Orrick announced has appointed John Donaleski as a partner in the firm’s Energy & Infrastructure practice  in New York. He joins Orrick from White & Case. Donaleski advises on financings, mergers and acquisitions in connection with a broad array of energy and infrastructure assets, including conventional and renewable power, oil

LeapFrog Investments has appointed Dr Nitin Nowjee as a Director of Investments for Financial Services in Africa. He is based in London. The news comes after LeapFrog successfully raised USD743 million for its third emerging markets fund, announced in May 2019, an impact investing record.   LeapFrog companies currently reach

Manulife Investment Management (Manulife) has launched a new secondary investment business within its Private Markets with Jeff Hammer and Paul Sanabria appointed as Global Co-Heads. The Secondaries capability is part of Manulife’s strategy to expand its comprehensive Private Markets platform, which includes Private Equity and Credit, Infrastructure, Real Estate, Timber

Joonhyung (Jay) Rhim is to join Indianapolis-based HKW, a middle-market private equity firm focused on growth-oriented companies, as a Vice President in the firm’s transaction team. Rhim will focus on the business services sector.   Luke Phenicie, Lead Transaction Partner, HKW, says: “We are excited to have Jay join the

EV Private Equity (EVPE) has appointed two new Advisory Board members, Bettina Bachmann and Carl Stjernfeldt, who bring decades of experience and valuable knowledge in venture capital to the firm. Bachmann spent 35 years at Shell, latterly as Vice President of Subsurface & Wells Software and now sits on several

DC Advisory has doubled its team in Northern England with the addition of eight new hires in the last 12 months into its Manchester office. New hires include Anthony Greensmith as Vice Chairman (previously of Montagu Private Equity), Andrew Claymore as Managing Director of Financial Services in the UK, Rob

SME direct lender Beechbrook Capital has appointed Paul Whitehouse as investment director to head up deal origination and execution activity across the Midlands. With over 30 years’ experience, Whitehouse joins from Lloyds Banking Group, where he spent the last two decades focusing on corporate and leveraged finance transactions across the

Sverica Capital Management, a growth-orientated private equity firm focused on the lower middle market, has promoted Ryan Harstad and Gregg Osenkowski to the position of Partner, effective immediately. With over 11 years of experience in the private equity space, Harstad joined the Sverica San Francisco office 2011. He focuses on

ACA Compliance Group (ACA) is expanding its European presence with the opening of a new office in Birmingham. The office will allow ACA to offer a full suite of services designed to strengthen and streamline financial services firms’ governance, risk and compliance arrangements.   Key to the services offered from