Law firm Collyer Bristow has announced five promotions, including one new Partner and four new Senior Associates, across the firm’s Corporate & Commercial, Dispute Resolution and Private Wealth departments.  Ragavan Arunachalam has been made up to Partner in the Corporate & Commercial team, and Raj Shah promoted to Senior Associate. In addition, Nichola Leach and Jonny Mitchell have been promoted to Senior Associate in the Dispute Resolution practice, and Aidan Grant in the Private Wealth department. The appointments are effective from 1 June 2021 and demonstrate the firm’s strong commitment to growth and developing internal talent. Ragavan has over a

Randall Foods (Randall), a provider of fresh poultry and meat products and a portfolio company of Highview Capital (Highview), has appointed Scott Dineen as President and Chief Executive Officer.  Dineen replaces President Ron Totin, who is retiring after leading the business since 1984. As President and CEO, Dineen will oversee Randall’s strategy and operations, with a focus on scaling the business through increased geographical coverage and an expanded product offering to better serve its customers. Dineen brings nearly 18 years of experience leading food processing, manufacturing and distribution businesses, with an expertise in protein products including beef, seafood and poultry.

Dechert has expanded its management team for the firm’s Paris office. Partners Sabina Comis and Mélanie Thill-Tayara will join Alain Decombe on the management team, which has responsibility for operational leadership of the global law firm’s Paris office. “Paris is a key business hub for the world and of great importance to Dechert’s work serving multinational clients with domestic and cross-border concerns,” says Dechert chairman Andrew J Levander.   “Alain is doing an outstanding job leading the office, a role he has had for more than 13 years, and we are pleased that he will continue to bring his significant management

Addleshaw Goddard has further invested in its cross-border corporate capabilities with the hire of Nordics expert Ann Grewar.   Grewar joins Addleshaw Goddard as a partner from law firm LOGOS, where she led their London Corporate team. She advises a wide range of clients on M&A, joint ventures, private equity and venture capital investments and other corporate matters, with a particular emphasis on cross-border transactions into and out of the Nordic regions. Grewar has extensive experience in the technology (including fintech) and retail & consumer sectors, and her appointment provides further coverage for the firm’s Corporate team to cover M&A

Global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) has appointed Olle Lundqvist as a Managing Director, to head A&M’s Private Equity Performance Improvement (PEPI) Group covering the Nordic region. Lundqvist comes to A&M from Platinum Equity (Platinum), where he most recently served as a Senior Vice President M&A Operations in London. He headed Platinum’s M&A Operations work for their main fund (USD6.5 billion) in Europe. Lundqvist brings more than 20 years of experience leading performance improvement and operational restructuring of companies. Concentrating primarily on operational due diligence, post-acquisition value creation, carve-outs, post-merger integration, and restructuring. The addition of Lundqvist signifies

ACA Group (ACA) has added Martin Fawzy to its London-based team of consultants, dedicated to providing regional US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulatory support to hedge funds, private equity and diversified financial services firms domiciled outside of the US. Read the full story at Hedgeweek…  

Independent fund and corporate services provider, the Aztec Group, has opened its first office in the US. The move represents a key milestone for the Group, as it seeks to establish itself as a leading global provider of administration services to the alternatives industry.  Located in Philadelphia, the office is the Group’s first outside of Europe, and further enhances its service proposition for existing clients while meeting continued demand for its services internationally. Aztec Group now serves over 250 alternative investment clients and administers more than USD530 billion in assets across seven offices spanning Guernsey, Jersey, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, the

Balderton Capital, Europe’s specialist Series A investor, has promoted Berlin-based Colin Hanna to Partner, making him Balderton’s first Partner to be based outside of London. Hanna started at Balderton in 2016 and sits on the board of portfolio companies including VanMoof, Finoa and Ory.     Hanna is joined in the Berlin office by investor Shikha Ahluwalia. Further demonstrating Balderton’s ongoing commitment to the thriving European tech scene, Hanna will lead investments across Europe in purpose-driven, product-focused companies spanning verticals including Cloud, Consumer, Productivity, and Fintech from the heart of the continent. 

NorthEdge-backed Lights4fun, one of Europe’s leading e-commerce retailers of decorative lighting, has appointed a new Chair and CFO, as it enters its next phase of growth which includes expansion in the US. David Stern joins as the business’ first Chair. Stern was formerly Global CEO of bath, body and hair care brand Crabtree & Evelyn and now sits as Non-Executive Chair for Bleach London and Duke & Dexter.   Originally from New York with experience in digital marketing roles in America, Stern’s network in the States will play a key role in Lights4fun’s growth in the US, assisting with the