K&L Gates has appointed Liz Boydston as a partner in its restructuring and insolvency practice based in the firm’s Dallas office. She joins K&L Gates from Norton Rose Fulbright LLP. Boydston focusses her practice on corporate and financial restructuring and insolvency, as well as complex commercial litigation matters, including bankruptcies, restructurings,

WestBridge Capital has appointed chartered accountant James MacLeay from Kingston Smith, where he qualified before joining the firm’s corporate finance team. During this time, MacLeay worked on many deals including the sale of Freightex to UPS; the readmission to AIM of Live Company Group plc; the investment in Axel Arigato

Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC), a UK fund manager and social enterprise, has added to its team with the appointment of Gilly Orr as Fund Development Director. Orr joins the team designing, developing and raising investment for new products that SASC plans to launch in the near future, including a

Investec Asset Management has appointed Deirdre Cooper as a portfolio manager with a specific focus on renewable energy, decarbonisation, electrification and resource efficiency. Bringing extensive experience in the finance and investment industry, Cooper has dedicated the last ten years to the renewable energy, clean tech and utility sectors where she

East Capital has promoted Tim Umberger, the firm’s Deputy Head of Eastern Europe, to Partner.   Umberger joins current partners, Albin Rosengren (Dubai), Jacob Grapengiesser (Moscow), Karine Hirn (Hong Kong) and Peter Elam Håkansson (Stockholm).   Umberger is based in Moscow and advises on the Balkan strategy and Eastern European

Schulte Roth & Zabel International (SRZ) has appointed Emily Brown as a partner in the Investment Management Group, resident in the firm’s London office. Brown joins the firm from Macfarlanes. Brown advises private equity and venture capital sponsors on fundraising, managed accounts and the capital-raising process, as well as on

DWS Group has appointed Kumber Husain as Head of Private Equity, Americas. Based in New York, Husain will report to Mark McDonald, Global Head of Private Equity, who joined DWS in November 2017. In this newly created role, Husain will focus on the sourcing and execution of direct co-investment and

Framework, a specialist global solutions vendor for Private Equity (PE) and Real Estate (RE) investments, has made a senior hire to its leadership team with the appointment of Renato Moreschi as Head of Market Solutions. Framework says the appointment will strengthen the company’s focus on innovation and delivering the best

Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice and Global Private Equity Industry Group with the addition of Saam Golshani, Alexis Hojabr and Guillaume Vitrich as partners in Paris. “Saam is one of the most recognised partners in the Paris market and his