Venture capital firm Energy Ventures has strengthened its international oil and gas team with two appointments. Shantanu Agarwal joins the Aberdeen-based team as an associate while Kristian Lier will be based in Houston as investment manager.   Agarwal joins Energy Ventures from Schlumberger when he held different positions, including business

Evolution Group, a UK investment bank, has appointed Steve Bartlett as head of private company and private equity coverage.  Bartlett will be responsible for leading Evolution’s growing focus on private companies and the private equity market. He will report to Garry Levin, Evolution’s newly appointed head of the corporate finance

Financial services firm Perella Weinberg Partners has named Jeffrey Silverman a partner of the firm, effective immediately. Silverman will join the senior management team of the firm’s asset management business and will be based in New York. Silverman has more than 20 years of experience in the financial services industry.

Growth equity firm General Atlantic has appointed John Arlotta, former chairman and chief executive of Coram and NeighborCare, as a special adviser. Arlotta will support General Atlantic’s approach to partnering with growth companies in the healthcare sector. Arlotta joins General Atlantic’s network of healthcare-focused current and former special advisers, which

Clydesdale Bank has expanded its corporate and structured finance team in London and the South with five senior appointments.  Tony Tozzi, Ian George and Marcos Theodosiou have joined as directors while Mike Budge and Jonny Baxandall have been appointed as associate directors.   Tozzi, who will lead the team’s push

Law firm CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre has elected six new partners. Jean-Robert Bousquet (pictured) started his career at CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre’s Berlin office in 1999. He then spent five years at Debevoise & Plimpton (Paris and New York) before joining the corporate department at CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre in

Tatum, an executive services firm and division of SFN Group, has appointed Joe Burkhart as managing director of private equity. He will be combining forces with Tatum’s west coast private equity practice leader, James Hickey, and will be responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with investment banks, private equity funds

Gwendolyn J. Wong has joined Silicon Valley Bank to manage credit approval and product development for SVB Private Client Services’ venture capital and private equity clients. SVB Private Client Services provides personal financing solutions to entrepreneurs, investors and senior executives within the industries it serves. "Our dedication to venture capital

Private equity firm Avista Capital Partners has formed Avista Capital Europe as part of its strategy to expand its European presence. Avista Capital Europe will be based in London and the firm has recruited a team of private equity professionals, Newton Aguiar, Allen Yurko, and Kunal Pandit, to form the