Hogan Lovells is strengthening its Corporate & Finance practice in Greater China with the hire of three Corporate partners, Don Williams, Tony Mou and Cheng Xu.Williams, who is US qualified, advises on a broad range of cross border transactions (particularly M&A, PE/VC and capital markets) with a strong focus on the TMT sector. Mou focuses on general corporate and transactional matters with a particular emphasis on capital raising transactions, joint venture and foreign direct investment, M&A, as well as venture capital fund formation.  Xu’s practice focuses on PE/VC transactions and cross-border M&A in addition to general corporate and business matters,

Alter Domus, a provider of integrated solutions to alternative investment managers, has appointed Paul Woods as Regional Executive North America to expand the Group’s presence in the North American  private capital markets. Based in Boston, Woods will report directly to the Chief Executive Officer, Doug Hart and assume enterprise-wide leadership responsibilities through his appointment to the Group Executive Board.   Woods brings more than 30 years of experience in the industry. Prior to joining Alter Domus, he was a Senior Vice President at State Street Global Services, where he was responsible for managing the delivery of custody and fund administration services

JEITO, a new independent French private equity firm dedicated to the biotech and biopharma sectors, has appointed Mehdi Ainouche as Principal.With nearly five years experience in the financing of innovation within health and biotechnology, Ainouche’s primary role will be to develop sourcing and to support the selection and final negotiations with companies entering the portfolio.  Subsequently, following the Jeito model, Mehdi will provide support for these future unicorns in order to accelerate their growth towards the commercialisation of major medical innovations, thus promoting patients’ access to cutting-edge treatment.  Ainouche joins the JEITO investment team, which currently comprises nine people.

Private equity and special situations institutional investor Sandton Capital Partners (Sandton) has expanded its London and Paris teams with two new recruits, as the firm continues its growth.Jordan Kay joins as an Investment Manager in the London team and will work alongside the Head of Sandton UK, Matt Meehan. Emmanuel Atlan also joins Sandton as an Investment Manager working in both the Paris and London teams alongside the Head of Sandton France, Sébastien Cailliau as well as Matt Meehan.   Kay has over five years M&A and restructuring experience. He previously worked for Lincoln International in the London and Stockholm offices

Baird Capital, the direct private investment arm of Baird, has promoted Michael Holgate to Partner and Andy Dyer to Director. Both associates are based in London.Holgate, Partner, joined Baird Capital in 2014 and focuses on sourcing investment opportunities, deal execution and portfolio management in the Technology & Services sector. Before joining Baird Capital, Holgate spent five years working in financial due diligence and corporate finance at PricewaterhouseCoopers and Spectrum Corporate Finance. Holgate is a chartered accountant and earned a First Class Master’s degree in chemistry from Bristol University.   Dyer, Director, joined Baird Capital in 2016 and focuses on sourcing

SANNE, a leading global provider of alternative asset and corporate services, has appointed Brijesh Patel as Global Head of Corporate Services.With more than 20 years of international financial services experience, Brijesh joins SANNE from State Street in Singapore where he held the role of Vice President, Relationship Management. As a qualified Chartered Accountant, Brijesh has an impressive background in managing strategic global relationships, leading servicing teams and coordinating service delivery from multiple jurisdictions and business areas to a broad range of clients invested in various asset classes. Based in SANNE’s Singapore business, he will work closely with SANNE’s Country Heads

Saltgate has promoted Lizette Morales to Head of Jersey Client Services.Morales joined Saltgate in 2013 and has demonstrated outstanding commitment to partnering with our clients and engaging with her team to deliver excellence. Her promotion is testament to her professionalism, her integrity and her ability to inspire those around her to achieve the best outcomes.  Morales says: “I am thrilled to take on this new role overseeing all client service delivery in our Jersey office and working with the management team in Jersey and across the Saltgate offices in the UK and Luxembourg.”  Simon Riley, Saltgate CEO, says: “Lizette’s promotion

Zeus Capital has made six promotions following a string of high profile transactions in the last three months.Since lockdown, the firm has completed 14 transactions, including several public company takeovers, fundraisings and M&A deals.   Within its Corporate Finance team, Zeus Capital has promoted Nick Cowles to deputy head of corporate finance; Jordan Warburton to director and Kieran Russell, Rishi Majithia and AJ Reus to associate director. Rachel Birkett has been promoted to director in the research team, and Anna Thomas, who leads Zeus Capital’s private client offering, has also been made a director.   Cowles has been with Zeus

Growth capital investor VGC Partners has promoted Andrew Lister to partner. The promotion comes a year after Lister joined the firm from Marlin Equity Partners as investment director. In this time, he has driven operational excellence and value creation within the portfolio, helping implement and drive 180-day plans to identify scale up opportunities and improve strategic decision making. He has also integrated robust institutional processes with key stakeholders and LPs.   Examples include WIT Fitness, a sportswear retailer which received a GBP2 million investment in February 2019. Lister has been instrumental in developing WIT’s e-commerce business and scaling-up operations, and he

Middle market private equity firm Wynnchurch Capital has appointed Michael Salgat as a Managing Director focused on operations and portfolio management, and Jerry Gao as a Senior Associate.Prior to joining Wynnchurch, Salgat was an Operating Partner with New State Capital Partners focused on financial leadership at portfolio companies. Salgat began his career as an Investment Banker at Candlewood Partners and Donnelly Penman & Partners. He later served as Chief Financial Officer at Sipi Metals Corp and Vice President of Strategy and Finance at Tecumseh Products Company. Salgat earned his BS in Finance at John Carroll University. Gao recently completed his