Lowenstein Sandler is pleased to announce that Rossie E Turman III has joined the firm as Chair of its International Finance practice. Turman will be an integral part of the firm’s Debt Financing group and The Tech Group. He joins Lowenstein’s New York office after 21 years at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, where he was a partner for the last 12 years. Turman has been awarded several honors, including being named the Metropolitan Black Bar Association of New York City’s “Private Practitioner of the Year” and one of Savoy magazine’s “Most Influential Black Lawyers.”His global practice focuses

Reech Corporations Group, an investment company driving long-term value in real estate, technology and finance, has launched a new growth investor – Odysseus Investments. The business will be headed up by Adam Battersby, formerly Head of Global Principal Investments at BofA Merrill Lynch.   Odysseus Investments will focus primarily on opportunities in finance, insurance and real estate sectors. It will aim to create long-term value by working with firms with proven business models that will benefit from the experience in technology, financial structuring or scaling that Odysseus Investments has to offer.   The new business will be run by Adam Battersby,

Schulte Roth & Zabel (SRZ) has appointed experienced private funds partner Owen Schmidt as a partner in its Investment Management Group. Read the full story at Hedgeweek…

Ara Partners, a private equity firm specialising in industrial decarbonisation investment, has expanded its senior management team through the addition of Tuan Tran as a Managing Director. Tran brings over 20 years of private equity and corporate finance experience across the industrial, environmental services and energy technology sectors, which aligns closely with Ara Partners’ strategy.“I am pleased to announce that Tuan has joined Ara Partners. He is a talented investor with a distinguished investment history,” says Charles Cherington, Managing Partner of Ara Partners. “We have known Tuan for many years. He is a high-integrity individual who will enhance our capabilities

MPM Capital, a life-sciences venture capital firm investing in early-stage therapeutics companies, has appointed Matthew Roden PhD, as an Executive Partner. Roden will be responsible for identifying and assessing new technologies and advising portfolio executives on both business and clinical strategies. Roden brings deep and broad biopharmaceutical experience in both operating and investing arenas. Matt joins MPM from Bristol Myers Squibb, where he held senior leadership roles in strategy and business development. Earlier in his career, Renod was a biotechnology equity research analyst, leading the global team at UBS, and was a senior biotech analyst and associate at JP Morgan. “Matt’s

Investcorp, a global provider and manager of alternative investment products, has appointed David Moffitt as Co-Head of the company’s US Credit Management business. Moffitt will be based in New York and report to Jeremy Ghose, Global Head of Investcorp Credit Management.   Moffitt brings to Investcorp more than 20 years of experience in credit investing and asset management. Most recently, he was Partner and Head of Tactical Investment Opportunities and CLO Management at LibreMax Capital, President of Trimaran Advisors, the CLO management platform of LibreMax; and President of CAVU Investment Partners LLC in New York. In these roles, David was responsible

Sweden-based Valentum has merged with Clearwater International, the global leading mid-market M&A firm.

Murano has launched a new consulting division, Murano Consulting to provide services, including business development and investor marketing, to asset managers and investment firms. 

HIG Capital (HIG) has hired Andrew Liau to co-lead its infrastructure team alongside Ed Pallesen. Liau will be based in London, with primary day-to-day responsibility for the infrastructure teams’ activity in Europe, while Pallesen will continue to be based in New York with primary focus on the Americas.    Liau has over 20 years of experience in private equity and investment banking. Before joining HIG, he was a Senior Managing Director in the infrastructure group at Ardian, a leading Paris based private equity firm, where he led a number of successful core plus investments. Prior to Ardian, he was a founding