox as Partner in the corporate team in the Group’s Jersey office. Fox, who is a Jersey advocate, has over 18 years’ experience as a transactional corporate and commercial lawyer. He started his career at Shepherd and Wedderburn, then Dundas & Wilson in

HarbourVest Partners, a global private markets asset manager, has appointed James (Jamie) Athanasoulas as a Managing Director. Based in Boston, Athanasoulas (pictured), will join Managing Director, Peter Lipson, to help lead the continued growth of the firm’s private credit investment program and team. The credit business leverages HarbourVest’s decades of