Cooley is enhancing its global private equity group with the appointment of three new partners.  Ron Hopkinson joins in New York from Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, where he was head of the firm’s private equity group. Eric Schwartzman joins in Palo Alto from Weil, Gotshal & Manges’ Silicon Valley office.

International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges has appointed James MacArthur as a partner in the firm’s Corporate practice. He will be based in Weil’s London office and will focus on private equity and M&A transactions in the infrastructure and real estate sectors.  MacArthur joins from Herbert Smith Freehills, where

Norwest Equity Partners (NEP) and Norwest Mezzanine Partners (NMP), have hired Charles P Moorse to serve as the firms' in-house General Counsel.  In this role, Moorse will have responsibility for providing leadership, expertise and support on a wide range of legal matters. NEP and NMP have consistently made successful investments

Lovell Minnick Partners, a private equity firm specialising in financial and related business services companies, has named Steven C Pierson as President and Partner.  Pierson, who will start his duties at Lovell Minnick in June, comes to the firm from UBS, where he most recently served as the Head of

Private equity corporate partner David Holdsworth and private equity tax partner Tim Lowe are to join the London office of Kirland & Ellis International from Linklaters. “David and Tim are exceptionally talented lawyers with strong track records advising clients on a variety of international private equity transactions,” says Jeffrey C

Bryan, Garnier & Co, a pan-European Investment Bank focusing on growth companies, has appointed Pierre Kiecolt-Wahl as Managing Director, ECM, where he will lead Bryan, Garnier & Co’s equity capital markets efforts throughout Europe.  “Over the past 15 years, Pierre has gained significant experience in advising innovative growth companies and

Squire Patton Boggs has appointed Colin Stirling as a senior business advisor in the Global Corporate Practice. Stirling was previously a partner at private equity fund manager Spirit Capital in Leeds. Stirling has over 20 years’ experience in private equity investment. Having qualified as an accountant with KPMG, he moved

Bijal N Vira has joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton as a corporate finance partner, based in the firm's New York office. Vira joins from Winston & Strawn. Vira's practice is focused on representing investors and committed funds in their equity investment and/or lending activities, and his experience is comprehensive

Venky Ganesan, Managing Director of Menlo Ventures, will serve as the 2016-2017 Chair of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) Board of Directors. Ganesan’s appointment was made official at the Second Annual NVCA Leadership Gala & Summit in San Francisco, this week. Ganesan becomes Chair of the NVCA Board of