Mark Withey has been appointed a partner in Dentons’ Russian Corporate and M&A practice. Withey has a broad-ranging Corporate practice, advising on private and public mergers and acquisitions, private equity, joint ventures, equity capital markets, corporate reorganisations and general corporate law matters. He has advised on transactions across a wide

Great Rock Capital, an asset-focussed commercial finance company specialising in middle-market lending, has appointed Jim Clifton as managing director of originations. Clifton will be based in Chicago, Illinois, and will be responsible for building relationships and sourcing investment opportunities in the Midwest.   “We are thrilled to welcome Jim to the

Law firm Morrison & Foerster (MoFo) has appointed John T Owen as a partner in the firm’s Corporate Finance | Capital Markets group New York. Owen, who brings more than 17 years of experience representing issuers and underwriters in complex capital markets transactions, further expands the firm’s capital markets capabilities

Credit-oriented private equity firm Orion Energy Partners has added several key hires in its New York and Houston offices, including key additions in investor relations, investments, risk optimisation and business development. Reyno Norval, Managing Director, Investor Relations and Business Development joins Orion Energy with more than a decade of experience

Piper, a specialist investor in consumer brands, has enhanced its consumer offering with the appointments of Saskia Roberts and Flora McAlpine. Roberts has spent nearly 20 years working for customer and retail consultancies on strategy, customer proposition, marketing and brand experience. She most recently led customer communication channels at O&CC

Truffle Capital, an independent venture capital firm focussed on creating and financing start-ups with disruptive technologies in life sciences and information technology, has announced the appointment of Denis Gestin as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Holistick, the first startup company funded by Truffle Capital’s new BioMedTech Crossover fund.

Investment bank and asset management firm Piper Jaffray Companies has appointed David Lee as a managing director within its financial sponsors coverage group. He will be based in the firm’s New York office. Lee joined Piper Jaffray from Houlihan Lokey, where he was part of the firm’s financial sponsors group.

UBS Asset Management’s (UBS-AM) Real Estate & Private Markets (REPM) business has appointed Rodolphe Brumm as a Portfolio Manager on its Infrastructure Equity team, based in London and effective immediately. Brumm will be responsible for activities supporting the origination, analysis and execution of infrastructure equity investment opportunities across Europe. He