DealCloud, a specialist in deal & relationship management in the private capital markets, has opened its new EMEA headquarters in Holborn, London, United Kingdom. With the opening of the regional headquarters in London, DealCloud operates out of four offices globally. Supporting a rapidly growing client base in the region, DealCloud now provides implementation services, client

CoInvestor, a platform digitising alternative asset transactions for fund managers, investors and advisers, has appointed Rob Ferguson as its Chief Operating Officer.   Ferguson has more than 20 years’ experience working within software, financial and legal firms in accelerating growth in financial companies. While serving as a member of CoInvestor’s

Private equity investor Compass Partners has added James Kester to its team to help grow the firm’s business and increase origination in the US.   Since 2000, Kester has built and managed global investment businesses for institutional investors. Most recently, he served as Chief Investment Officer of the Private Equity

Global technology, media and communications investment bank Drake Star Partners has appointed senior investment banker Eric Ward as a partner in the firm’s London office.   Ward has over 15 years of M&A and industry experience, with a distinct focus on e-commerce and digital marketing, including retail tech, ad tech,

21 Centrale has added to its investment team with the appointment of Dorothée Chatain as Principal. With more than ten years of private equity experience in an international Growth and LBO Fund, Chatain joins an investment team already made up of eight experienced professionals. As a senior member of the

Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management has appointed Ashton Bradbury as a non-executive director of Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 plc. Bradbury brings more than 25 years of financial and investment industry experience to his role. Having run small company investment teams at Hill Samuel Investment Management and HSBC Asset Management Europe,

Morgan Lewis has appointed Paul Denham as finance partner. Denham, who advises clients on a wide range of leveraged finance and banking matters, will be based in the firm’s London office. Denham advises banks, credit funds, borrowers, and sponsors on a wide range of financing and restructuring transactions, with a

LiveOak Venture Partners, an early-stage venture capital firm based in Austin, Texas, has appointed Mike Marcantonio as Principal, and Mason Rathe as Senior Associate. Mike and Mason are the first investment professionals being added to the team outside of the three founding partners and will focus on both executing new

Ipes, a provider of outsourced services to private equity in Europe, has strengthened its senior team in Jersey with the creation of new roles and new appointments. Senior Managers Gary Ayres and Vimbai Bundu-Kamara have been appointed as Operations Directors and have joined the Jersey board. Gary and Vimbai will