Law firm Goodwin has expanded its private equity (PE) practice with the appointment of Mark Soundy and Sarah Priestley as partners in the firm’s London office. Soundy and Priestley join Goodwin’s 150 private equity lawyers around the globe.   “Mark and Sarah are outstanding, highly experienced lawyers who will be

CVC Capital Partners has appointed Fazle Husain as a partner and head of US healthcare. Husain will be based in CVC’s New York office and will join the firm in January.   Husain joins CVC from the private equity firm Metalmark Capital where he was head of healthcare investing, having

Peer-to-peer finance platform Assetz Capital has appointed Rob Pailin as its chief commercial officer and member of the board of directors.  Pailin joins from RBS Corporate, where was managing director of the bank’s corporate business in the north. As a senior executive at RBS for more than 10 years, Pailin was

O2 Investment Partners has appointed Sean Darin to the firm’s investment team.  Darin will be responsible for evaluating new transactions, due diligence, underwriting, and monitoring O2's portfolio companies.   Prior to joining O2, Darin worked for RIN Capital, a private investment firm, where he was responsible for evaluating and underwriting

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy has appointed Michael Bernhardt, a German private equity lawyer, as a partner in the firm’s corporate department in Frankfurt. Bernhardt has over 15 years of experience. His practice is focused on corporate M&A and private equity, representing national and international corporations and sponsors on investments

Rothschild Global Advisory, part of the Rothschild & Co Group, is expanding its debt advisory business by appointing Michael Speller as head of debt advisory, North America. Speller will join Rothschild Global Advisory as a managing director and head of debt advisory for North America, commencing 13 February 2017. Speller

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed Aly El Hamamsy as a partner in the firm’s US corporate practice. Fluent in English, French, Arabic and Italian, El Hamamsy’s career has been devoted to managing sophisticated cross-border transactional matters.   His experience includes several years with Davis Polk & Wardwell’s M&A group, including

Omnes Capital is strengthening its international investor relations with the appointment of Miria Späth Werder as a partner. She will head the international business development activities.   Werder, a German national, brings along extensive private equity experience and broad knowledge of the European investor market. Her mission will be to

Unigestion has appointed four investment experts to its private equity team, as it looks to strengthen its European team with a particular focus on secondary and direct investment activities. Pieter-Jan Frederix was appointed investment director within the private equity team in December 2015. Frederix joined from the Antenna Group where