Blackstar Capital, a specialist structured capital solutions provider, has appointed James Paul as Head of Sport. Blackstar Capital has leading expertise in origination, structuring, placement, and management of transactions globally. With Blackstar successfully making inroads into the sporting world in the past twelve months, Paul’s new role will see him

Matt Rupp has joined Troutman Pepper as a partner in the Corporate Practice Group. Most recently, Rupp served as a partner at McDermott Will & Emery. Rupp has spent more than 10 years counselling clients on a variety of corporate matters. He focuses his practice on representing private equity and

IQ-EQ, a global investor services group, has made three senior appointments to its Group Technology team as part of an ongoing digital transformation journey. William Harris joins the group as Chief Digital Officer, Shezad Khan joins as Head of Data and Analytics and Vikas Sharma joins as Head of Engineering.

Hermitage Capital has appointed former JP Morgan investment banker Henry Zhang as President and Managing Partner. Zhang has over a decade of investment banking experience and held various senior positions at bulge bracket investment banks including Executive Director of Investment Banking Division at JP Morgan, responsible for investment banking in

Praetura, a financial services group that provides ambitious companies with growth funding and support, has appointed Ben Davies as group marketing director and kickstarted its search for a video editor and copywriter to join the team. Davies joins the firm from Social Chain, one of Europe’s fastest-growing social media agencies,

Veteran deal lawyer Jason K Zachary has joined Haynes and Boone, LLP as a partner in the firm’s Corporate Department and a member of the Capital Markets and Securities, Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity Practices.  Zachary will split time between the firm’s Denver and New York offices and will

Appian Capital Advisory (Appian), an investment advisor to long-term value focused private equity funds that invest solely in mining and mining related companies, has appointed Monica Pinto as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) with immediate effect. As CFO, Pinto will work closely with the Executive Team in managing the financial operations

GoldenTree Asset Management (GoldenTree), a global credit manager, has appointed Simon Granger as Partner and Head of Restructuring & Turnarounds, EMEA. Granger brings to GoldenTree nearly 25 years of restructuring and turnaround experience. He was previously Senior Managing Director and Head of Corporate Finance & Restructurings EMEA at FTI Consulting,