Akin Gump has hired Clare Cottle as Finance Partner in the firm’s London office. 

Fast-growth international web hosting business, Miss Group, has strengthened its senior leadership team with the appointment of a chief marketing officer. David Nordberg joins the Perwyn-backed business where he will oversee the development and implementation of a comprehensive marketing strategy that will support the company’s ambitious growth plans and service

Linklaters has appointed private equity expert Florent Mazeron as Partner.  Mazeron will also be one of the leaders of Linklaters’ global Financial Sponsors group. He will be joining the firm in Paris from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer where he has been a Partner since 2016. Prior to that, he spent almost

YFM Equity Partners (YFM) has appointed Tiffany Young as investment manager, based at its London office. Young will join YFM’s investment team to support the origination and execution of new investments across both growth capital and buyout opportunities. Young is an experienced investor having spent the last three years at

Alantra, a global investment banking and asset management specialist, has appointed Tommaso Ferrari as Managing Partner to lead its Investment Banking division in Italy. Ferrari brings to the role more than 20 years of experience in investment banking, strategy consulting and private equity in the Italian market. This includes market-leading

Access Holdings, a Baltimore-based mid-market investment firm specialising in a purposeful buy-and-build investment approach, has added three new team members who will play key roles in further developing Access’s digital origination and portfolio monitoring capabilities.   Matt Johl, George Shipley, and Ellen Kirk Jarosinski will join Steve Chang and Merritt

Alteri Investors, a specialist investor in the European retail sector, has appointed Charlie Edwards as UK Investment Director.   Edwards joins from Caledonia Investments where he led multiple investments over the last 10 years with a focus on UK MBOs. Prior to Caledonia, he spent eight years at KPMG, principally

Eurazeo has appointed Antonio Weiss as a member of its Advisory Council. Antonio Weiss served as Counsellor to the Secretary at the US Department of the Treasury during the Obama administration, following a nearly 20-year career at Lazard, where he worked in various leadership roles, including as Global Head of

StepStone Group, a global private markets investment firm, has appointed Valerie G Brown to the company’s Board of Directors, effective 12 April, 2021.  This newly created directorship expands the Board to 11 members. Brown will be the Board’s third independent director and will serve on the Audit Committee. Brown joins

Global law firm Ropes & Gray today has appointed private equity fund formation lawyer Bryan Hunkele as a partner in the firm’s asset management practice in New York. Hunkele guides clients on their most complex fund sponsor matters in this dynamic and evolving market. He is a strong addition to