HIG Capital (HIG), a global alternative investment firm with USD48 billion of capital under management, has appointed Antonio Botija as a Managing Director in HIG’s London office and George Watts as Managing Director in HIG’s New York office. Botija has over 20 years of experience in infrastructure private equity with

Chi Impact Capital (Chi), an independent impact investing boutique, has appointed Enrique Alvarado Hablutzel as Managing Partner and Co-Founder. Hablutzel officially joined Chi in January 2022. Chi is the advisor of the Burning Issues Impact Fund (BIIF), a Luxembourg-based impact VC fund. The BIIF invests in innovative companies using breakthrough

Preqin, a global specialist in alternative assets data, tools, and insights, has appointed Chris Hawkins as its General Counsel. Following years of strong growth and on the back of the recent acquisition of Colmore, a provider of portfolio monitoring, administration, and fee validation services to institutional investors, Chris will establish

Orva, a full-service e-commerce platform specialising in the sale of footwear, apparel, accessories and home products from leading consumer brands and a portfolio company of Trilantic North America, has appointed Joseph Falcão as Chief Financial Officer. In this newly created role, Falcão will focus on scaling Orva’s financial infrastructure to

LeapFrog Investments, a Profit with Purpose investment firm, has appointed Dominic Barton as non-executive Chairman of its Management Board, effective 1 April. Barton was formerly Global Managing Partner of McKinsey & Company and was most recently Canada’s Ambassador to China. He accepts this appointment at an inflection point for the

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP (Sheppard Mullin) has appointed Chad R Ensz as a partner in the firm’s Corporate and Securities practice in the San Diego (Del Mar) office. Ensz, who was most recently a partner at Dentons, is the seventeenth transactional partner to join the firm since January

Vista Equity Partners (Vista), a global investment firm focused exclusively on enterprise software, data and technology-enabled businesses, has appointed Lauren Dillard as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Managing Director, effective 11 April. She will succeed John Warnken-Brill, who is retiring from the role after over 15 years and will partner

MidOcean Partners (MidOcean), a premier New York-based alternative asset manager specialising in alternative credit investments and middle-market private equity, has appointed Joseph Rotondo, Senior Portfolio Manager for Invesco’s Global Senior Loan group, s Senior Portfolio Manager for MidOcean Credit’s Collateralised Loan Obligation (CLO) business. Rotondo will be responsible for portfolio

Schulte Roth & Zabel has added Peter Greene, Benjamin Kozinn, and Eileen Overbaugh as partners based in the firm’s New York office. Greene is an industry leader who has advised many of the leading private fund launches over the past 17 years. He advises clients on all matters related to

Crestbridge, a global provider of independent private equity and real estate administration solutions, has appointed Luke Hamill as Director, Corporate and Capital Markets. Following the appointment at the beginning of the year of Martin Lambert as Group Head, Corporate and Capital Markets, Hamill who will be based in London, joins