Gridiron Capital has promoted Kevin Jackson to Senior Managing Director and a member of the firm’s investment committee.  Jackson joined Gridiron Capital in 2010 as a Vice President and was promoted to Managing Director in 2012. He is a Director on the Boards of several of Gridiron Capital’s portfolio companies including

McDermott Will & Emery has appointed Michael McStay as a partner in the Firm’s Chicago office. McStay joins the Corporate & Transactional Practice Group with a focus on middle market private equity. McStay will join forces with recent lateral and former Ropes & Gray colleague, Gregory Metz. Together they will

Ogier has recruited experienced M&A lawyer Frederic Pilorget to its Luxembourg corporate and commercial law team to reinforce its German-facing desk. Pilorget – who is admitted in Luxembourg, Paris and New York – has practised for more than ten years in Luxembourg, and will lead the German desk offering advice

Global law firm Dentons has appointed Antonella Brambilla as a partner in the firm’s Corporate and M&A practice. Based in Milan, she will focus on the development of the Capital Markets offering in Italy. Brambilla joins from Chiomenti law firm, where she worked for 15 years, nine of which she

Agrobusiness-focused Céréa Partenaire has appointed Simon Baccelli as Director in the Céréa Dette team. In addition, the company has added Paul de Castries et de Laurent Brossaud-Monty, as Associates with Céréa Capital.   Michel Chabanel, CEO of Céréa Partenaire, says: “The first generation the Céréa Dette programme, launched in 2015,

GPB Capital has appointed Dan Alper, former CEO of Major Energy Services, as a Senior Advisor and part of the team to identify and execute potential acquisitions in the retail energy sector. The increasing trend of energy deregulation, now prevalent in 20 states, along with the ongoing development and customer

Created in April 2017 as an independent Private Equity firm, Essling Capital has hired the funds of funds team of Amundi Private Equity Funds. The team, led by Jean-Yves Lagache, includes Nizar Chayeb as Investment Director, and, as Senior Investment Managers, Cédric Cabarrus and Sandra Saad. Thanks to a strong

FRP Advisory, the business advisory firm, has appointed Mark Naughton as a Partner to lead Corporate Finance in its Bristol office and focusing on major regional cities across the South West and Wales.  Prior to joining the FRP Advisory, Naughton led Grant Thornton’s Corporate Finance Team in the South West and