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

Infrastructure and private equity investment manager Foresight Group has promoted Minal Patel, Ricardo Pineiro and Matt Smith to partner as of 1 January 2017. The promotions follow continued expansion in the group during 2016.   Staff numbers increased by 21 per cent to more than 150 as Foresight opened two

Invest Europe has appointed Marc Nahum as director of membership, a new role created to deepen engagement with the private equity association’s 650 members and connect with fund managers and investors across Europe. Nahum brings over 15 years of experience in private equity fundraising and investor relations, having previously worked