Churchill Financial, a middle market focused commercial finance company, has promoted Chris Cox to managing director and chief risk officer and Thomas Hennigan to senior vice president and head of underwriting and portfolio management group. Cox (pictured) was previously Churchill’s head of underwriting and portfolio management group.  He joined Churchill

Atlantic-Pacific Capital, a placement agent and advisory firm, has appointed John Crocker as a partner in its private funds business. As part of Atlantic-Pacific’s global distribution team, Crocker will focus on marketing private equity, real estate and infrastructure funds in Australia and New Zealand. Additionally, Crocker will assist in originating

Law firm Dechert has hired James Waddington in London as a partner. Prior to joining Dechert, Waddington was a partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe.   Waddington advises commercial and investment banks and private equity and hedge fund clients in connection with finance and derivative transactions, credit default swaps, lending

Venture capital firm Energy Ventures has strengthened its international oil and gas team with two appointments. Shantanu Agarwal joins the Aberdeen-based team as an associate while Kristian Lier will be based in Houston as investment manager.   Agarwal joins Energy Ventures from Schlumberger when he held different positions, including business

Evolution Group, a UK investment bank, has appointed Steve Bartlett as head of private company and private equity coverage.  Bartlett will be responsible for leading Evolution’s growing focus on private companies and the private equity market. He will report to Garry Levin, Evolution’s newly appointed head of the corporate finance

Financial services firm Perella Weinberg Partners has named Jeffrey Silverman a partner of the firm, effective immediately. Silverman will join the senior management team of the firm’s asset management business and will be based in New York. Silverman has more than 20 years of experience in the financial services industry.

Growth equity firm General Atlantic has appointed John Arlotta, former chairman and chief executive of Coram and NeighborCare, as a special adviser. Arlotta will support General Atlantic’s approach to partnering with growth companies in the healthcare sector. Arlotta joins General Atlantic’s network of healthcare-focused current and former special advisers, which

Clydesdale Bank has expanded its corporate and structured finance team in London and the South with five senior appointments.  Tony Tozzi, Ian George and Marcos Theodosiou have joined as directors while Mike Budge and Jonny Baxandall have been appointed as associate directors.   Tozzi, who will lead the team’s push

Law firm CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre has elected six new partners. Jean-Robert Bousquet (pictured) started his career at CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre’s Berlin office in 1999. He then spent five years at Debevoise & Plimpton (Paris and New York) before joining the corporate department at CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre in