HKW, an Indianapolis-based middle-market private equity firm, has promoted Tom Shaw, a Vice President at the firm, to Principal, effective 1 January, 2021.      

ICV Partners, an investment firm focused on lower middle market companies in consumer products, business services, healthcare and food, has appointed Kristie Goodman, an institutional investment and marketing expert with over 16 years of experience i the alternative investment space, to the  newly-created position of Director of Investor Relations & Strategic Partnerships.Goodman will lead and manage ICV’s global investor relations function from the firm’s Atlanta office.   “We are very pleased to welcome Kristie as an important member of our leadership team in this new role,” says ICV President and Managing Director Willie Woods. “Kristie possesses proven talent and a

Nordic Capital has announced two promotions – Pär Norberg, Head of Investor Relations, has been promoted to Partner following his instrumental role in the successful virtual fundraising of Nordic Capital Fund X, which reached over EUR6 billion in less than six months and closed in September 2020, while Philippe Neuschäfer has been promoted to Partner with a focus on lower mid-market healthcare investments in the DACH region.Following the strong fundraise and high transaction activity in 2020, these two promotions further increase the firm’s capacity and strengthen the position within the key sectors and regions in which Nordic Capital invests, and

RFA, a specialist IT provider to the financial services industry, has moved to new offices in Mayfair, London. Read the full story at Hedgeweek…

Jordan Schneider is joining Holland & Knight’s Miami office as a partner after serving as Vice President, Strategic Initiatives at Perry Ellis International, Inc. Prior to joining Perry Ellis in 2019, Schneider was an associate with Holland & Knight’s Corporate, M&A and Securities Practice Group. Schneider focuses his practice on representing both public and private companies and private equity funds in mergers and acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures and other general corporate matters. He also represents both insureds and underwriters in connection with transactional risk products, including the issuance of representations and warranties insurance policies. “We are pleased that Jordan has decided

Kainos Capital, a private equity firm specialising in acquiring and managing food and consumer businesses, has appointed Alex Stanek as a senior associate of supply chain, further expanding its operations management capabilities.Andrew Rosen, Managing Partner of Kainos, says: “We are excited to officially welcome Alex to the Kainos team. We have worked with Alex over the past several years as an outside consultant and she has been a great resource in our efforts to drive efficiencies throughout our portfolio company supply chains. Alex will work directly with Kim Homa, our Director of Supply Chain and long-time member of the Kainos

Livingbridge, one of the UK’s leading mid-market private equity investors, has bolstered its leadership team with the appointments of James Titmuss to Partner, Joe McGee to Associate Director, and Yun Ma to Investment Manager. These promotions underline Livingbridge’s continued commitment to developing a robust and skilled network across the UK.   Titmuss joined Livingbridge’s Manchester office in 2006 after nearly a decade in corporate finance. Since joining Livingbridge, he has developed a strong track-record in partnering with fast-growing, entrepreneurial companies including many of Livingbridge’s successful Northern based investments such as On The Beach, inov-8, Giacom and Onyx Group. Titmuss played a

M/C Partners, a private equity firm focused on small and mid-size businesses in the communications and technology services sector, has promoted Ryan Carr, Abhishek (AB) Rampuria and Julia Senior to Partner from Vice President.  Additionally, Arvind Viswanathan has been promoted to Senior Associate.    “Ryan, AB, and Julia have each demonstrated the ability to identify, source and lead deals in their respective industry sectors and have played leadership roles in portfolio management,” says Gillis Cashman, Managing Partner, M/C Partners. Managing Partner, Brian Clark also commented: “Combined with existing Partner, Travis Keller, these individuals reflect the next chapter of M/C Partners leadership.”

Orrick announced has added three new parters to its global Corporate team: private equity M&A advisor Leah Recht from Kirkland & Ellis and capital markets advisors Edward Dyson from Cooley and Mark Mushkin from Cravath.

Bracewell (UK) has appointed Tom Jamieson, Jo En Low and Gordon Stewart as parthers in the firm’s global energy practice in London.