Sebastian Ehrnrooth has become managing partner at Segulah, having previously shared the role with Henrik Lif who is leaving the company. Ehrnrooth has been with Segulah for 16 years.   Lif joined Segulah in 2014 and became co-managing partner in 2015. His responsibilities will be shared by the partner group

Noerr has added to its private equity and venture capital practice group with the appointment of Christoph Thiermann as an associated partner. Thiermann, who joins Noerr from P+P Pöllath + Partners, specialises in transaction-related advice to PE investors in an international environment and advises clients on investments and takeovers, as

Demica, a provider of working capital solutions to major corporates and banks, has appointed Daniel Kustrin as chief technology officer. Kustrin will be responsible for the firm’s technology needs, including overseeing the growth and development of Demica’s proprietary platform that enables the financing of over USD50 billion of trade receivables

Peer Funding, a newly FCA authorised peer to peer business lending platform, has appointed Gill Fielding as non-executive chairperson. Fielding, a Chartered Accountant, is a public speaker on macro-economic affairs, wealth creation, financial education, property and investing skills.   Aside from taking part in Channel 4’s Secret Millionaire, Fielding makes

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has appointed James Howe as a partner in the firm’s London office.  Formerly a partner with Proskauer Rose in London, Howe will continue his private equity and mergers and acquisitions practice at Gibson Dunn.    Ken Doran, chairman and managing partner of Gibson Dunn, says: “James

Joshua J Yang has joined the Chicago office of K&L Gates as a partner in the firm’s investment management, hedge funds and alternative investments practice. He joins K&L Gates from Winston & Strawn.   Yang represents investment managers in the formation and structuring of private funds, including hedge funds, commingled

International law firm Proskauer has appointed M&A lawyer Eleanor Shanks as a partner in the firm’s London office. Shanks’s practice focuses on private equity transactions, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, co-investments and other fund investments, in both domestic and cross-border transactions.   “We have made a number of strategic hires

KKR is making additions to its private equity investment team in Asia, including a change in leadership in China and the addition of new senior investment talent in China, Singapore and Korea. Ming Lu, a member of KKR and co-head of Asia private equity, has been named sole head of