CVC Credit Partners has appointed Nick Haaijman as a Managing Director and Head of Client Services in the firm’s investor relations team. Haaijman, who is based in CVC’s London office, reports to Mike Anderson, CVC Credit Partners’ Head of Investor Relations.   Haaijman joined from Alcentra, where he spent more

Reed Smith has appointed Colin Baker as a partner in its Financial Industry Group, based in London.  Baker, who joins the firm from Goodwin Procter, brings a practice steeped in funds finance experience acting for fund borrowers and lenders. Baker has particular experience across a wide range of fund level

Muzinich & Co has appointed Alok Wadhawan to head up a newly-created Aviation Finance business. Aviation Finance will be a part of Muzinich’s growth in offerings of alternative investments and private debt. “Aviation Finance seeks to offer investors the opportunity to access cash-yielding, fixed-income-type returns on a risk-adjusted basis with

UK private equity house Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has expanded its investment team with the appointment of David Nixon to help manage funds across the North East. Joining as Investment Manager to source and complete deals on behalf of Maven’s private equity funds, Nixon will also help manage the GBP27

Sidley Austin has appointed Eleanor Shanks as a partner based in London. Shanks, who will be a member of Sidley’s global M&A and Private Equity practice, joins from Proskauer Rose LLP. “Eleanor is one of the most respected private equity lawyers in London and highly regarded for her work across

UK financial services broker The Fiducia Group has launched Fiducia Corporate Finance which the company says will provide a bespoke corporate service for debt and equity fund raising for entrepreneurs and companies.  It will offer advice, specialising in: equity capital raising, debt capital raising, disposals, acquisitions, refinancing, restructuring and general

BGF, a UK and Irish investment company, has appointed Daina Spedding as an investor in its London office. Spedding joins from the investment team at Blue Coast Capital, where she sourced and executed investment opportunities in global consumer and digital companies. Previously, Spedding has worked in PwC’s transaction services team,

Law firm Paul Hastings has appointed Charles Cardon, a corporate partner with a focus on takeovers, M&A, private equity, and capital markets transactions, to the firm’s team in Paris. “We’re meeting our clients’ demand for deeper European capabilities in M&A, private equity and finance,” says Seth Zachary, chair of Paul Hastings.

Frank Herzog has joined EQT portfolio company VFS Global as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) effective 1 October 2019. Herzog will lead the overall Finance function and will also be responsible for M&A, Legal, Internal Audit, and Procurement functions of VFS Global. He is a member of the Executive Board of