Law firm White & Case has strengthened its UK banking practice and increased its focus on the representation of private equity sponsors with the addition of new partner Colin Harley in the London office. "The addition of Colin will enhance our bank finance capability in the UK,” says White &

Akina, a specialist advisor to private equity vehicles, has promoted Ralf Gleisberg to partner with immediate effect. Gleisberg joined the company in 2005. He advised on fund investments in France, the Benelux and the Nordic countries and helped defining country strategies.   Gleisberg was also instrumental in setting up the

Private financial cloud provider Options has appointed former NYSE Euronext executive Richard Hughes as senior vice president, managing director for Europe. Hughes, who was most recently responsible for global business development at NYSE Technologies, NYSE Euronext’s commercial technology division, will be responsible for overseeing the firm’s wider European division and

Paraag Davé, Tom Shelford and David Torbet have been made partners of Bowmark Capital, the mid-market private equity firm.  Senior partner Mark Salter also joins Bowmark’s management committee alongside Kevin Grassby and Charles Ind.    The internal reorganisation follows the recent fundraising of Bowmark Capital Partners V, which closed in

Darryl Eales is to step down from his role as chief executive officer of private equity investor LDC on 1 May after 11 years in the position. Chris Hurley, deputy CEO, and Martin Draper, chief investment officer, will lead the business as co-heads and chief executives of LDC.   As

The Presidio Group, a personal and corporate financial services firm, has named eight professionals as equity partners, bringing the total number of employee-partners to 15. The new employee-partners are: Bruce Brugler; Colin Carter; Antonio Casal; Jerry Deren; Tom Emig; Pablo Ferreri; Kelly Lawson; and, Barry Rudolph.   “Growing our partnership