Investec Corporate and Investment Banking (Investec) has appointed Tobias Sommer to its Financial Sponsor Transaction Group and Jan Straube to its Growth & Leveraged Finance team, as the bank continues to grow its multi-product Financial Sponsors business.Sommer joins from Macquarie’s Financial Sponsor Coverage and Principal Transaction Group and will continue

HarbourVest Partners, a global private markets asset manager, has made a series of promotions, including three new Managing Directors: Monique Austin, Simon Lund, and Nhora Otalora, as well as five new Principals and one Senior Vice President. These promotions recognise team members whose expertise contributes to the success of HarbourVest and

Evercore (NYSE: EVR) has appointed Shane Gong as a Managing Director in the firm’s Private Capital Advisory group (PCA). Gong will be based in Singapore and lead the Firm’s PCA business across the Asia Pacific region, focusing on institutional investors and fund sponsors. Gong has over 20 years of experience in

BMS Group (BMS), ab independent specialist (re)insurance broker, has appointed Sophie Wallace and Dean Andrews as Divisional Directors in the recently established Private Equity, M&A and Tax division. Andrews has also been appointed Head of Tax Liability Insurance, effective immediately.   Wallace and Andrews will report to Tan Pawar, who will

William Blair, a global boutique with expertise in investment banking, investment management, and private wealth management, has appointed veteran investment banker Bram Hall as a managing director in the firm’s global investment banking team.Hall joins William Blair’s growing Charlotte office, which has more than tripled in size since opening just

Avedon Capital Partners has promoted Alexis Weege to partner. Weege has over 12 years of private equity experience since starting his career at NIBC Capital Partners. Weege e joined Avedon Capital Partners at the inception in 2011 and has strongly contributed to the development of the firm. He holds a MSc

Jensen Partners, an executive search and corporate advisory firm for the alternative investment management industry, has appointed George Lewis as a Managing Director in the firm’s London office. This strategic new hire follows on from the recent announcement that Jensen Partners placed its own new Head of Europe, and provides the

Private investment firm Sun Capital Partners (Sun Capital) has appointed Joe Silver as Managing Director – Investor Relations. He will work from the firm’s Boca Raton office.“We are excited to have Joe join the Sun Capital team,” says Marc Leder, Co-CEO of Sun Capital Partners. “Joe’s expertise and proven ability

Sovereign Capital Partners, a UK private equity Buy & Build specialist, has appointed Emma Flin to its investment team. Flin, an Investment Director, will primarily be focused on the Business and Technology & Information services sectors, further deepening Sovereign’s capabilities in these areas. The early part of Flin’s career in M&A

Experienced Corporate lawyer James Fox has joined Ogier as a partner based in the firm’s Jersey office.Fox has over 20 years’ experience of corporate legal work in the UK and Jersey and has acted for clients in a large number of M&A and IPO transactions as well as having experience