Arma Partners (Arma), an independent communications, media and technology (CMT) focused M&A advisory firm, has strengthened its global advisory capabilities with the appointment of Ron Pillar as a partner spearheading the firm’s New York operations. Pillar has over 20 years of investment banking experience in the CMT sector and during

Sumo Digital has announced Nottingham as the location for its second UK and third global studio. Sumo, backed by private equity firm NorthEdge Capital, is a creator and developer of video game products and services, working on the world’s largest brands and franchises for leading publishers and platform holders across

MMC Ventures has appointed Jon Coker, an MMC team member for nine years, as Managing Partner to share the responsibility of the day-to-day running of the business with Founder and Managing Partner Bruce Macfarlane. Since joining MMC in 2007 from JP Morgan, Coker has been influential in a number of

Antares Capital has appointed Melina Higgins as independent board chairman, and elected two new independent board members, Mark Furlong and Diane Nordin, to the Antares Midco, board of directors. “Our new board members understand the middle market, possess a wealth of knowledge around private equity, asset management and debt markets,

Gerritjan Eggenkamp has been promoted to partner with Avedon Capital Partners based on his strong contribution since joining the firm in 2012. Prior to Avedon, he worked at McKinsey&Company for eight years, focusing on strategic and corporate finance related projects. Prior to this, Gerritjan worked at ING and was also

BTG Global Advisory, an international alliance of independent restructuring and financial advisory firms, is expanding with the appointment of KRyS Global, a restructuring and insolvency firm with a focus on fraud investigation and dispute resolution, based in the Cayman Islands. KRyS Global was founded in 2007 and now has a team

Alternative asset management firm Black Diamond Capital Management has appointed Todd Arden as Senior Managing Director and Co-Chief Credit Officer.   Arden will have responsibility for co-managing Black Diamond's underwriting processes and credit exposures and will also source stressed and distressed investment opportunities for Black Diamond's funds. Hw will be based in

Rainer Traugott is to join Latham & Watkins as a partner in the Corporate Department of the firm’s Munich office. Traugott’s practice focuses on the representation of large German corporates and private equity firms on M&A transactions and a broad range of corporate law matters.   Traugott will bring more

Blackstone has appointed Peter Grauer to the firm’s board of directors. Grauer has been the Chairman of Bloomberg, the global business and financial information company, since March 2001 and joined Bloomberg full time as President and Chief Executive Officer in March of 2002. Commenting on the appointment, Stephen A Schwarzman,