Osborne Clarke has hired Mark Spinner, a former head of the UK private equity practice and the UK corporate practice at Eversheds. Spinner (pictured) joins the Osborne’s Clarke’s private equity team in the firm’s London office. Spinner has a strong track record of private equity transactions, acting for both institutional investors

Advanced Capital, the European alternative investment specialist founded by financier Robert Tomei, has appointed Robert Berlé as the firm’s new chief executive officer. Berlé has over 30 years’ investment and corporate banking experience alongside considerable experience in private equity gained at some of the leading names in the industry. For

RLJ Equity Partners has appointed Jack Isaacs as director of business development to coordinate corporate initiatives and investor relations. Isaacs has more than 20 years of experience in private equity and as an attorney and will report to managing partner Rufus H Rivers. "Jack has a tremendous amount of experience

Ampersand Capital Partners, a healthcare-focused middle market private equity firm, has made three additions to its management team. Eric Lev has joined Ampersand as a partner, bringing over 12 years of middle market healthcare investing experience. Lev was most recently at Water Street Healthcare Partners where he served on the

JP Morgan has appointed Jose Berenguer as senior country officer of Brazil, effective 1 April 2013. Berenguer (pictured) will report jointly to Mary Callahan Erdoes, chief executive of JP Morgan Asset Management, and Martin Marron, chief executive of JP Morgan’s Latin America franchise. "We are thrilled to build on the success

Element Partners, an energy, industrial and environmental technology private equity firm, has promoted Sam Gabbita to managing director and Charles A Silio and Nitin Gupta to principal. David Lincoln, managing partner of Element, says: "We are pleased to recognise Sam’s, Charlie’s and Nitin’s contributions with these promotions.  Over the past

Castle Harlan, the New York private equity investment firm, has promoted Tariq Osman to managing director. Osman’s (pictured) promotion reflects his multiple contributions to CHI over the last five years, as well as his prior five years of experience at CHI’s Australian affiliate, CHAMP. Recently, he has been particularly active

Independently owned global placement agent and advisory firm Atlantic-Pacific Capital has appointed Brian Wade as partner. Wade will continue to work closely with institutional investors in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast US, including public and corporate pension plans, endowments, foundations, financial institutions, fund-of-funds and family offices. Wade has over 15 years

Split Rock Partners, a venture capital firm focused on software, internet services, and healthcare has promoted David Allison to principal in its Menlo Park office. Allison (pictured) has been with the firm since 2009 and has focused on investments in the healthcare sector. In the past three years, Allison’s role