BakerHostetler has added partners Goodarz “Goody” Agahi and Ryan Gaglio and associates Pace McCaskill and Ron Birnkrant to the firm’s Costa Mesa office. Agahi, McCaskill and Birnkrant join the firm’s business and corporate group and Gaglio joins the tax practice.   The team comes to BakerHostetler from Stradling Yocca Carlson

Twin Brook Capital Partners, the middle-market direct lending subsidiary of Angelo, Gordon & Co, has appointed Garrett Ryan as a partner and head of capital markets, effective immediately.  At Twin Brook, Ryan will be responsible for all capital markets related activities and will be based in Chicago.   “Garrett is

The Riverside Company has promoted two investment professionals to partner. Joe Manning works out of the firm’s Cleveland office and Steven Spiteri works in Riverside’s Melbourne, Australia office.   Manning first joined Riverside in 2006 and re-joined in 2011 after taking several years off to work at an international non-profit

AMP Capital has made a number of changes to its leadership team, designed to better support clients and the firm’s future growth in key asset classes and regions. Craig Keary, currently AMP Capital director of Australia and New Zealand, will become AMP Capital director, Asia Pacific. Keary will retain responsibility for

Marwyn Value Investors has launched a new management platform, Wilmcote Holdings, in partnership with Adrian Whitfield, who has been appointed as its chief executive officer. Whitfield recently spent nine years implementing a turnaround and growth strategy at Synthomer, the UK listed specialty polymer operator.   Over his nine year tenure,

Law firm Reed Smith has appointed Parik Dasgupta as a partner in the firm’s global corporate group in New York. Dasgupta was most recently a partner in the New York office of King & Wood Mallesons (KWM).    The addition of Dasgupta complements Reed Smith’s addition of 50 former KWM

McDermott Will & Emery has appointed Ian Schwartz as a partner in the firm’s corporate and transactional practice group in the New York office.  Schwartz will be head of the firm’s investment funds practice with a focus on fund formation and a particular emphasis on the formation of private equity

Aurelius Equity Opportunities, a pan-European mid-market investor, has made four appointments in its London office. Karun Dhir and Thomas Pinks have joined the group’s London-based investment team and will assist in the sourcing and execution of Aurelius’ UK investments.   Timothy (Tim) Spillane and Amar Gulati have both joined Aurelius’

Madrona Venture Group, an early-stage venture capital firm, has made two additions to its team. Maria Karaivanova is joining Madrona as a principal to focus on sourcing and evaluating new investment opportunities, and Alice Ryder as director of investor relations and business development.   She will work with Madrona’s investors,

HIG Capital has appointed Daniel Nader as principal in the HIG Latin America team, as part of a strategy to expand its investment activity into real estate assets in the region. HIG has been investing in Latin America since 2012 when it established operations in Brazil. The firm subsequently raised