Cavendish Corporate Finance, a UK’s mid-market M&A firm and part of the finnCap Group, has appointed Jamie Blewitt to head its new Alternative Capital division, which will provide family offices and other private capital funds with a bespoke range of services as well as attractive opportunities to back or acquire

Sherpa Capital, an Iberian private equity firm focused on medium-sized companies, has appointed José Angel Medina as an Operating Partner in its Portfolio Management team. Medina’s main mission will be to add value to the investee companies by supporting management teams on their daily operations and helping them to transform their

Pemberton, a European private credit asset manager, backed by UK insurer Legal & General Group, has appointed Scott Hamilton, to the newly created role of Managing Director for North American Business Development. Hamilton will lead institutional client coverage and consultant relations for Pemberton’s European private debt strategies in the US and

Chartered accountants, haysmacintyre, has promoted Jon Dawson to Partner in the firm’s Creative, Media and Technology (CMT) team.Dawson trained and qualified at haysmacintyre, before specialising in the CMT sector, and has extensive experience working with entrepreneurial, scale-up businesses as well as listed groups. He has widespread experience working closely with

KPMG’s Private Equity Group in the UK has appointed three new partners and one associate partner to the business as it looks to grow its market share advising investors across all aspects of the investment lifecycle.Neil Coomber joins KPMG from PwC where he was a partner in the transaction services

Global law firm Ropes & Gray has named 16 attorneys as partners of the firm, effective 1 November.The new partners illustrate the characteristics that have established Ropes & Gray as one of the world’s premier global law firms. They are proven industry leaders with deep knowledge of our clients’ businesses,

Blackstar Capital has appointed Simon Smart to the role of Head of Credit and Special Situations and James Paul to Portfolio Manager. The hires are part of the continued growth phase of the specialist structured finance and working capital solutions provider.Smart will be responsible for expanding the company’s capabilities in

Beringea, a transatlantic venture capital investor, has promoted Mark Shepherd to Investment Manager in its London-based investment team. Shepherd joined Beringea in January 2019, bringing experience in growth investing and consulting having begun his career at Javelin, a retail and consumer strategy consultancy, and Phoenix Equity Partners, a growth-focused private equity

FlowStone Partners has appointed Mark Phillip as Managing Director and head of business development and investor relations efforts for the firm. Phillip brings nearly two decades of experience in commercialising and investing in liquid and illiquid alternative investment strategies. FlowStone Partners provides high-net-worth and family office investors with institutional-quality, highly diversified