Yellow Wood Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm focused on investing in consumer brands and companies, has promoted Jennifer Roach Pacini, Andrew Nguyen, and Sarah Mascioli Ensslen to Principal; Payton McVey to Vice President and; Amrutha Mandalap to Senior Associate. Dana Schmaltz, Partner of Yellow Wood Partners, says: “We are

Winston & Strawn has appointed Kathleen Blaszak, as a partner in the Corporate practice in the firm’s Washington DC. Blaszak has extensive experience in the telecommunications, media and technology sectors, having represented media companies, private equity firms and entrepreneurs in the broadcast, cable, newspaper, digital media, technology and automotive sectors.

Resurgens Technology Partners (Resurgens) has added six new team members to its portfolio operations team. The new additions are Jon Ingram as principal of portfolio operations, Edward Kenna as VP of portfolio operations, Wayne Williams as operating partner, Mike Swindell as operating executive (Product & Strategy), James Pitts as operating

Boutique law firm Kleinberg Kaplan has appointed David Pentlow as Senior Counsel in the firm’s Private Funds & Investment Management Practice. Pentlow has extensive experience representing private equity funds, hedge funds, real estate funds and other investors, financial institutions, and issuers – from start-ups to established public companies – in

Council Capital, a healthcare-focused private equity firm based in Nashville, has announced a promotion and three new hires to support the firm’s continued growth.  New hires include Geoff Crisanti – Value Creation Senior Associate, Harrison Johnson – Investment Associate, and Christian Ward – Chief Financial Officer. In addition, the firm

SK Capital Partners, a private investment firm focused on the specialty materials, chemicals and pharmaceuticals sectors, has appointed Daniele Ferrari as Senior Director. Ferrari brings over 35 years of direct operating and executive experience in the chemicals industry, most recently serving as the CEO of Versalis, one of Europe’s largest

Growth investor Grafton Capital has appointed Amaad Mahmood and Daniel Cheung to its investment team.  Mahmood joins as an Investment Director, and will focus on sourcing, evaluating, and executing investments. Prior to joining Grafton, Mahmood was a growth investor at Mobeus Equity Partners.   Cheung joins Grafton Capital as Associate

Dispute resolution lawyer Rachael Reynolds has been appointed as global senior partner at Ogier. Reynolds has led the Cayman litigation team on some of the largest and highest profile cases in the Cayman Islands over the last decade, including acting for investors in respect of the collapsed Abraaj Group (previously

United Insurance Brokers Ltd (UIBL) has appointed James Wilson as Head of M&A and Financial Lines. “UIB is extremely pleased to welcome James Wilson who will spearhead our M&A and Financial Lines offering within our Specialty team, which offers clients the full suite of specialised insurance solutions to address complex

Genstar Capital, a private equity firm focused on investments in targeted segments of the financial services, healthcare, industrials, and software industries, has promoted David Graham to Managing Director, Capital Markets.   In this role, Graham will continue to lead Genstar Capital’s debt financing activities for both new and existing investments