Carey Olsen has promoted corporate lawyer David Taylor to the partnership, with effect from 1 July 2020.Taylor’s practice in the Jersey corporate group covers a broad area of Jersey corporate and finance law, with a particular focus on M&A and restructuring transactions in the private equity, corporate real estate and equity capital markets sectors.   Recent notable transactions that Taylor has worked on include advising on the sale of Lloyds Bank International’s Channel Islands wealth management and funds business; advising European private equity investor Bridgepoint on the complex cross-border sale of Estera; and acting for Stride Gaming plc in its

EMPEA, a global industry association for private capital in emerging markets, has appointed of Bill Ford, Chief Executive Officer of General Atlantic, and Suyi Kim, Head of Asia Pacific at Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments), to its Board of Directors.EMPEA Chair Nicolas Rohatyn, Chief Executive Officer of The Rohatyn Group, says: “It is vital for private capital investors to continue to put money to work across emerging markets as these investments have a real life impact on companies and the sustainability of economies in these regions. Having recently combined forces with LAVCA to expand our reach and capabilities,

BMS Group (BMS), an independent specialist (re)insurance broker, has appointed Sandra Lee as the head of the company’s operations in Asia, subject to regulatory approvals. Lee, who is currently based in Hong Kong, will join BMS on completion of current contractual obligations.   Lee has been heading Aon’s transactions liability team in Asia since 2012. Prior to that, she practiced as an M&A lawyer for nine years in Hong Kong, Paris and Singapore, at international law firms including Linklaters, Gide Loyrette Nouel, Clifford Chance and WongPartnership.   Nick Cook, CEO at BMS Group, says: “Asia is a crucial market and this

WilliamsMarston, an accounting advisory and management consulting firm focused on serving public, private equity-backed and pre-IPO companies, has added Mark LaMonte to the firm’s New York leadership team as a Managing Director.    “We are thrilled to welcome Mark to our leadership team in New York. We are absolutely confident that Mark’s extensive accounting, finance and capital markets experience will be a valuable resource to our clients and our teams as we further expand our capabilities and geographic footprint,” says Landen Williams, Partner at WilliamsMarston. “Mark’s experience at both Moody’s and KPMG, will provide invaluable expertise to our clients on a

CenterOak Partners (CenterOak), a Dallas-based private equity firm, has made six promotions, including two additional Managing Partners, effective 1 July, 2020.Lucas Cutler and Jason Sutherland have joined CenterOak’s CEO and Founder, Randall Fojtasek, as Managing Partners. Eric Holter, Blake Richardson and Carrie Hamilton have all been promoted to Principal, and Mark Izlar has been elevated to Senior Associate. Fojtasek says: “CenterOak has a large team of talented and dedicated professionals who work tirelessly and productively for our investors and portfolio companies. In particular, Lucas Cutler and Jason Sutherland have worked alongside me for almost 20 years. During that time, they

Alternative asset and corporate business services provider SANE, has appointed Catherine Law as Head of Business Development for the Asia Region. Read the full story at Private Equity Wire…

Downing Ventures has appointed Warren Rogers as a Partner. Prior to joining Downing Ventures, Rogers was a Ventures Partner at Airbus, where he led investments in various sectors related to aerospace, defence, and space technology. Rogers brings much of this experience to the Downing Ventures team, with his new role focusing on early-stage deep tech companies in quantum, cyber, enterprise, and materials. In addition to his experience working with entrepreneurs, Rogers has also been an entrepreneur himself, having founded and successfully exited trading tech business, RHI Group, and also founding DeepWell Ventures, an early stage deep technology investor based in Austin, Texas,

SANNE, a provider of alternative asset and corporate business services, has appointed Catherine Law as Head of Business Development for the Asia Region.  Based in SANNE’s Hong Kong office, Law will continue to drive SANNE’s alternatives and corporate offering, in addition to exploring new strategic business development opportunities across the Asia Region.  Law joins SANNE following an extensive and highly successful career in senior business development roles within the fund services industry, spanning more than 20 years. She joins SANNE from Apex where she held the position of Head of Sales managing their strategic growth and expansion across the alternative funds

bd-capital has appointed Bram Grimmelt as Partner and Head of its Benelux investment activities.Established in 2019 by Richard Baker, former FTSE CEO and Chairman, and Andy Dawson, former Advent International Investment Partner, bd-capital is an operationally led private equity firm investing in pan-European mid-market businesses where changing patterns of consumer behaviour and technology disruption are creating growth opportunities.   Prior to joining bd-capital, Grimmelt was Head of Advent International in the Benelux. During his 14 years at the firm he worked out of the Amsterdam, London and Luxembourg offices and was involved in seven investments, including Delft Instruments, Nucletron, Mediq,

John Harper has joined global private equity investment firm HIG Capital as a Managing Director and Head of the London LBO team, leading  HIG’s small cap investments in the UK, Ireland, Scandinavia and Holland.Harper has 25 years of mid-market private equity investing experience. He has originated, transacted and exited numerous investments across a wide range of sectors including financial and business services, manufacturing, healthcare, IT and consumer and leisure. Prior to joining HIG he was a Partner at Inflexion, having previously held senior positions at Duke Street and LDC.   Wolfgang Biedermann, Executive Managing Director and Head of Europe buyouts, says: