David Evans and Samantha Lake Coghlan will join Goodwin Procter as partners in the firm’s London office.  Evans will become the London office Chair and will spearhead expansion of the firm’s presence in Europe, leveraging Goodwin’s presence in the real estate, fund formation and private equity sectors in the US. Evans

Signia Wealth Limited has appointed Shalini Khemka (pictured) as a Managing Director with responsibility for developing Signia’s private equity arm alongside Spencer Moulton and co-ordinating the international expansion of the business.   Khemka will be based in London and work closely with Nathalie Dauriac-Stoebe, CEO of Signia Wealth to build

Private equity firm Avista Capital Partners has hired Hakan Bjorklund, the departing Chief Executive Officer of Nycomed, as Healthcare Operating Executive.   Bjorklund worked closely with Avista on the development of Nycomed during Avista’s ownership of the company, which was recently sold to Takeda Pharmaceuticals Company Limited for EUR9.6 billion.

Pomona Capital, a global private equity firm, has added Ernest Lambers to the London office as Managing Director and John Stephens to the Hong Kong office, also as a Managing Director. Both Lambers and Stephens will focus on the firm’s investment programs in Asia and the emerging markets.   Lambers

Growth Capital Partners (GCP) has appointed Alex Thomson as an Investment Manager. Thomson joins from Investec Investment Banking. At Investec, Thomson spent four years in the Corporate Finance department working on a range of public and private transactions, principally in the consumer and healthcare sectors. Prior to this, he qualified as a chartered accountant

Mid Europa Partners, a private equity firm focused on Central and Eastern Europe, has formed an Industry Advisory Board through the appointment initially of three members.   The Industry Advisory Board is a network of senior industry executives with whom Mid Europa has long standing relationships and will provide insight

Albion Ventures has hired Dr Christoph Ruedig to work alongside Dr Andrew Elder in growing its allocation and managing its investments in the healthcare sector. The venture capital trust (VCT) provider announced earlier this year that it intends to increase its weightings in healthcare across all portfolios from 13% to

Palamon Capital Partners (Palamon), one of Europe’s leading mid-market private equity firms, has appointed Julian Carreras as a Principal.  Palamon’s pan-European team, which comprises professionals from eight different countries, targets service businesses across Europe with the potential to access significant top-line growth.    This appointment marks the return to Palamon