PwC Legal has appointed Stephen Richards as a Senior Manager in the firm’s Corporate Group in London. Richards joins from Laytons where he was a Partner in the Corporate and Commercial Team of that firm. Richards has nearly ten years’ experience working in corporate law. He has a broad practice,

RSM has appointed James Lewis as an M&A partner in its corporate finance practice. Lewis joins RSM from Deloitte where he jointly led the firm’s PLC M&A Advisory team. Prior to that, he held advisory and M&A positions at both Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse. In his career to date,

Centaur Asset Management has appointed Rose Omundi as Corporate Counsel. This is the latest in a series of senior-level appointments across the business. Prior to moving to the UAE, Omundi was based in Kenya and worked for one of the leading banks in Kenya as a Senior Legal Counsel and

Private equity firm Harvest Partners has appointed Michael JP Klein as an Advisor. Klein will support the firm in identifying and evaluating investment opportunities in the automotive aftermarket parts, distribution, services, and retail sectors.  Klein has more than 35 years of experience in the automotive aftermarket, including CEO roles with

Investec Specialist Bank continues to expand its Growth & Acquisition Finance team with the appointment of Nicole de Silva and Prasan Desai to the London office.  In their respective roles, Nicole and Prasan will report to James Stirling and focus on providing senior debt, mezzanine finance and minority equity across

Centerview Capital Technology Management has appointed Dr Buno Pati as a Partner adding to the founding partnership of Ned Hooper, former Chief Strategy Officer of Cisco Systems, David Dorman, former Chairman and CEO of AT&T and Sandhya Venkatachalam former VP Advertising and Monetization and Head of Corporate Development of Skype.

Venture capital firm Accel has appointed Nir Blumberger as a venture partner based in Tel Aviv, Israel. Accel opened its first international office in London in 2000 to partner with extraordinary founders and teams across Europe and Israel. In that period, Accel has invested in over 30 companies in Israel

Berenberg has further expanded its US presence by hiring James J Ramp as Head of Equity Capital Markets (ECM), to be based out of New York.  Ramp has over 20 years’ experience in ECM and Investment Banking, with prior experience as a Managing Director at BNY Convergex, Managing Director at

Jenner & Block has appointed corporate lawyer Kyle Gann as a partner in the firm’s Chicago office.  Gann will be a member of the Private Equity and Mergers and Acquisitions Practices.   With a decade of corporate transactional experience representing both premier private equity groups and public companies in a

Radius Equity, the provider of tax efficient private equity investments, has appointed Andrew Hodson as the firm’s new Head of Business Development, focussing on introducing investors to early stage businesses looking for growth funding. Radius Equity says that Hodson has over 25 years of experience working within accountancy and financial