Collas Crill has appointed Chantelle Day as Counsel in its Corporate, Finance and Funds team in Cayman. Day trained and worked in a large Cayman Islands law firm for the first 12 years of her legal career and has spent four years practicing law in Dublin and London.

Jacmel Growth Partners, a minority-owned, private investment firm focused on working with midsize companies, has appointed Mark Hardaway to the newly-created role of chief financial officer (CFO). 

Innova Capital, a private equity firm focused on Central and Eastern Europe, has promoted Andrzej Pietrzak to partner, boosting the firm’s position in the e-commerce, logistics, and tech-enabled B2B sectors as it seeks investment opportunities through the recently launched Innova/7 fund. Pietrzak has been with Innova since 2013, and prior

McGuireWoods has expanded its private equity team with appointment of partners Richard Starling and William Herrfeldt, who are highly regarded for their work advising clients on investment fund formation matters.  Starling and Herrfeldt advise fund sponsors on the organization, negotiation, structuring and operation of private investment funds, as well as

Crestbridge has appointed Paul Phelan as head of risk and compliance – Ireland, as the business continues to enhance its platform in Dublin. Phelan has over 24 years’ pf financial services experience specifically related to the administration and management of regulated multi-domiciled investment fund products.  Phelan, who is an approved

Dextra Partners, a multi-strategy private equity firm focused on the middle market, has hired five new team members across several functions. The new team members all previously worked together with Dextra’s six founding partners at their prior firm, GoldPoint Partners.  They new recruits are: Richard Hung – Principal, Investments; Alexander

Laub Capital, a distressed asset investment fund with a focus on investment in European non-performing loans, has appointed Andrea Novak as chief financial officer based in the firm’s Budapest office.  

Paul Hastings has appointed private equity lawyer Samantha McGonigle as a partner in the firm’s London office. McGonigle is a former private equity partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP and co-founder of a PE firm that invests in growth-focused enterprise technology companies across Europe. Paul Hastings has grown its