LBO France has appointed Louis-Roch Burgard and Sophie Chateau as Partners. Burgard also becomes a Member of the Executive Board and Chateau becomes Head of Investor Relations. 
Burgard joined LBO France in 2015, within the private equity Mid-Cap team White Knight.   As part of the Executive Board of LBO

Law firm Bryan Cave has made two new appointments in its London office. Corporate Partner Sarah Atkinson joins the Transactions Client Service Group from Hogan Lovells, while Associate Yannis Erifillidis joins the Financial Services Client Service Group from Norton Rose Fulbright. Atkinson’s experience concentrates on cross-border M&A, private equity and

European growth private equity firm Keensight Capital has appointed David Piccoli as a Senior Analyst. Piccoli has over three years of experience in private-equity investing within Europe, and has developed a particularly strong expertise in the healthcare sector.   He began his career in 2013 as an analyst within the

Leveraged finance partner Olivier Vermeulen has joined the Paris office of law fimr Paul Hastings as a partner and head of the Finance practice in the office. Vermeulen joins from King & Wood Mallesons, where he was head of the Paris Finance department, and brings a team of three lawyers

Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors has  appointed James K Hunt as Managing Partner & CEO of Middle Market Credit. In addition to focusing on corporate credit product development, he will work with the firm’s senior credit team based in Chicago and the junior capital team based in New York. Those teams

LendInvest, an online lender for short-term property finance, has appointed its first in-house legal counsel to the company’s expanding team. Ruth Pearson joins LendInvest from Simmons & Simmons where she was a Managing Associate in the Banking team. Ruth joined Simmons & Simmons as a trainee in 2007 and qualified

Exponent Private Equity has announced a number of changes to its team as part of the company’s succession planning strategy. Richard Lenane has been appointed as Managing Partner with effect from 1 January 2016 in succession to Hugh Richards who will retire from the firm after its AGM at the

Emmanuelle Pierret is joining Idinvest Partners as Investment Director of the Growth Capital team. Pierret’s role will mainly consist of the deployment of the NOVI 2 Equity Compartment taking minority stakes in SMEs and midmarket companies with strong growth potential with investment ranging between EUR3 million and EUR20 million.  

Aquila Group has strengthened its real assets portfolio management proposition by appointing Bjoern Meyer as Team Head with responsibility for the company’s wind power and photovoltaic plants. Meyer has 15 years’ experience in the renewable energy sector. Prior to joining Aquila Group, the graduate economist held positions within banks, project

Palatine Private Equity has appointed Rupert Brown as Investment Manager as the firm looks to increase the investment capacity of the southern team. Brown joins from NBGI Private Equity where he spent over four years in the UK investment team working on a number of acquisitions, including ATR Group and