Houlihan Lokey has appointed Laurens van Asselt as a managing director, based in Amsterdam. He will be responsible for supporting the firm’s power and utilities, environmental, and infrastructure coverage efforts in the Benelux region and across continental Europe.   Van Asselt (pictured) joins from Rabobank, where he was a managing

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery has appointed Robert Goldstein as a partner in the firm’s corporate and transactional practice group in New York and head of the New York office’s private equity team. Goldstein joins McDermott from another Am Law 100 firm, where he was chair of the

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has appointed Graeme Eadie as senior managing director and global head of real assets, a new investment department that brings together the real estate investments department with the company’s existing infrastructure and agriculture groups. The group says the change will create a better alignment

Pagemill Partners, a division of Duff & Phelps, has appointed Rory O’Sullivan as a managing director and the firm’s first head of European technology M&A, based in London. O’Sullivan’s appointment marks a significant step in expanding Pagemill’s worldwide offering, and the further strengthening of M&A capabilities within Duff & Phelps

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has elected Michael Gerstenzang as managing partner, effective 1 January 2017. He will succeed managing partner Mark Leddy.   Gerstenzang is a leader in organising and advising private investment funds, including buyout funds, international funds, growth funds, special situations funds and other types of alternative

Jean-Philippe Barade has been appointed as partner and head of the London office of consumer-focused private equity firm L Catterton with immediate effect. Barade brings more than 15 years of experience in private equity with a focus on consumer and retail.   Most recently, he served as co-founding partner of

Bedell Cristin Guernsey has promoted two lawyers, Jon Barclay and Richard Sharp, to partners in the firm.
 
 Barclay practised as a barrister at a leading UK chambers and was admitted as an advocate in Guernsey in 2006.   He specialises in international financial services litigation, with a particular focus on cross-border asset recovery,

Kirkland & Ellis International has appointed Thomas Laverty as a partner in the firm’s investment funds group based in London. Laverty was most recently managing director and funds counsel at Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA), a division of Macquarie Group and the world’s largest infrastructure asset manager.   “We

Stuart Bedford has joined LeapFrog Investments as general counsel, leaving his role at law firm Linklaters, where he was head of the London corporate division and the private equity group. Bedford has led over USD40 billion of transactions across Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe – including major M&As, IPOs