Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP has announced that John Patten, a specialist in intellectual property and technology transactions, will be joining the firm in the Corporate Department, resident in London.

Former NBCUniversal Chief Executive Jeff Shell is in advanced talks to join private-equity firm RedBird Capital Partners, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.

Churchill Asset Management and Arcmont Asset Management, the U.S. and European operating companies of Nuveen Private Capital, have appointed Jamal Hammoud as Managing Director and Senior Investment Strategist. Hammoud will be responsible for supporting and amplifying Nuveen Private Capital’s presence and fundraising efforts in the Middle East.

DWS has appointment Dan Robinson as EMEA head of alternative credit to accelerate its private credit footprint. This appointment comes as DWS delivers on an initiative to grow its €114b Alternatives franchise. DWS’s Alternatives business has a 50-year plus track record including particular strength in real estate, infrastructure and liquid

Independent corporate advisory firm Continuum Advisory Partners has appointed two new Senior Managing Directors – financial services bankers Duncan Buck from Fenchurch Advisory Partners, and Andrew Gould from Deloitte.

Pathlight Capital, a $2.7bn private credit firm that provides asset-based loans secured on a first or second lien basis against tangible and intangible assets, has appointed Laura Hegarty as Managing Director, Investor Relations.

Scott Shleifer, the head of the $30bn-plus private equity business at Chase Coleman’s $58bn hedge fund firm Tiger Global, is to step down from his role at the end of this year, according to a report by The Financial Times.

ICG, a global alternative asset manager operating in structured and private equity, private debt, real assets, and credit, has appointed Stelios Elia as a Managing Director within its European Corporate team.