Houlihan Lokey has appointed Chris Hastings as a Managing Director in the firm’s Capital Markets Group. Hastings will join Sean Fitzgerald in New York to provide equity solutions, including growth capital, structured equity, and PIPEs, to the firm’s corporate and financial-sponsor-backed clients. In addition, Brent Surber, an existing Director in

HRL Morrison & Co (Morrison & Co), a global infrastructure investor, has appointed Kate Mingay as a Non-Executive Director, effective immediately. Mingay brings three decades of extensive commercial and regulatory experience from across the private and public infrastructure sectors. She currently holds advisory roles with Ofgem and CAA, the respective

Anna Humphrey has VC law firm Orrick as a partner in London focused on Employee Incentives and Executive Compensation. She is the 11th partner addition to Orrick’s London office since 2020.   Humphrey joins Orrick from Taylor Wessing and will be part of the firm’s tech practice, which has ranked

Lindsay Goldberg, a private investment firm that focuses on partnering with families, founders, and management teams, is pleased to announce the promotions of Vincent Ley, Ali Nensi to Partner and Winnie Liu to Principal, effective 1 January, 2022. Ley started at Lindsay Goldberg as an Associate in 2010 and rejoined

GTCR, a private equity firm founded in 1980, has opened offices in New York City and West Palm Beach, Florida, establishing new locations to support its investment capabilities and broaden its talent acquisition initiatives.  GTCR’s offices in Chicago will continue to serve as the firm’s headquarters and center of operations

Adams Street Partners, London-based global private markets investment firm, has promoted Benjamin Wallwork to Partner and Yohan Hill to Principal.  Wallwork is part of the Co-Investments team with a specific focus on leveraged buyout and growth equity. Prior to joining the firm, Wallwork was an Investment Associate on the UK

Ara Partners (Ara), a private equity firm that specialises in industrial decarbonisation investments, has promoted James Wang to Managing Director and Mary Kathryn Nommensen to Senior Associate. Wang joined Ara as a Principal in July 2018 and has been instrumental in transaction execution, sourcing, portfolio management, and investment realisation.  Nommensen

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP), a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, has appointed Matthias Tabbert as a Managing Director, responsible for establishing and managing its newly opened office in Frankfurt, Germany. Tabbert will lead LLCP’s Structured Private Equity origination and investing efforts in the DACH region. Tabbert is joining as

Apex Group Ltd (Apex), a global financial services provider, has appointed Barry O’Brien as Senior Director, Business Development. Based in Apex’s Dublin office, O’Brien reports to John Bohan, Co-Founder and Country Head Business Development (Ireland) who he will be working with to drive the firm’s continued growth in Ireland, a

Partners Capital Investment Group has promoted five senior executives, including three new Partners and two new Managing Directors, as well as three new senior hires.