Katten is expanding its presence in Texas with a group of seven new partners based in Dallas where many of the firm’s clients currently do business or plan to do so. The new office will boost Katten’s practice that handles sophisticated corporate mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and transactional capabilities for

Noerr has appointed Alexander Schilling as an associated partner in the firm’s banking and finance practice in Frankfurt. Schilling comes to Noerr from Allen & Overy. Alexander specialises in advising on national and international investment grade financing, acquisition and leverage financing, as well as promissory note loans. He advises both

French private equity investor Activa Capital has promoted Emma France to Associate for ESG and Digital Transformation. Her mission, under the responsibility of Christophe Parier, Partner, will be to strengthen the ESG process within Activa Capital as well as in all its portfolio companies. France joined Activa Capital in 2017

UK private equity house Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has appointed Andy Povey and Raj Minhas as Investment Managers to help manage the Maven MEIF Debt Fund team in the West Midlands.  Based in Birmingham, Povey and Minhas have responsibility for new MEIF investments across the West Midlands, as well as

Cooley is strengthening its UK office with the hire of M&A partner Michal Berkner. She arrives from Skadden, where she had been practicing for more than 20 years. “Michal is an exceptional M&A lawyer whose high-profile client base will pair perfectly with the firm,” says Justin Stock, Cooley’s UK managing

Offshore law firm, Mourant Ozannes has appointed three new partners to its global partnership, bringing the firm’s total number of partners to 60. Stephen Alexander and Carla Benest (pictured), from the Jersey office and Chinyin Johnston from the London office will join the partnership with effect from 1 February 2018.

Campbell Lutyens has appointed Guillermo Marroquin as Head of North American Real Assets. Marroquin brings his specialist knowledge of infrastructure and real assets to the firm and will be responsible for key relationships and origination activities in these sectors, as well as investor engagement. The appointment further strengthens the firm’s

Gridiron Capital has promoted Kevin Jackson to Managing Partner alongside Tom Burger and Gene Conese. Jackson was previously part of the Firm’s investment committee and will continue in that capacity. Jackson joined Gridiron Capital in 2010 as a Vice President and was promoted to Managing Director in 2012 and Senior