O’Melveny has added C Todd Boes, a private equity lawyer with strong M&A experience, as a corporate partner based in the firm’s San Francisco office.Boes’ arrival delivers on a key firm priority: adding to O’Melveny’s roster of exceptional California private equity partners. He comes to O’Melveny from the Private Equity Transactions group of an AmLaw 50 firm in San Francisco. Boes has a long history of advising major California- and other US-based private equity sponsors, and his clients include some of the biggest names in the space. Boes’ private equity practice emphasises mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, and other direct

Mark Porter has been appointed as the new as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at global professional services provider Equiom.Read the full story at Wealth Adviser…

Barclays has appointed Khaled Habayeb as a Managing Director in Healthcare Equity Capital Markets (ECM). Habayeb will be based in New York, and will report to Taylor Wright and Kristin DeClark, Co-Heads of ECM Americas at Barclays. He will partner with Joe Lombardo in leading the further development and execution of the firm’s Healthcare ECM business strategy. Habayeb joins Barclays with over seventeen years of experience in banking, most recently as a Managing Director in the Global Healthcare Group at Deutsche Bank, where he led biotechnology sector coverage across therapeutic areas and genomics sub-sectors. Prior to joining Deutsche Bank in late

Duff & Phelps has promoted five colleagues in London to managing director as part of 32 managing director promotions globally. Mathias Schumacher, Duff & Phelps’ London City Leader, says: “We continue to invest in our talented team at Duff & Phelps in London. Our clients are increasingly seeking expert advice to help them navigate their complex challenges, and our new cohort of MDs in London and globally will form a valuable part of our future strategy and growth.” The promotions in London are: Dan Nolan, Valuation Advisory Services, Kristina Isert, Governance, Risk, Investigations and Disputes, Paul Nash, Governance, Risk, Investigations

UK mid-market private equity specialist Parabellum Investments is expanding its UK team as it prepares to expand through new acquisitions and investments across the UK, Europe and the US over coming months. The move coincides with mounting concern over whether government-backed bank loans will be sufficient to support many smaller companies. Many face a sudden collapse in their revenues with no indication as to how, or when, conditions will improve – making it difficult to build a sound business case.  The company has just appointed its first Director of Corporate Development, Gerry Hoare, who has over 25 experience in the financial

Saltgate has made two additional appointments to its Associate Director Group, as part a recent promotion review effective April. Saltgate says: “The promotion of Youssef Lqoule and Jamie Hawksworth strengthens our Associate Director group across our three jurisdictions and reflects the commitment of Saltgate to developing its leaders of the future.  “As we adjust to the changing world around us we are continuing to deliver business as usual at Saltgate, including rewarding outstanding performance. We are therefore delighted to share the well-deserved promotion of two of our managers to Assistant Director level, these appointments are two from a group of 24

Catapult Ventures has announced the appointment of Vijay Curthan as Investment Director in its GM & Cheshire Life Sciences Fund. Curthan joins Catapult with a background in healthcare private equity, investment banking and pharma industry corporate strategy.   Speaking on the new appointment, Catapult CEO Nick Wright, says: “I am delighted to welcome Vijay to Catapult as an Investment Director in our GM & Cheshire Life Sciences Fund. He has excellent experience working across healthcare investing and investment banking and since returning the UK, we were also impressed with his interactions with smaller companies. Vijay will be working on new deals

Alternative asset and corporate business services provider SANNE has promoted Stephanie Hopkins from Head of Private Debt & Capital Markets to Country Head for Jersey. Read the full story at Hedgeweek…

International law firm Ashurst has appointed Danny Tan as the Asia-Pacific head of investment funds, based in Singapore.Tan has two decades of experience advising on investment funds, capital markets, and mergers and acquisitions, as well as fund formation and restructuring, fund investments and fund regulatory matters. His expertise with both onshore and offshore fund vehicles is well regarded in the Singapore fund management industry, whether for private equity funds, hedge funds, fund of funds, real estate, infrastructure or venture capital funds. He frequently acts for governmental bodies and sovereign wealth funds, local and international fund managers, family offices and financial

Humatica, a private equity specialist advisor for portfolio organisational effectiveness, has made five promotions in its London and Zurich offices. Valentina Pozzobon has been promoted to Director. She is based in Zurich and joined the firm in 2012. Over this period, Pozzobon has managed projects for private equity backed portfolio companies in over 12 countries including North and Southeast Asia, the US and throughout Northern and Southern Europe. Valentina has led a broad range of organisational improvement projects including reorganisation, downsizing and accelerated culture change.   Paul Simpson has been promoted to Senior Manager. He originally joined Humatica’s Zurich office in