Kramer Levin has appointed Adi Herman as a partner in the firm’s Private Equity and Mergers and Acquisitions practices in New York.Herman advises clients on domestic and cross-border transactional and corporate matters, with a particular focus on the private equity space. His representations of private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, as well as public companies, include mergers and acquisitions, take-private transactions, dispositions, carve-outs, joint ventures and strategic partnerships, recapitalisations and restructurings, and corporate governance advice. Herman also counsels sponsors in growth capital investments and pre-IPO financings. “Adi is an excellent addition to our growing Private Equity and M&A practices,

Global law firm Dentons has recruited partner Guillaume Kessler to strengthen its Corporate and M&A and Private Equity practices in France and more widely in Europe. With this addition, the Corporate/M&A team in Paris, led by partner Olivier Genevois, now counts approximately 30 lawyers. Kessler joins from Orrick, where he was a partner since 2016. He was previously Managing Partner of Olswang France (now CMS). A member of the Paris bar since 1997, he is involved in public and private mergers and acquisitions, private equity, restructuring and international joint ventures. He advises French and international strategic clients, both listed and unlisted,

Alternative asset manager Black Diamond Capital Management (Black Diamond) has appointed Rodney S Cohen as Head of Private Equity.  Cohen will have responsibility for managing Black Diamond’s portfolio of private equity funds, consisting of the BDCM Opportunity Funds II, III, IV, and V, aggregating approximately USD4 billion in capital.   Commenting on the appointment, Stephen H. Deckoff, Black Diamond’s Managing Principal, says: “We are extremely pleased to have Rodney lead our private equity team. I have known Rodney for more than 40 years and we have been investors together over the past 20 years. We are excited at the critical role he will

Limerston Capital’s Limerston Capital Partners I has acquired Patricia White’s and Country Cousins from Saga Healthcare Limited, a subsidiary of Saga plc. The Businesses are two well established brands combining to form one of the UK’s largest private pay introductory live-in home care agencies. Based in Redhill, England, the Businesses are focused on private pay, live-in care agency services, with over 2,700 registered clients, 690 of which are currently receiving care services. Both Country Cousins and Patricia Whites offer a flexible and unique approach though their respective carers to enable clients to remain in the comfort of their own homes.