GTCR, a private equity firm founded in 1980, has opened offices in New York City and West Palm Beach, Florida, establishing new locations to support its investment capabilities and broaden its talent acquisition initiatives.  GTCR’s offices in Chicago will continue to serve as the firm’s headquarters and center of operations

Adams Street Partners, London-based global private markets investment firm, has promoted Benjamin Wallwork to Partner and Yohan Hill to Principal.  Wallwork is part of the Co-Investments team with a specific focus on leveraged buyout and growth equity. Prior to joining the firm, Wallwork was an Investment Associate on the UK

Ara Partners (Ara), a private equity firm that specialises in industrial decarbonisation investments, has promoted James Wang to Managing Director and Mary Kathryn Nommensen to Senior Associate. Wang joined Ara as a Principal in July 2018 and has been instrumental in transaction execution, sourcing, portfolio management, and investment realisation.  Nommensen

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP), a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, has appointed Matthias Tabbert as a Managing Director, responsible for establishing and managing its newly opened office in Frankfurt, Germany. Tabbert will lead LLCP’s Structured Private Equity origination and investing efforts in the DACH region. Tabbert is joining as

Apex Group Ltd (Apex), a global financial services provider, has appointed Barry O’Brien as Senior Director, Business Development. Based in Apex’s Dublin office, O’Brien reports to John Bohan, Co-Founder and Country Head Business Development (Ireland) who he will be working with to drive the firm’s continued growth in Ireland, a

Partners Capital Investment Group has promoted five senior executives, including three new Partners and two new Managing Directors, as well as three new senior hires.

Mid-market private equity firm LDC has appointed Chris Handy and David Bains to lead its West Midlands and East Midlands teams respectively, replacing Richard Whitwell when he retires from LDC in March. The promotions are part of LDC’s plans to expand its presence and support for mid-market businesses across the

Global law firm Goodwin has continued to build out its private equity platform in Germany with the hire of partner Florian Hirschmann. Hirschmann, who is resident in Munich on a remote basis, advises clients primarily on complex, cross-border private equity, M&A and venture capital transactions, as well as joint ventures.

Victory Hill Capital Advisors LLP (Victory Hill), manager of the cGBP250 million VH Sustainable Energy Opportunities plc fund listed on the London Stock Exchange, has appointed Eleanor Fraser-Smith as Vice President and Head of Sustainability and Jean Yeo as Vice President, Senior Finance Manager. In addition to the new appointments,

Maven 11 Capital, an Amsterdam-founded blockchain and crypto asset investment firm, has appointed Martijn van Veen as a partner and director for its asset management business, effective 1 January of this year. Van Veen brings over two decades of trading and fund management experience and has held several senior roles