Scott Graves has joined Ares Management as a partner in the firm’s private equity group based in Los Angeles. Graves will lead the Ares Special Situations Funds platform as portfolio manager and head of distressed.   His primary responsibilities will include overseeing investments within the special situations strategy and expanding

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has appointed Liam FitzGerald, former chief executive officer of UDG Healthcare, as an operating adviser to CD&R funds.  FitzGerald will work out of CD&R’s London office.   As CEO of UDG Healthcare from 2000 until 2016, FitzGerald expanded the business from a mainly Irish-based distribution services

Law firm Proskauer has appointed Stephen Pevsner as a tax partner in the firm’s London office. “We are delighted to welcome Stephen to the team. He joins us at an exciting time as we continue to enhance our corporate capabilities. Stephen is a leader in tax, with extensive transactional and

Mid-market, pan-European private equity firm Agilitas has made two new additions to its team with the appointments of Liam Goddard and Aleix Sumpsi. Goddard joins Agilitas from private equity roles during the last 10 years which include KKR and 3i, as well as in consultancy. Most recently Goddard has completed

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has appointed four new partners with an average tenure at the firm of more than a decade.  The new partners, Sarah Kim, Stephen W Shapiro, Derek L Strum and JL Zrebiec, have sourced new investments, led transactions and managed new investments in CD&R's four core industry

Stroock has promoted five attorneys to its partner and special counsel ranks, representing the firm’s practice strengths in corporate transactions, investment management, financial services litigation and financial restructurings. The two new partners and three special counsel, based in Stroock’s New York and Los Angeles offices, serve national clients in all

DW Healthcare Partners (DWHP), a healthcare-focused private equity firm, has promoted Aly Champsi to managing director and partner. “Since Aly’s arrival at our firm in 2014, he has been an integral part of our investment team,” says DWHP founder and managing partner, Andrew Carragher. “We are excited to acknowledge his

Exemplar Healthcare, a portfolio company of mid-market private equity firm Agilitas, has appointed Dr Mark Jackson as chairman, with immediate effect. Exemplar is a provider of nurse-led residential care for adults with disabilities.   Jackson worked for many years as a GP, and as a GP practice lead, before founding