Edgemont Partners, a healthcare-dedicated investment bank and M&A and capital raising advisor, has appointed Sarah Pringle as Director to lead and expand its financial sponsor coverage.

GI Partners has appointed Matt Barker has as a Managing Director with GI Data Infrastructure based in London, to lead digital infrastructure investing in Europe. GI Data Infrastructure is a sector-focused value-add infrastructure investment strategy, which invests in data transport, data centre, wireless access, and tech-enabled infrastructure operating companies. GI Partners has been investing in the data infrastructure space, primarily in North America, since the Firm’s founding in 2001.   Prior to joining GI Partners, Barker was a partner with 3i Infrastructure where he led numerous digital infrastructure investments in multiple European countries.  

Waterfall Asset Management has promoted Patrick Lo and Brian Rebello to co-chief investment officers. Waterfall is a global alternative investment manager focused on specialty finance opportunities within asset-backed credit, whole loans, real assets, and private equity.  LIntelo and Rebello are both partners of the firm. Lo has over 17 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Waterfall in 2006, he worked as an analyst at Citigroup Global Markets, focusing on origination, structuring, and financing of various asset classes of ABS. Lo received a BS in Finance from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  Rebello has  over 22 years of industry experience.

Private equity firm Broadtree Partners has adds to to cooperating partner team with the appointment of former Constellis CEO and 25-year federal markets veteran Tim Reardon, according to a report by Washington Technology. Reardon focus on overseeing the development and implementation of the firm’s strategy for identifying investment opportunities in aerospace, defence and government services businesses. Reardon has also been appointed chief executive and chairman of the board of directors for mission support services provider Sayres Defense, Broadtree’s first acquisition in the government contracting market back in June last year. Reardon headed up global security services provider Constellis from 2018

Global law firm Squire Patton Boggs will open an office in Dublin, Ireland – its 15th location in Europe – complementing the firm’s international platform of over 40 offices worldwide. Partner Dennis Agnew, who leads the Transactions Team for Ireland at Pinsent Masons and was a founding partner of its Dublin office, will join Squire Patton Boggs to launch the new office, which is expected to open on 1 May, 2023.   Agnew will serve as Managing Partner of the Dublin office and lead the firm’s efforts to recruit additional talent. He advises international and Irish companies on cross-border mergers

King & Spalding has added private funds partner Stephen Sims to the firm’s Corporate, Finance and Investments (CFI) practice group in London. Sims, who joins the Private Funds and Alternative Capital Team, has more than 20 years of experience advising in the funds sector. He has a broad fund formation practice covering private equity, real assets, infrastructure and energy funds as well as capital raising, fund-related M&A at manager/group level and ongoing ‘house’ work and secondary transactions in fund interests. Sims was previously a partner and the European Head of Investment Management at Skadden and more recently a fund formation

Stax LLC, a global strategy consulting firm specialising in commercial due diligence, value creation, and exit planning for private equity firms, PE-backed companies, hedge funds, and investment banks has appointed Brigette Lumpkins in the role of Business Development.  In this newly created position, Lumpkins is responsible for driving strategic business relationships to support the firm’s growth and business strategy for the Stax Data Analytics offering. Through a combination of proprietary tools, specialised teams, and deep knowledge of data analytics software and infrastructure, Stax Data Analytics helps management teams make data-driven decisions and drive organizstional change for continuously better use of

Vinson & Elkins has appointed Francisco J Morales Barrón as a partner based in the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity practice group based in New York. 

SPE Capital, a private equity firm focused on Africa and the Middle East has expanded its leadership team with the promotion of existing principal Tarek Lababidi to partner. Lababidi began his private equity career in 2014 as an associate in Swicorp’s Dubai office in 2014. After obtaining his MBA at INSEAD in 2016, he joined the founding team at SPE Capital’s newly-opened Casablanca office, where he played a role in several transactions, including the investment in (2020) and successful exit from (2021) Dislog Group, and the acquisition of Amanys Pharma (2020 – previously Saham Pharma). Other investments where he contributed