Squire Patton Boggs has appointed private equity lawyer Sascha Konwalski as partner in its Corporate Practice in Frankfurt.  Konwalski, who joins from Linklaters in Frankfurt, is the eighth private equity related senior appointment at Squire Patton Boggs in Europe since summer 2021 and his arrival marks a significant commitment to expand private equity and corporate work in Germany.    Konwalski is a corporate lawyer focusing on private equity, mergers and acquisitions and capital markets. He advises several private equity funds and their portfolio companies, international companies and leading German investors on cross-border and multi-jurisdictional transactions. Konwalski joined Linklaters in London

King & Spalding has added private equity lawyer Paul Barron as a partner in the firm’s Corporate, Finance and Investments (CFI) Practice Group in London. Barron advises on a wide selection of corporate finance matters, with a focus on private equity and M&A transactions. He acts for numerous private equity managers, management teams, corporates and investors on key mandates, both in the UK and internationally.  Barron was previously at Dickson Minto in London, where he had been a partner since 2015. He received his undergraduate degree in Scots Law with French Legal Studies (Hons) from the University of Glasgow and

Global growth equity firm General Atlantic has appointed Jonathan Durham as a managing director and head of technology buyouts. Durham will oversee the firm’s continued expansion into corporate buyouts in the technology sector and tech-enabled business models globally. Durham joins General Atlantic after more than 16 years at Silver Lake, where he most recently served as Managing Director. During his time there, he worked on significant capital commitments in areas including software, financial technology, digital marketing and education technology. Prior to joining Silver Lake in 2005, Durham attended Harvard University, where he earned an AB in History.

Ara Partners (Ara), a private equity and infrastructure firm that specialises in industrial decarbonisation investments, has appointed Teresa O’Flynn as a partner and co-lead of the firm’s infrastructure strategy.  Further expanding the firm’s infrastructure team, Gearóid Maher has joined as a Principal. O’Flynn and Maher are both based in Ara’s Dublin, Ireland office. O’Flynn joins Ara from BlackRock, where she held several senior investment and executive roles across the firm’s Alternatives investment platform. She has more than twenty years of sustainable investing expertise with extensive renewable power energy infrastructure experience, both in the fund management sector and at the operating

AE Industrial Partners (AEI), a private equity firm specialising in aerospace, defence & government services, space, power & utility services, and specialty industrial markets, has appointed Charles Short as Managing Director and Head of Capital Formation, effective immediately.

Gen II Fund Services (Gen II), an independent private capital fund administrator, has appointed Nikolaos Perros as chief operating officer and Ishita Shah as chief commercial officer. Perros is an experienced business executive with significant expertise in developing and implementing corporate strategy across various business verticals within the alternative asset and financial services industry. Most recently, Perros served as head of private equity at Citco Fund Services, where he was responsible for establishing and leading Citco’s private capital global service offering. Perros was also part of the Management Team of Citco Fund Services. Perros holds a BS in Accounting from

Mid-market private equity firm LDC has expanded its team of Value Creation Partners with the appointment of Cécile George as VCP director, to further enhance the support it provides for its portfolio of medium-sized firms. With 20 years’ industry experience, George specialises in commercial strategy. In her role at LDC she will focus on helping the management teams across LDC’s portfolio to accelerate growth by optimising their sales, marketing and pricing strategies.   Prior to joining LDC, George supported private equity-backed companies – including those in the manufacturing, retail, technology and media sectors – to implement new pricing methodologies, enhance

Tiger Infrastructure Partners has appointed Danielle J Hunt as Chief Corporate Counsel, effective 1 October, 2022. Hunt joins Tiger from Allianz Global Investors, where she was Director and Associate General Counsel and served as both Global Head of Alternative Transactions Legal and Head of US Institutional Legal. At Allianz Global Investors, Hunt led legal teams responsible for supporting the firm’s Private Markets platform focused on private equity and infrastructure investments across the US, Europe, and Asia. Hunt had leadership roles in various aspects of the platform’s legal needs, including transaction structuring, regulatory compliance, fund formation and strategic acquisitions.   Prior

Ara Partners (Ara), a private equity firm that specialises in industrial decarbonisation investments, has appointed as Vice Presidents. David will be based in Ara’s Boston office and Desai in the firm’s Houston office. Desai joins Ara from KKR where she was a Principal focused on the energy sector. Prior to joining KKR, she was with private equity firm Intervale Capital and the energy investment banking group at Raymond James. Desai holds a bachelor of arts from Dartmouth College, where she graduated magna cum laude. She received a master of business administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Auerbach Grayson & Company (Auerbach Grayson), a New York-based global brokerage firm and investment bank, has appointed Alina Sychova as Executive Director of Capital Markets and Cross-border M&A, bolstering the firm’s coverage and expertise across the investment banking sector. Sychova brings more than 23 years of experience in investment banking to her new role at Auerbach Grayson. Prior to joining the firm, she served as Managing Director, Head of Capital Markets Origination at Sova Capital Limited, where she was responsible for the origination and execution of public capital markets transactions across both debt and equity products, as well as special