International law firm Taylor Wessing has enhanced its London private equity practice with the appointment of Duncan McDonald as partner. The appointment McDonald, who joins from Olswang, brings the number of dedicated private equity lawyers in Taylor Wessing’s London team to 20.   McDonald is a highly experienced international private

NorthEdge Capital has launched a specialist deal origination team as part of its ongoing investment to support the development and growth of the firm.  NorthEdge now has over GBP525 million in funds under management since the final close of NorthEdge Capital Fund II, which reached its GBP300 million hard cap

Inflexion Private Equity has promoted Mark Williams from investment director to partner with immediate effect. Williams joined the investment team in 2011 and has been involved in a number of transactions including the firm’s investment in corporate travel company Reed & Mackay last month; the carve-out of Kynetec; and the

Ogier has appointed a new partner in its Luxembourg office to head its corporate practice. Bertrand Geradin, whose appointment takes the firm’s 25-strong Luxembourg team to five partners, has more than 15 years’ experience with law firms in Luxembourg, Brussels, London and Philadelphia.   He specialises in corporate law advising

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