Aaro Capital, a DLT and cryptoassets investment specialist, has made three senior hires in its London office.

Enreach for Service Providers, part of Enreach — a European contact specialist backed by the independent investment group, Waterland Private Equity (Waterland), has appointed Iain Sinnott as Head of International Carrier Sales, Enreach for Service Providers. Sinnott joins this part of Enreach to lead the growth and continued collaboration with the international carrier community, both fixed and mobile, including partners expanding beyond pure telephony into other contact services, such as integration with collaboration and other ICT tools.   Sinnot brings over thirty years of senior-level experience in the telecom industry and has also been a board member of the Cloud

Goodwin, a global law firm serving innovators and investors, has appointed regulatory partner Andrew Henderson to its Private Investment Funds’ practice in London. Henderson has over 20 years’ experience advising financial institutions, including asset and investment managers, as well as family offices and technology providers on financial services regulation and risk management. He also works closely with dispute resolution and investigations on regulatory processes and has been seconded to the Financial Services Authority and the Bank of England.   Henderson is the latest appointment to the practice, following the recent additions of Esther Chiang (New York), Andrew Roeder (Boston) and

FIRSTavenue, a global private funds placement agent and investment advisory firm, has appointed Nick Chronias, Partner, as global head of the capital solutions group, which dedicated to servicing the growing private funds secondary market. Based in London, Chronias was previously co-Head of Private Placements for FIRSTavenue.   The Capital Solutions Group builds on FIRSTavenue’s deep experience in private credit and private infrastructure by focusing specifically on the secondaries markets within these asset classes.

Downing has expanded its Development Capital team with five new hires since the start of 2022. This takes the team up to 15 professionals and demonstrates the team’s growth and ambitions in supporting asset-backed operating businesses.  The Downing Development Capital team invests in management teams across a range of sectors including elderly care, specialist care, education, housing and hospitality & leisure, with initial investments between £5 million and £50 million. Among the new hires were investment directors Jon Simon and Gautam Chhabra. Jon Simon has joined from BGF where he was a senior investment professional working across a broad range

Ulu Ventures, a seed-stage venture firm with $200 million AUM and 10 unicorns in its portfolio, has promoted two first-generation American women to partner. Kathy Chen and Nancy Torres are taking up leadership positions within the growing investment team at Ulu Ventures, headed by Managing Directors Clint Korver and Miriam Rivera, (who is also CEO and co-founder) along with CFO and investment team member, Steve Reale (who was also recently named partner).  These promotions will boost Ulu’s capacity to review new investment opportunities, expand expertise in industry sectors, and build on Ulu’s pioneering work of investing in diverse founders; more

Stellus Capital Management (Stellus), a specialist in middle market direct lending, has appointed Bill Haverland as principal and Casey Carroll as vice president, Investor Relations. Haverland, who will be focused on building private equity relationships in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, brings more than 10 years of credit and investment banking experience to Stellus. Most recently, he served as an executive director in Fifth Third Bank’s Technology, Media, and Telecom Group, where he focused on private equity coverage from 2017 to 2022 and was a member of the Investment Banking team responsible for originating and executing M&A transactions.  Carroll joins Stellus

Hamilton Lane has appointed Victor Jung as head of digital assets. In this newly-created role, Jung will be responsible for developing and overseeing the execution of the firm’s digital asset strategy. He will oversee this strategy globally and report directly to Frederick Shaw, Chief Risk Officer and Global Head of Operations.   Jung brings nearly a decade of leadership experience in financial services across both institutional and private wealth channels to Hamilton Lane. He was most recently Head of Distribution Partners & Liquid Private Markets – Asia Pacific, at Partners Group. In that role, Jung oversaw business development and led

EY has appointed three new private equity (PE) Partners as it continues to invest in growth.

Willkie Farr & Gallagher has appointed Tilda Shin as a partner in the Firm’s Los Angeles office, where she will be a member of the Corporate & Financial Services Department. A corporate lawyer with a focus on transactions in numerous industries, Tilda is the eighth partner to join Willkie’s Los Angeles office this year. Since opening in September 2021 with three partners, the office has added close to 20 partners across various practice areas, including corporate and M&A transactions, private equity, music and entertainment, asset management, private wealth, litigation, and tax.    Shin has a diverse corporate practice with a