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

Gordian Compliance Solutions, a boutique consulting firm specialising in regulatory compliance services for financial industry firms, has promoted four employees to managing partner positions. Each of the new partners – Ben Buckwalter, Patrick Dominguez, Yulia Kalk and Justin Schleifer – has been with the firm for more than three years

IGF, a commercial finance provider for SMEs, has opened a new office in Manchester and made two senior hires for the North West and North London and the Home Counties. IGF expanded its asset based lending (ABL) services earlier this year.   Richard Spielbichler, ABL director, will be leading the

TCP Capital (TCPC) has appointed M Freddie Reiss as an independent director, expanding the firm’s board of directors to seven members. Reiss will serve on the audit committee, governance and compensation committee, and joint transactions committee.   Reiss has over 30 years of experience in strategic planning, M&A due diligence,

Dynasty Financial Partners has appointed Matthew Marsh as director of investment solutions. Marsh will be responsible for leading investments solutions in the Western and Central divisions for Dynasty’s advisory firms, including the Dynasty TAMP, portfolio model management and rebalancing, SMA and UMA solutions, hedge funds, private equity, and capital markets.

New Orleans-based venture capital firm Valmiki 504 has appointed Neil Gibbons as venture partner to launch and run Ceres 504, a business incubator which will add branded foods and food technology to firm’s worldwide network of industry incubators. Gibbons is a leader in the Louisiana start-up ecosystem and a board

C5 Capital, a London-headquartered technology investment specialist, has appointed Marcos Battisti as partner and head of the C5 Cloud Partners fund. Battisti previously held the position of managing director of Intel Capital in London since April 2010.   He has been investing in technology venture and growth for 18 years.