Venture capital firm Revolution Growth has appointed Steve Murray, a 20-year veteran of Softbank, who has overseen investments in a range of breakout companies, most recently backing Fitbit, xAd and Kabbage, as a partner. “Steve’s track record of investing in successful, high-growth companies makes him the perfect addition to the

Pan-European mid-market investor Aurelius Group has added to its UK team with the appointment of Daniel Simon as Associate. Simon will be based in the Group’s London office, working as part of the deal team to source and execute investments in companies that would benefit from the long-term strategic direction

LBO France has appointed Louis-Roch Burgard and Sophie Chateau as Partners. Burgard also becomes a Member of the Executive Board and Chateau becomes Head of Investor Relations. 
Burgard joined LBO France in 2015, within the private equity Mid-Cap team White Knight.   As part of the Executive Board of LBO

Law firm Bryan Cave has made two new appointments in its London office. Corporate Partner Sarah Atkinson joins the Transactions Client Service Group from Hogan Lovells, while Associate Yannis Erifillidis joins the Financial Services Client Service Group from Norton Rose Fulbright. Atkinson’s experience concentrates on cross-border M&A, private equity and

European growth private equity firm Keensight Capital has appointed David Piccoli as a Senior Analyst. Piccoli has over three years of experience in private-equity investing within Europe, and has developed a particularly strong expertise in the healthcare sector.   He began his career in 2013 as an analyst within the

Leveraged finance partner Olivier Vermeulen has joined the Paris office of law fimr Paul Hastings as a partner and head of the Finance practice in the office. Vermeulen joins from King & Wood Mallesons, where he was head of the Paris Finance department, and brings a team of three lawyers

Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors has  appointed James K Hunt as Managing Partner & CEO of Middle Market Credit. In addition to focusing on corporate credit product development, he will work with the firm’s senior credit team based in Chicago and the junior capital team based in New York. Those teams

LendInvest, an online lender for short-term property finance, has appointed its first in-house legal counsel to the company’s expanding team. Ruth Pearson joins LendInvest from Simmons & Simmons where she was a Managing Associate in the Banking team. Ruth joined Simmons & Simmons as a trainee in 2007 and qualified