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Law firm Hogan Lovells has appointed Walid Salib to the firm’s Corporate & Finance team as a partner in Riyadh. Salib joins from Eversheds Sutherland, where he was Head of M&A, Saudi Arabia. Prior to that, he was Head of M&A, Saudi Arabia, at Freshfields.
TT International has appointed Luke Poulter as chief executive officer, effective from 31 October 2025. He succeeds Eric Mackay, who is stepping down after more than a decade at the firm and over 25 years in the investment industry.
Meron Capital has closed a $70m third fund, expanding its capacity for pre-seed and seed investments across AI, cybersecurity, fintech, digital health, climate tech, and robotics. The fund brings Meron’s total capital raised to $170m. The firm is also adding Gil Shai, co-founder of CloudEndure, to its leadership team.
A senior investment executive at Advent International is relocating from the UK to Luxembourg, in what insiders describe as a symptom of growing pressure on private equity talent retention in Britain, according to a report by the Financial Times.
EY-Parthenon has appointed Clare Harris, Chris Robinson, and Patricia Martin del Castillo as partners to its private equity practice in the UK.
The Alternative Credit Council (ACC), the global representative body for private credit fund managers and an affiliate of the Alternative Investment Management Association, has appointed John Golden, Global Head of Financial Regulation, Apollo, and Cécile Mayer Lévi, Head of Private Debt, Tikehau Capital, as new co-chairs.
Private equity investment firm Ama Capital has appointed PE-backed executive Dominic Miller as its latest operating partner. Miller is the firm’s tenth appointment this year to an operating partner role.
Horizon Group, a global provider of specialised international freight forwarding focused on time-critical marine spare parts logistics, has announced that Gal Dayan has been appointed as the firm’s new COO, effective April 15, 2025. Horizon is a portfolio company of GHK Capital Partners LP, a middle-market private equity firm based in Greenwich, CT.
Jefferies Financial Group has appointed Sanjeev Aggarwal, formerly head of leveraged and structured finance at Mizuho Financial Group in India, to lead its private credit advisory business in the country, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Grant Thornton UK is preparing to bring on 160 new partners over the next two years, following a strategic investment by Cinven, according to a report by Bloomberg. Recruitment firms Korn Ferry and Wilton & Bain have been appointed to advise the process.
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