Law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher has opened a new office in Dallas, which will be supported by a team of seven Partners, three of whom have just joined the business – Tom Tippetts, Brandon McCoy and Chase Proctor.

Cap10, a specialist pan-European private equity firm based in London, has appointed Luca Bonanomi as Partner. Bonanomi has spent the last decade at Blackstone, most recently as a Managing Director in the firm’s private equity group.

Global sustainable real assets investor Vision Ridge Partners has appointed Ramzi Moubarak, a former Managing Director on Macquarie Capital’s infrastructure and energy capital team in Europe, as a Managing Director and Head of Europe, effective immediately.

Investec Bank has expanded its direct lending platform with the appointment of Michael Miller, who will lead its newly established private credit management team and work closely with the firm’s Head of Direct Lending, Callum Bell.

Global investment banking advisory firm Lincoln International has added Dr Simon von Witzleben as a Managing Director within its valuations & opinions group in London.

New York-headquartered international law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher has added private funds lawyer Nathaniel Marrs as a Partner and a member of the asset management department within its Chicago office.

Baird Capital, the direct private investment arm of American multinational firm Robert W. Baird & Co, has added Samuel Pollard as an Investment Associate to its global private equity team in London, in addition to Anthony Zhu as Principal in Chicago.

UK mid-market private equity firm Bowmark Capital has appointed Steve Moore as a Portfolio Director within its portfolio management and value creation team, in addition to promoting Sam Price to Portfolio Director and Sam Beesley to Portfolio Manager.