Private equity firm Warburg Pincus has appointed Murat Mergin as a Senior Advisor. Mergin will support the firm in the identification and evaluation of new investments in Turkey. Mergin has over 27 years of experience as a senior executive in Turkey. Most recently he served as Chief Financial Officer of

Mayer Brown has strengthened its private equity offering with the hire of Perry Yam as partner and Head of Private Equity in London. Yam’s appointment is part of an ongoing, global initiative to expand the firm's private equity offering. Yam, who was Head of Private Equity for Europe & the

Sixpoint Partners, a global investment bank serving the middle market alternatives industry, has appointed Shawn R Schestag as Managing Director and Head of Secondary Advisory & Co-Investment. The appointment expands the firm's team to 16 professionals across four offices in North America and Asia. In his new role, Schestag will

Private equity firm Lovell Minnick Partners has made several new additions to its team, hiring Benjamin Kaplan and Steven Korff as vice president and associate respectively in Los Angeles while Greg Dutov is joining the Philadelphia office as an associate. “We are excited to welcome Ben, Steven and Greg to

Doug Peper (pictured) has joined early-stage venture firm Shasta Ventures as a managing director. Pepper brings a wealth of experience in the SaaS and mobile spaces, and is a powerful addition to Shasta’s proven investment team. Pepper has focused on investing in SaaS and mobile companies that help enterprises optimize

Private equity firm OpenGate Capital has strengthened its bench of professionals with the hire of Desmond Nugent as a Principal, overseeing the operations of the firm’s North American portfolio companies. Nugent was most recently a Principal with The Gores Group and will be working from OpenGate Capital’s Los Angeles headquarters.

Lovell Minnick Partners, a private equity firm specialising in financial services and related business services companies, today announced the addition of three investment professionals to the staff in its Los Angeles and Philadelphia offices. Benjamin Kaplan has been appointed a Vice President in Los Angeles, where Steven Korff also joined 

Corporate lawyer Paul Dunbar, whose practice focuses primarily on private equity and special situations funds, has joined Vinson & Elkins as a partner in the firm's London office. Dunbar was previously a partner at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP in London.   "Growing our London private equity practice is a