Aliter Capital, an investment firm focused on small to mid-size UK support services businesses, has added  to its investment team with the appointment of James Davies as an Investment Associate.  Davies joins the founding partners of Aliter – seasoned support services entrepreneurs and investors Billy Allan, Greig Brown, Andy Galloway

General Atlantic has appointed Aaron Goldman to Head of Financial Services and Software for the EMEA region. Goldman, who joined General Atlantic’s New York Office in 2007, has relocated and will now be based in the firm’s London office. “We see strong potential for attractive growth equity investments in the

John Dawson and Federico Fruhbeck have joined Vinson & Elkins in its London office, adding depth to the firm’s global finance, high-yield and M&A practices. Dawson, a partner who focuses his practice on acquisition and leveraged finance, was previously at Clifford Chance. Fruhbeck, who joins the firm as counsel, comes to

Hilco Valuation Services has appointed Nat Baldwin as Director of Intellectual Property Services Europe. Baldwin will assume business development responsibility for the United Kingdom and European Intellectual Property (IP) appraisal and disposal practice assisting clients in identifying, preserving, and extracting value from these key assets within corporate transactions. Baldwin brings

Specialist direct lender Beechbrook Capital, which backs small and medium-sized businesses in the UK, has further strengthened its Manchester-based regional office team with the appointment of Jon Petty as Associate Director. Petty joins from Deloitte, where he spent five years in their Manchester-based Debt Advisory practice, advising on a wide

Align Capital Partners (ACP), a growth-oriented private equity firm that targets control investments in lower middle market companies, has added two new team members to its Dallas office. Matt Iodice joins as Vice President while Maseel Mir is Director of Finance and Chief Compliance Officer. With these new hires, the

Global law firm Reed Smith has added Leith Moghli as a partner in the firm’s Global Private Equity and Investment Funds practice, based in London. Moghli joins Reed Smith from Kirkland & Ellis, where he was a partner in, and a founding member of, the firm’s funds practice in London.  

FPE Capital (FPE), a growth private equity investor in UK lower mid-market companies, has appointed Chris Kay as Investment Manager.  Kay joins FPE Capital from PwC, where he was a member of the firm’s global TMT Advisory team.  Kay is a fully qualified ACCA and is a graduate of Durham University

Dentons has launched its Energy practice in the Czech Republic with the recruitment of Petr Zákoucký as a partner. He joins the Firm’s Prague office from Clifford Chance, along with two associates, Michal Pelikan and Barbora Obračajová, who will join within the next month.
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