LiveOak Venture Partners, an early-stage venture capital firm, has added to its investment team with the appointment of Paola Retes as vice president. This addition to the team coincides with the launch of the firm’s third investment vehicle, a $210 million fund focused on early-stage companies based in Texas. Retes

Sidley has appointed Daniel Elefant as a partner in its M&A and Private Equity practice in San Francisco. Prior to joining Sidley, Elefant was a Director at SoftBank Investment Advisers, serving as senior in-house counsel for SoftBank’s $100-plus billion Vision Funds. Elefant has experience in representing technology and life sciences

Quantum Energy Partners (Quantum), a provider of capital to the global energy and energy transition industry, has appointed Heriberto (Heri) Diarte as a partner of Quantum Innovation Fund. Formed in 2017, Quantum Innovation Fund invests in transformative companies focused on climate technology, decarbonisation and sustainability. Diarte, who will be based

HSBC Asset Management (HSBC AM) has appointed Victoria Sharpe as Head of Real Assets, and Scott McClurg as Head of Private Credit for its alternatives division, HSBC Alternatives. Sharpe will be responsible for the strategic development and management of the real assets proposition which today consists of Direct Real Estate

Macquarie Asset Management has appointed Peter Glaser as Global Head of its Private Credit and Asset Finance team. The firm’s private credit offering spans solutions for clients across infrastructure, real estate, and structured credit, with $11.4 billion of assets under management. Macquarie Asset Management also invests in movable transportation assets via

IFM Investors, a global investment manager owned by Australian pension funds, has appointed Luba Nikulina as its inaugural chief strategy officer to lead the development of IFM’s global strategy with a focus on private markets solutions. Based in London and joining the global executive team, Nikulina, who has over 25

Baker Botts, an international energy, technology, and life sciences law firm, has appointed Omar Iqbal as a partner in the firm’s corporate department in Riyadh. Iqbal’s core practice is transactional, focusing on private equity, M&A and joint ventures, combining both significant cross-border experience with extensive local Saudi Arabia expertise, having

Fund administrator Saltgate SA has appointed Jean-François Flamant to its board in Luxembourg. Flamont joined Saltgate as its head of depositary last year. He has over two decades’ experience in financial services and oversees Saltgate’s depositary servicing for fund managers to help drive the firm’s client service.   Flamont joined

AE Industrial Partners (AEI), a private equity firm specialising in aerospace, defence & government services, space, power & utility services, and specialty industrial markets, a has promoted Tyler Rowe to principal, and Austen Dixon, Graham Kantor and Eugene Kim to vice presidents, effective immediately. Rowe is a member of AEI