Kirkland & Ellis International has appointed Paula Liu as a partner in firm’s corporate practice group in Shanghai. Liu concentrates her practice on M&A transactions with a particular focus on private equity.   “Paula has built a reputation as one of the leading young corporate and private equity lawyers in

Private equity firm Altitude Partners has appointed Andrew Syvret from Santander Corporate Bank as partner in charge of fundraising and deal origination. Syvret has undertaken senior commercial roles in professional services, banking and the private sector for almost 20 years.   Following positions at both KPMG and PwC in accountancy

Independent Growth Finance (IGF), a commercial finance provider for SMEs, has appointed Mark Lindsay as managing director of its invoice finance practice.  Following the development of IGF’s asset based lending facilities, IGF is seeking to replicate this trend across its entire product offering.    Lindsay will be responsible for increasing the client base and

Law firm Goodwin has expanded its private equity and private investment funds practice with the addition of partners Marie-Laure Bruneel and Arnaud David in the firm’s Paris office. “The skills and talent of Marie-Laure and Arnaud, who are both well-known in the market, allow us to offer a complete range of

Dentons has recruited three partners to work in its private equity and corporate/M&A practices in Europe. They are Christopher Rose (CEE/UK), Alessandro Dubini (Italy) and Simon Vogel (Germany).   Rose joins as head of Dentons’ Europe venture technology group, splitting his time between Moscow, London and Warsaw. He joins from Squire Patton

AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets (AXA IM – Real Assets) has appointed Steve McCarthy as the new Head of North America, and Aaron Kutner as US Director of Acquisitions, effective immediately.  Olivier Thoral, current Head of North America, will return to AXA IM – Real Assets’ headquarters in Paris

Downing has appointed Richard Lewis as an investment director focusing on its growth capital portfolio. He joins from Radius Equity, where he headed up the investment team which raised money from high net worth investors on a deal by deal basis.   Prior to this Lewis spent nine years working

Noerr has promoted six of its lawyers to partners, as 1 January. Fabian Badtke, Sophia Habbe, Michael Hawkins, Alexander Israel, Patrick Mückl and Nikolai Warneke will reinforce the partnership in their role as equity partners.   Tom Billing, Helge Heinrich and Alexandru Ene (Bucharest office) will work as senior counsel