Perwyn Advisors is opening a permanent office in Paris, its first office outside the UK. Following two successful investments in France, the Paris office will act as a platform for further investments both in France and in neighbouring countries.  Antoine Vanderhulst, Partner, will be joined full time in Paris by

DLA Piper has appointed Jacques Wantz as International Group Head of the firm’s Tax practice, with effect from 1 May 2021. Wantz joined DLA Piper from Allen & Overy in December 2018 and is a highly regarded international tax planning lawyer. He has significant experience in international and corporate tax

Marathon Asset Management (Marathon), a global credit investment manager, has added two additional senior investment professionals to its Healthcare Team.  Anna Makki will join the firm as a Managing Director and brings with her over 15 years of healthcare investment banking experience from Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse and most recently

TMF Group, a global professional services firm, has appointed Gaurav Rishi Mehra as part of its Fund Services team. TMF Group’s Fund Services delivers a holistic suite of fund administration and related services across Private Equity, Real Assets (including Real Estate), Infrastructure, Debt and Venture Capital. Over the past months,

Fund administrator Saltgate has promoted Mohammad Arrab to Associate Director. Mohammad, based in the company’s Luxembourg office, joined Saltgate last year as Head of Real Estate Accounting. In his new role as Associate Director, Client Operations, he will be responsible for partnering with clients to deliver exceptional client service to

GCA Altium has continued to expand its European business, with the appointment in Frankfurt of Frank Merkel as a member of the management board in Germany and Head of GCA Altium’s Industrial Technology sector group in Europe.  Industrial Technology has become a key sector for GCA Altium in recent years.

Arent Fox has expanded its Corporate & Securities practice with the addition of business law partner Stephen P Hanson in the firm’s New York office.  For 25 years, Hanson has represented clients in the areas of private equity, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and emerging companies, and general corporate matters.