Southport Lane, a New York-based private equity firm, has appointed Brandon Young as chief operating officer of its reinsurance holding company Southport Re and senior vice president of Southport Lane. In this position, Young plays a key role in Southport Re's core business including executing and overseeing acquisitions, developing general

Edward S Nadel is joining Lowenstein Sandler’s investment management group as senior counsel. Nadel was previously general counsel and chief compliance officer at Star Mountain Capital and, prior to that, was the director of alternative investments at Credit Suisse.    At Lowenstein Sandler, he will counsel clients on fund formation

INDOS Financial, the independent Alternative Investment Fund Management Directive (AIFMD) depositary business, has made two senior advisory and management appointments. Des Quigley, former Managing Partner of Ernst & Young Ireland, has been appointed non-executive director. Paul Whelan, Head of Depositary Services, will join on 1 November 2013 from BNY Mellon

Palatine Private Equity has made two new additions to its team with the appointment of Andy Strickland as Investment Manager and Ben Jones as Business Development Manager. Strickland joins Palatine’s southern-based investment team from Clearwater Corporate Finance where he worked as an Assistant Director in the firm’s technology team. During

Active investor MMC Ventures has expanded its team with the hire of Camilla Dolan, as Investment Manager, and Anna Slemmings, in Marketing. Before joining MMC, Dolan was a Case Team Leader at Bain & Co where she specialised in fin-tech. She has an MA in Law from Merton College, Oxford

Global law firm White & Case LLP is strengthening its EMEA private equity practice with the addition of partners Ian Bagshaw and Richard Youle in the London office. Bagshaw and Youle are recogniszed leaders in private equity, with extensive experience in all forms of leveraged M&A and portfolio assistance, including