Longitude Capital, a life sciences venture capital firm, has appointed Gregory Grunberg, MD, as Managing Director in the Menlo Park, California office, effective immediately. At Longitude, Dr Grunberg will focus primarily on medical device company investments. "We are delighted to welcome Greg to our Longitude team. He brings broad experience

Heritage International Fund Managers Limited (HIFM) has made a host of new appointments. David Dorey (pictured), who joined the team as Head of Private Equity in January 2012, will be responsible for the client delivery on all existing and new private equity clients. David has a wealth of experience in

DC Advisory Partners has appointed Andrew Strudwick as an Executive Director in its European Financial Sponsors Group. Strudwick will join Simon Tilley’s team, which provides a focal point for DC’s interaction with the private equity community. He will be based in London. Strudwick’s last role was at 3i Group PLC

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co has appointed Ali J Satvat as a Director based in Menlo Park. Satvat joins KKR from Apax Partners where he served as a Principal on the health care investment team and managed new investments and portfolio companies across various health care sub-sectors. Satvat will join

Hogan Lovells has recruited Xavier Doumen as a partner in the firm’s private equity practice in Paris. Doumen joined Hogan Lovells on 1 February 2012 from Willkie Farr & Gallagher where he worked on private equity and strategic M&A transactions.  Doumen joins the Hogan Lovells Global Private Equity practice, which has

Private equity firm HIG Capital has opened an office in Rio de Janeiro and appointed Fernando Marques Oliveira as a Managing Director to lead its Brazil and Latin America team. Prior to joining HIG, Marques Oliveira was Managing Director and head of the Latin America team at General Atlantic (GA),

Commercial law firm EMW has appointed Jodi Tierney (pictured) as its new Head of Asset Based Lending (ABL), as part of substantial plans to expand its London office. Tierney joins from Francis Wilks & Jones LLP where she was Partner, having previously been a Senior Associate at Hammonds. She will head