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Akin Gump adds Finance and Capital Markets Partner in Dubai

Akin Gump has appointed Rizwan H Kanji as a partner in its Dubai office. He comes to Akin Gump from another large international law firm in Dubai, where he served as the lead of that firm’s global capital markets working group and as one of the deputy heads of its

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Artivest appoints Chief Marketing Officer

Artivest, an independent digital platform for alternative funds, has appointed Paul Nobile as Chief Marketing Officer, a new position for the company. Nobile (pictured) has more than 25 years of experience as an award-winning marketing and communications leader for asset and wealth managers. He is based in New York City and reports

Stirling Square adds two to investment team

Pan-European mid-market private equity firm Stirling Square Capital Partners (Stirling Square) has appointed Amélie Mazurier and Adriaan Bloys van Treslong to its investment team.  Mazurier was previously at JP Morgan, where she worked in the Investment Banking division focused on Mergers & Acquisitions within the Consumer & Retail team. She

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Conyers adds new partner to Cayman Corporate Practice

Conyers has appointed Nicholas Pattman as a Partner in the Corporate practice in the Cayman Islands. Pattman advises on a broad range of corporate and finance matters with particular experience in venture capital, private equity and hedge funds.  “With a move to new offices, new branding for the firm and

Sidley adds team led by PE partner Mehdi Khodadad in Century City and Washington DC

A private equity team led by Mehdi Khodadad has joined Sidley Austin from Cooley. The team consists of Khodadad, partners Josh DuClos and Eric Kauffman, counsel Stacy Crosnicker and several associates. Khodadad, DuClos and Kauffmann are in Sidley’s Century City office, while Crosnicker is in Washington DC. Khodadad and DuClos

Renaissance Capital appoints VP of investment banking in Egypt

Renaissance Capital, an emerging and frontier markets investment bank, has appointed Omar Gaafar as Vice President, Investment Banking, in Cairo. Gaafar will be covering Egypt and MENA, and will report to Amr Helal, CEO, North Africa.  Helal says: “We are delighted that Omar is joining the team. His extensive and

Graycliff expands credit team

Graycliff Partners has expanded its credit team with the addition of Brian O’Reilly as Managing Director. O’Reilly, former Managing Director at CVC Credit Partners, will be responsible for sourcing and evaluating portfolio investments for Graycliff’s dedicated credit fund. O’Reilly co-founded CVC Credit Partners’ US middle market lending platform, directly originating

Equistone adds investment manager in Birmingham

Equistone Partners Europe (Equistone), a mid-market private equity investor, has appointed Will Copeland as Investment Manager in the firm’s Birmingham office. In addition Ed Baker has been promoted to the role of Investment Director in Equistone’s London office.  Copeland joins Equistone from BGF, where he worked as an Investor for

SK Capital Partners appoints MD

SK Capital Partners, a private investment firm focused on the specialty materials, chemicals and pharmaceuticals sectors, has appointed Ben Dillon as a Managing Director focused on investor relations and fundraising.  Dillon will work closely with Jim Marden, a longtime partner that led the investor relations function and fundraising for SK

Pantheon appoints Principal to Global Infrastructure and Real Assets Investment Team

Pantheon has appointed Janice Ince as Principal to its Global Infrastructure and Real Assets Investment Team, based in Pantheon’s San Francisco office.  Ince will focus on North American investment opportunity sourcing, evaluation and execution. Bringing 18 years of experience in energy and infrastructure investment and analysis, Ince joins from SteelRiver

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