SV Health Investors, a venture capital and growth equity firm, has promoted Houman Ashrafian to Managing Partner and Greg Madden to Partner. SV manages seven funds that work to support entrepreneurs and companies that create breakthrough treatments and innovative healthcare solutions. The firm invests in early-stage opportunities in biotechnology; early-stage

GSK Stockmann has promoted four of its lawyers to partners – two Equity Partners and two Local Partners – effective 1 January 2019. The equity partners are Dr Jenny Mehlitz (Projects & Public Sector, Procurement, Berlin) and Andreas Dimmling (Restructuring/Insolvency, Corporate/M&A, Munich), while Associates Dr Jens Uwe Rügenhagen (Corporate/M&A, Dispute

Campbell Lutyens, a global private capital adviser, has strengthened its global secondaries advisory team in the US with the appointment of Fred Han as a Principal. The firm has the largest secondary advisory team globally and its US team has advised on over USD5 billion in transactions for leading North

Avidbank Holdings has appointed veteran finance executive Sam Bhaumik as Executive Vice President, Venture Lending Group. “Part of our ultimate strategy for years has been venture and technology lending, but we needed to wait until we had the balance sheet, capital, infrastructure and governance before we could start the search

Pantheon has promoted two of its investment team principals – Imogen Richards, Global Head of Investment Structuring and Strategy, London and Kevin Dunwoodie, Secondaries Investment Team, San Francisco – to Partner.  The firm has also named Pantheon Partner, Robin Bailey as Chief Operating Officer (COO).   An additional 42 promotions

Apex Group (Apex) has appointed Emmanuel Tuffuor as Head of Private Equity Business Development for the Americas and Global Head of Tax, supporting the Group in developing its private equity offering in North America in addition to building out its tax service capabilities globally. Tuffuor joins Apex from KPMG where

Frankfurt-based private equity firm VR Equitypartner and BIP Investment Partners of Luxembourg have sold their jointly-held portfolio company LEUNA-Tenside to US firm Vantage Specialty Chemicals Holding Inc. Homburg & Partner (H&P) advised VR Equitypartner and BIP Investment Partners as part of the transaction process and conducted the Commercial Vendor Due

Intertrust has made appointments to its senior team in Jersey with Tania Bearryman appointed as Executive Director, Trust & Company Services, and Shane Hugill promoted to Head of Performance & Reward Management. Bearryman (pictured), will have oversight of Intertrust’s Private Wealth, Treasury & Investments, Capital Markets, Corporate Services and Performance

International investment bank GCA Altium is opening a subsidiary in Paris under the leadership of Hugues Archambault. The launch of GCA Altium’s French operations is part of its global expansion strategy focussed on establishing a strong presence in all key markets in terms of corporate ecosystems and transaction dynamics. With