Hogan Lovells is strengthening its Corporate & Finance practice in Greater China with the hire of three Corporate partners, Don Williams, Tony Mou and Cheng Xu.Williams, who is US qualified, advises on a broad range of cross border transactions (particularly M&A, PE/VC and capital markets) with a strong focus on

Alter Domus, a provider of integrated solutions to alternative investment managers, has appointed Paul Woods as Regional Executive North America to expand the Group’s presence in the North American  private capital markets. Based in Boston, Woods will report directly to the Chief Executive Officer, Doug Hart and assume enterprise-wide leadership responsibilities

JEITO, a new independent French private equity firm dedicated to the biotech and biopharma sectors, has appointed Mehdi Ainouche as Principal.With nearly five years experience in the financing of innovation within health and biotechnology, Ainouche’s primary role will be to develop sourcing and to support the selection and final negotiations

Private equity and special situations institutional investor Sandton Capital Partners (Sandton) has expanded its London and Paris teams with two new recruits, as the firm continues its growth.Jordan Kay joins as an Investment Manager in the London team and will work alongside the Head of Sandton UK, Matt Meehan. Emmanuel

Baird Capital, the direct private investment arm of Baird, has promoted Michael Holgate to Partner and Andy Dyer to Director. Both associates are based in London.Holgate, Partner, joined Baird Capital in 2014 and focuses on sourcing investment opportunities, deal execution and portfolio management in the Technology & Services sector. Before

SANNE, a leading global provider of alternative asset and corporate services, has appointed Brijesh Patel as Global Head of Corporate Services.With more than 20 years of international financial services experience, Brijesh joins SANNE from State Street in Singapore where he held the role of Vice President, Relationship Management. As a

Saltgate has promoted Lizette Morales to Head of Jersey Client Services.Morales joined Saltgate in 2013 and has demonstrated outstanding commitment to partnering with our clients and engaging with her team to deliver excellence. Her promotion is testament to her professionalism, her integrity and her ability to inspire those around her

Zeus Capital has made six promotions following a string of high profile transactions in the last three months.Since lockdown, the firm has completed 14 transactions, including several public company takeovers, fundraisings and M&A deals.   Within its Corporate Finance team, Zeus Capital has promoted Nick Cowles to deputy head of

Growth capital investor VGC Partners has promoted Andrew Lister to partner. The promotion comes a year after Lister joined the firm from Marlin Equity Partners as investment director. In this time, he has driven operational excellence and value creation within the portfolio, helping implement and drive 180-day plans to identify scale

Middle market private equity firm Wynnchurch Capital has appointed Michael Salgat as a Managing Director focused on operations and portfolio management, and Jerry Gao as a Senior Associate.Prior to joining Wynnchurch, Salgat was an Operating Partner with New State Capital Partners focused on financial leadership at portfolio companies. Salgat began