International investment bank Altium has promoted Andy Clarke to director and Elin Sion to assistant director.   Clarke (pictured) joined Altium in 2009 from Grant Thornton, having previously worked at LDC and KPMG. He specialises in private equity transactions and general mergers and acquisitions (M&A).   Sion has been at

Holly Neavill and Louisa Watt have joined Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft’s financial restructuring department as partners.    They will be based in the firm’s London office.   Gregory Petrick (pictured), managing partner of the firm’s London office and co-chair of the financial restructuring department, says: “The European market continues to

Playnation, the supplier of amusement and leisure machines backed by Palatine Private Equity, has appointed Pets at Home founder Anthony Preston as non-executive chairman.   The appointment comes after the Manchester-based private equity firm backed the management buyout of Playnation, formerly the amusement and leisure division of London-based Inspired Gaming,

Joseph W Bartlett has joined law firm McCarter & English as special counsel in the firm’s corporate, securities and financial institutions practice in New York.   A recognised pioneer of the national private equity and venture capital bar, Bartlett (pictured) contributed to the original models for private equity and fund

Tailwater Capital, a newly formed Dallas-based private equity firm, has partnered with Landmark Partners to complete the secondary purchase of HM Capital’s legacy energy portfolio.   Jason Downie (pictured) and Edward Herring will lead a team dedicated to investing in the energy industry with a primary focus on investments within

Netage Solutions has appointed Steve Tobio to the position of director of product development.   A skilled product manager with 11 years of experience in the financial services industry, Tobio will drive development efforts at Netage, ensuring that the Dynamo platform continues to deliver market-leading capabilities for alternative investment firms.

NBGI Private Equity (NBGIPE) has appointed food and drinks industry veteran Tim Kelly as the second member of a panel of senior industry advisers.   NBGIPE, a private equity firm that typically invests in UK businesses of between GBP5m and GBP50m in enterprise value, earlier this month announced that it

PineBridge Investments has strengthened its growing Middle East, North Africa and Turkey team with the appointment of Wael Aburida as chief investment officer.   Aburida (pictured) will lead PineBridge’s MENA private equity and real estate team covering the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey, with responsibility for deal origination, negotiations,