Specialist direct lender Beechbrook Capital, which backs small and medium-sized businesses in the UK, has further strengthened its Manchester-based regional office team with the appointment of Jon Petty as Associate Director. Petty joins from Deloitte, where he spent five years in their Manchester-based Debt Advisory practice, advising on a wide

Align Capital Partners (ACP), a growth-oriented private equity firm that targets control investments in lower middle market companies, has added two new team members to its Dallas office. Matt Iodice joins as Vice President while Maseel Mir is Director of Finance and Chief Compliance Officer. With these new hires, the

Global law firm Reed Smith has added Leith Moghli as a partner in the firm’s Global Private Equity and Investment Funds practice, based in London. Moghli joins Reed Smith from Kirkland & Ellis, where he was a partner in, and a founding member of, the firm’s funds practice in London.  

FPE Capital (FPE), a growth private equity investor in UK lower mid-market companies, has appointed Chris Kay as Investment Manager.  Kay joins FPE Capital from PwC, where he was a member of the firm’s global TMT Advisory team.  Kay is a fully qualified ACCA and is a graduate of Durham University

Dentons has launched its Energy practice in the Czech Republic with the recruitment of Petr Zákoucký as a partner. He joins the Firm’s Prague office from Clifford Chance, along with two associates, Michal Pelikan and Barbora Obračajová, who will join within the next month.
 Zákoucký is a prominent lawyer in

Dentons Boekel has strengthened its Corporate and M&A practice in Amsterdam with the recruitment of two partners, David Griston and Kuif Klein Wassink.   As a highly respected adviser to the oil and gas sector, Griston will also be a key member of the Energy practice. Wassink brings extensive experience on

Kirkland & Ellis International has appointed Anand Damodaran as a partner in the firm’s Investment Funds Group in London. Damodaran focuses on advising clients on the formation of credit, private equity and real estate funds. “Anand is a hugely talented practitioner and an excellent addition to our market-leading investment funds