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.

Aren LeeKong, Head of Direct Lending at Carlyle, is leaving the firm to pursue new “professional opportunities”, according to a report by Bloomberg citing an internal Carlyle memo circulated to staff.

International law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher has appointed Dr Nils Röver as a Partner specialising in private equity as part of its growth strategy in Germany over the past four years.

Global law firm Dechert has named Brian Miner, who was previously Co-Chair of the M&A and securities group at Schulte Roth & Zabel, as a Partner in its corporate and securities practice based in New York.

HighPost Capital, a private investment firm focused on the global consumer sector, has appointed Jay Steinle as Managing Director, Head of Investor Relations, to lead the firm’s fundraising and investor relations activities.

JLL Partners, a New York-based middle market private equity firm focused on investing in businesses in the healthcare, business services, aerospace and defence sectors, has appointed Cara Killackey as Managing Director of Investor Relations.