Global law firm White & Case has expanded its global M&A practice and global private equity industry group with the appointment of Lavanya Raghavan as a Partner based in the firm’s London office.

Global law firm White & Case has appointed Sten Olsson as a Partner within its global M&A practice and global private equity industry group in Helsinki.

Rede Partners, an independent advisory firm to private markets managers, has appointed Riccardo Villa as Head of Strategic Capital Advisory, a newly created role in which he will support clients to build their franchises by accessing capital at both the portfolio and corporate level.

Greenbrook, a specialist communications advisor to the investment industry, has appointed Viktor Tsvetanov as Head of Digital.

Global private equity firm Permira has appointed a dedicated team to identify investment opportunities across the climate transition value chain, which will be led by Partner Kush Patel in New York and another London-based Partner who is set to join the business in 2024.

Maheshwar Nataraj has been appointed as the new head of BlackRock’s private credit business in India, succeeding Dhruva Agarwal, who is leaving the business after four years for family reasons, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Värde Partners, a global credit and credit-related assets investment firm, has promoted both Shannon Gallagher and Anthony Iannazzo to Partners, with the former also serving as Global Head of Business Development and Investor Relations and the latter as Chief Operating Officer.

JLL Partners, a New York-based middle market private equity firm focused on investing in businesses in the healthcare, aerospace and defence, and business services sectors, has promoted Vikas Mouli and James Shillito to Managing Director.

BlueEarth Capital, a global impact investment firm with $1.2bn in AUM that was recently spun out of Partners Group, has appointed Steven Novick as a Senior Advisor within its investor relations team.

Investec Bank, the UK banking subsidiary of international financial services group Investec, has expanded its private equity offering with three new appointments – Oliver Altendorf, Christoph Schwarz, and Emilia Korobowicz to its GP advisory team.