Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy has appointed Michael Bernhardt, a German private equity lawyer, as a partner in the firm’s corporate department in Frankfurt. Bernhardt has over 15 years of experience. His practice is focused on corporate M&A and private equity, representing national and international corporations and sponsors on investments

Rothschild Global Advisory, part of the Rothschild & Co Group, is expanding its debt advisory business by appointing Michael Speller as head of debt advisory, North America. Speller will join Rothschild Global Advisory as a managing director and head of debt advisory for North America, commencing 13 February 2017. Speller

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed Aly El Hamamsy as a partner in the firm’s US corporate practice. Fluent in English, French, Arabic and Italian, El Hamamsy’s career has been devoted to managing sophisticated cross-border transactional matters.   His experience includes several years with Davis Polk & Wardwell’s M&A group, including

Omnes Capital is strengthening its international investor relations with the appointment of Miria Späth Werder as a partner. She will head the international business development activities.   Werder, a German national, brings along extensive private equity experience and broad knowledge of the European investor market. Her mission will be to

Unigestion has appointed four investment experts to its private equity team, as it looks to strengthen its European team with a particular focus on secondary and direct investment activities. Pieter-Jan Frederix was appointed investment director within the private equity team in December 2015. Frederix joined from the Antenna Group where

Independent investment bank Zeus Capital has appointed Rachel Birkett as research analyst in its Manchester office. Birkett, who is a qualified chartered accountant, joins from Brown Shipley where she spent two years as a company analyst and fund manager. In this role, Birkett researched the consumer discretionary sector of the

Law firm Noerr is adding a team of 11 DJBW lawyers including three partners and an of counsel to its Warsaw office, effective 1 January 2017. DJBW is an independent Polish law firm founded by ex-White & Case managing partner Witold Daniłowicz and former White & Case partner Witold Jurcewicz,

Inflexion Private Equity has appointed Daryl Cohen as an investment director within the partnership capital team, focused on minority investing. He starts with immediate effect.   Cohen has over 10 years’ investment experience in the UK and Western Europe, completing numerous transactions, add-on acquisitions and refinancings across a range of