PenderFund Capital Management, the manager of the Pender suite of investment and alternative funds, has appointed Maria Pacella to its investment management team. Pacella joins Pender as senior vice president of private equity.   She has 16 years of experience of investing in emerging growth companies, mostly in the areas

Kirkland & Ellis International has appointed Volkmar Bruckner as a partner in the firm’s Munich office in the corporate practice group. Bruckner focuses his practice on private equity and M&A.      Bruckner joins Kirkland from the Munich office of Weil Gotshal & Manges where he has been a partner

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery has added a new corporate team in its Milan office with the arrival of three partners, Giancarlo Castorino, Ettore Scandale and Emidio Cacciapuoti, and a team of four counsel and 10 fee earners.  The team joins from the Milan office of King &

CohnReznick, a US-based accounting, tax, and advisory firm, has tapped Netherlands-based Marc Altena to serve as EMEA advisory services leader and leader of the firm’s newly formed European subsidiary, CohnReznick Netherlands, based in The Hague. Altena is an experienced consultant specialising in business and technology transformation solutions.   Previously, he

YFM Equity Partners has appointed James Savage as portfolio director. Based in the London office, he will focus on actively managing YFM’s growth and buy-out investments as part of the portfolio team led by David Bell.   With over 12 years’ industry experience, Savage joins from Barclays’ Principal Investments team

bfinance, an independently owned investment consultancy, has appointed Anish Butani to strengthen infrastructure coverage in the private markets team. Butani (pictured) joins from KPMG Corporate Finance, where he gained over 8 years’ experience as a senior member of the infrastructure corporate finance team based in London, advising investors on M&A

83North, the international venture capital firm with operations in Europe and Israel, has appointed David Buttress as a general partner. Buttress will be based at the firm’s London office and will work alongside 83North’s five existing general partners.   Until February 2017 Buttress was the chief executive officer of Just

Law firm Morrison & Foerster has appointed Serena Tan as a partner in the corporate group in the firm’s Hong Kong office. A native Mandarin speaker, Tan comes to the firm from Debevoise & Plimpton bringing expertise in fund formation and fund management.   Her joining Morrison & Foerster also