Waterland Private Equity is expanding its Swiss activities with the opening of a new office in Zurich.   The new Zurich team will work closely with the firm’s existing offices in Munich and Hamburg.   “Switzerland is a highly interesting market, and we are a very attractive growth partner for

Investec Specialist Bank (Investec) has appointed Joerg Bachtler to its Institutional Sales Group (ISG). Bachtler will oversee the syndication and distribution of leveraged buyout transactions originated by Investec’s Corporate & Acquisition Finance team.   The ISG team is responsible for the global syndication and distribution of transactions originated by Investec.

International law firm Brown Rudnick has expanded its International Corporate practice with the appointment of Philip Watkins as a Partner in the firm’s London Office.  Watkins, who joins Brown Rudnick with Victoria Rodley, Counsel, from Katten Muchin Rosenman UK, is a senior practitioner in corporate and commercial law, with particular emphasis on cross-border mergers and

Bedell Cristin has appointed Guy Westmacott as a Partner two years after he joined the firm. A specialist in corporate and commercial matters, with particular expertise in mergers and acquisitions, Guy works on a variety of international transactions and also advises on related regulatory aspects including competition and financial services.

Independent venture capital firm Truffle Capital, which focuses on creating and financing start-ups with disruptive technologies in life sciences and information technology, has appointed Maud Lazare as the company’s Director of Investor Relations. Under the supervision of Truffle Capital’s three existing partners Patrick Kron, Philippe Pouletty and Bernard-Louis Roques, Lazare

Evercore has appointed Eduard Kostadinov as a Senior Managing Director in its Advisory practice based in Frankfurt.    Kostadinov will focus on advising clients on M&A and capital-raising assignments in the Industrials sector across Europe. Kostadinov will also take on the leadership of Evercore’s German Advisory business, working in close partnership

Independent investment consultancy bfinance has appointed Sweta Chattopadhyay as Director – Private Markets. Heading the private equity advisory practice at bfinance, she brings with her over a decade’s experience investing in private equity funds and in direct/co-investments globally. With a mandate to help grow and evolve bfinance’s Private Markets team,

Private equity firm Earth Capital Partners (EC) has appointed Edward Collins as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) with immediate effect. Collins (pictured), is a former Managing Director of Hanson Asset Management, an independent investment management and advisory firm, and CIO of Hanson Family Holdings. Most recently, he was the CIO of