Growth Capital Partners (GCP) has promoted Alex Thomson to Partner, Jay Salter to Investment Director and James Handley to Investment Manager. The internal promotions reinforce GCP’s commitment to investing in its people and follows the recent first close on its new GCP Fund V and the completion of the first

Capstone Partners, a specialist independent global placement agent, has appointed Lars Lindqvist as a Principal. Based in Europe, Lindqvist will be responsible for fundraising and client origination in the Nordics, UK and the Middle East.   “We are delighted to welcome Lars to Capstone Partners. He has 12 years of

Squire Patton Boggs has appointed Michael Gajic as a partner. Formerly with MinterEllison, Gajic specialises in public mergers and acquisitions and acts for bidders, targets and major shareholders on public M&A transactions, including schemes of arrangement, takeovers (hostile, unsolicited and friendly), takeover defences, take-privates of ASX listed companies by private

Next generation City law firm, McCarthy Denning, has appointed Soulla Berger as a partner. The appointment strengthens the firm’s international hospitality practice especially within the area of hotel real estate transactions.

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 Richard Johnson as a Managing Director and the Company’s Global Head of Investor Relations. As Global Head of Investor Relations, Johnson will lead the investor

UK venture capital investment manager Deepbridge Capital has appointed Steve Shallcross as Chief Information and Technology Officer and Connor Grimes as Associate Investment Director, Technology. Prior to joining Deepbridge, Shallcross was Senior Vice President of Technology and Innovation at Cheshire-based tech company Afin Technologies. Shallcross’s role at Deepbridge is to

McGuireWoods has continued the strategic expansion of its nationally recognised M&A practice with the arrival of partner Brian L Hager, who brings nearly 17 years of corporate deal experience to the firm’s Richmond, Virginia office. Hager’s extensive deal experience includes advising public and private companies on mergers and acquisitions, venture

Investment advisory firm Time Partners has expanded its team with three new hires – Crispin Payne, Ed Stubbings and James Morrison. As chief transactions & operating officer, Payne will be responsible for leading internal operations and for providing advice to clients on private markets transactions. His focus will be to

Doug Brookman has joined Mesirow Investment Banking as Managing Director, with a focus on developing and nurturing key relationships with established private equity firms and family offices. Brookman joins Mesirow after serving as Head of Business Development at Pacific Avenue Capital Partners where he focused his efforts on deal origination

Advent International (Advent), one of the largest and most experienced global private equity investors, has appointed Hariolf Kottmann as an Operating Partner.  Kottmann brings a unique wealth of management and industry expertise to his new role and will be a key advisor in helping Advent source, enhance and further successfully