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

Global law firm Ropes & Gray has appointed Will Rosen as co-managing partner of its London office, to work alongside current office managing partner Mike Goetz. The appointment starts with immediate effect. Rosen, who is also co-head of the firm’s international practice group, has been a partner at Ropes & Gray

EyeSouth Partners has appointed Rex Adams to the Company as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). EyeSouth is a network of affiliated medical and surgical specialty eye care practices in Georgia and the broader Southeast, formed by private equity firm Shore Capital Partners. Adams will work closely with the senior leadership team

MMC Ventures has promoted Head of Research, David Kelnar, to Partner. MMC has focused on the technology sector since it was founded in 2000. Under David Kelnar’s leadership MMC has built up a widely recognised Research function which it uses to guide its investment themes and to provide the entrepreneurs

Cooley is expanding its Asia-Pacific presence with the launch of a Beijing office, the firm’s 13th worldwide and its second in China, having opened in Shanghai in 2011. Investment funds lawyer Xun Zeng joins from Ropes & Gray and will be Cooley’s first resident partner in Beijing.   “China is

Law firm Paul Hastings has appointed Rich Davis as a partner in the firm’s Finance practice, based in Washington, DC. He joins from DLA Piper, where he was a partner. “Finance is one of our fastest growing practices at Paul Hastings thanks to increased client demand,” says Seth Zachary, chair of