Alternative investment firm Summit Partners has made four promotions in its global team, with Jay Pauley and Thomas Tarnowski appointed as managing directors and Antony Clavel and Peter Francis as principals. “We are proud to recognise the achievements of Jay, Thomas, Antony and Peter with these well-deserved promotions,” says Peter Chung,

Global law firm Reed Smith has hired several teams, including 17 partners, three counsel, 22 associates, one jurist and seven trainees, as well as two knowledge management lawyers and six secretaries, from King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) to its London, Frankfurt, Munich and Paris offices. The partners and their teams

Ylan Steiner, head of the London venture capital team at King & Wood Mallesons, has joined Orrick as a partner in its technology companies group, resident in the London office. This addition follows the arrival of Christoph Brenner, head of KWM’s German corporate practice, who joined the firm as a partner

GenNx360 Capital Partners, a New York-based private equity firm investing in middle market industrial manufacturing and business services companies, has appointed Daphne Dufresne as a managing partner.   Dufresne will be actively engaged in all aspects of GenNx360's investment activities and portfolio management, and will be a voting member of

Private equity firm Lovell Minnick Partners has appointed Irene Hong Edwards as principal and head of investor relations. “We are thrilled to welcome Irene to Lovell Minnick as we build out investor relations to better serve our limited partners,” says co-chairman Jeffrey D Lovell. “We are confident her depth of

LionTree, a global investment and merchant banking firm focused on media, technology and telecommunications, is building on its operations in New York, San Francisco and London with the opening of a Paris office. Fatine Layt, a banking executive and entrepreneur, has joined LionTree to lead the new office and grow

Private equity firm JW Childs Associates has appointed Joseph M Fortunato as operating partner. He will focus on evaluating, acquiring and growing businesses in the specialty retail industry.   “After 25 years of working with Joe as a leader in the specialty retail sector, I am delighted he is formally

Independent Growth Finance (IGF), a commercial finance provider for SMEs, has appointed Nick Price as chief financial officer (CFO). As CFO, Price is responsible for helping to deliver on the company’s ambitions to support more SMEs across the UK and empower these businesses to grow. Whilst creating this atmosphere of