Squire Patton Boggs has hired Tom Durrant, head of Gateley’s national Corporate practice, as a partner in its Birmingham office. Durrant, a corporate M&A and private equity lawyer, will lead the firm’s Corporate practice in Birmingham and play a key role in the ongoing expansion of the UK and international

Monroe Capital (Monroe) has appointed Matt Rosenberg as managing director, head of media finance. Rosenberg will be responsible for originating new investments across the capital structure for acquisition, growth financing and recapitalisations for the media and entertainment industry, which includes film, television, music, talent representation, digital media, and intellectual property.

FPE Capital (FPE), a specialist software and services growth investor into UK and Irish lower mid-market companies, has promoted Ben Cole to investment director and added further expanded its investment team with the appointment of Harry Gill as investment manager. Cole has been with FPE since 2019, when he joined

Catherine Lewis La Torre has been appointed CEO of British Patient Capital, returning to the role she held from 2018 until 2020 before she was named as acting CEO of the British Business Bank in September of that year. Lewis la Torre has also been appointed as Chair of British

Holland & Knight has bolstered its leading corporate, M&A and private equity practice with the addition of Chauncey Lane as a partner in its Dallas office. Lane structures and negotiates complex transactions for strategic buyers and sellers and private equity firms in the technology and financial services industries. Prior to

Following its recent Annual General Meeting (8 July), the Jersey Funds Association (JFA) has elected a new-look committee as it continues to champion Jersey’s ecosystem for alternative funds.

Pemberton, an alternative credit specialist, has made four new senior hires across its offices. Anders Svenningsen joins as managing director and head of business development for the Nordics in Copenhagen, where he will be responsible for Pemberton’s Nordic Franchise and investors. Svenningsen brings over 25 years’ experience in finance. Prior

LeapFrog Investments, a profit with purpose investment firm, has appointed Roger Ferguson as a member of its Global Leadership Council and Julie Wallace as its head of impact. This appointments follow Dominic Barton, former global managing partner of McKinsey, joining as chairman of the Management Board. Ferguson is the former

Evercore has appointed Jason Fournier as a senior managing director in the firm’s Equity Capital Markets (ECM) practice. Fournier is based in Menlo Park, California and will lead and expand Evercore’s Consumer & Retail ECM business. Fournier joins from JPMorgan, where he previously led the Consumer & Retail ECM practice,

Bryan, Garnier & Co, an independent investment bank for European healthcare and technology-related companies has appointed a new head of healthcare equity research, Alex Cogut. Cogut was previously Co-Head of Life Sciences Research at Kempen& Co, with extensive experience in European biotech and medtech.   Cogut will lead Bryan Garnier’s