Law firm Goodwin Procter has named Bradley Bugdanowitz as chair of its San Francisco office. Bugdanowitz (pictured) is a partner in Goodwin’s business law department and a member of its private equity, technology companies and life sciences groups, focusing on merger and acquisition transactions, securities offerings and corporate governance. He

SL Capital Partners, a private equity fund of funds manager, has promoted Patrick Knechtli and Mark Nicolson to the position of partner and Jamie Ebersole to managing director. These promotions will be effective on 1 January 2013.   Knechtli (pictured), who joined SL Capital’s Edinburgh office in 2009, will lead

Origo Partners has appointed Shonaid Jemmett-Page as a non-executive director and vice chairman of the company with immediate effect. She succeeds Christopher Jemmett as vice chairman who will become senior independent director of the company.   Jemmett-Page (pictured), a chartered accountant, has more than 30 years’ experience as a senior

Diversified private equity firm AXA Private Equity has appointed Benoît Verbrugghe as a member of its executive board. Verbrugghe (pictured) will remain head of the New York office as AXA Private Equity continues to expand its business in North America.   Dominique Senequier, chief executive of AXA Private Equity, says:

Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners has appointed James (Jim) Schiro as a senior adviser to the firm. Schiro (pictured) will become a member of CVC’s US and global financial institutions advisory boards to support CVC’s investment activities in the US and in the financial services sector globally. Schiro has

David Bresnick is to join Morrison & Foerster’s London office as a partner in the corporate practice. Bresnick (pictured) represents technology and telecom companies in mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, private equity investments and related matters. Bresnick joins the firm from CMS Cameron McKenna’s London office, where he headed the

Law firm Baker & McKenzie has appointed London-based partner Simon Hughes as chair of the global private equity group. Hughes (pictured) will be responsible for co-ordinating strategy for a group that acts for a wide range of sponsors, portfolio companies and management teams around the world and across all sectors.