SuperSeed Ventures, the London-based European B2B tech VC has appointed James Sore as Principal.Sore brings has a wealth of contacts and experience in early-stage investing. He has joined to help grow SuperSeed’s fund offerings, initially focusing on scaling its EIS fund, as well as aiding the delivery of SuperSeed’s larger institutional fund. Both funds follow the same investment thesis of focusing on early-stage B2B SaaS and AI companies.  He will report into the founder, Mads Jensen and his remit is to support the growth of the company in terms of deal flow, systems and processes, partnerships and business development. Prior to

Kramer Levin has appointed Adi Herman as a partner in the firm’s Private Equity and Mergers and Acquisitions practices in New York.Herman advises clients on domestic and cross-border transactional and corporate matters, with a particular focus on the private equity space. His representations of private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, as well as public companies, include mergers and acquisitions, take-private transactions, dispositions, carve-outs, joint ventures and strategic partnerships, recapitalisations and restructurings, and corporate governance advice. Herman also counsels sponsors in growth capital investments and pre-IPO financings. “Adi is an excellent addition to our growing Private Equity and M&A practices,

Global law firm Dentons has recruited partner Guillaume Kessler to strengthen its Corporate and M&A and Private Equity practices in France and more widely in Europe. With this addition, the Corporate/M&A team in Paris, led by partner Olivier Genevois, now counts approximately 30 lawyers. Kessler joins from Orrick, where he was a partner since 2016. He was previously Managing Partner of Olswang France (now CMS). A member of the Paris bar since 1997, he is involved in public and private mergers and acquisitions, private equity, restructuring and international joint ventures. He advises French and international strategic clients, both listed and unlisted,

Alternative asset manager Black Diamond Capital Management (Black Diamond) has appointed Rodney S Cohen as Head of Private Equity.  Cohen will have responsibility for managing Black Diamond’s portfolio of private equity funds, consisting of the BDCM Opportunity Funds II, III, IV, and V, aggregating approximately USD4 billion in capital.   Commenting on the appointment, Stephen H. Deckoff, Black Diamond’s Managing Principal, says: “We are extremely pleased to have Rodney lead our private equity team. I have known Rodney for more than 40 years and we have been investors together over the past 20 years. We are excited at the critical role he will

Limerston Capital’s Limerston Capital Partners I has acquired Patricia White’s and Country Cousins from Saga Healthcare Limited, a subsidiary of Saga plc. The Businesses are two well established brands combining to form one of the UK’s largest private pay introductory live-in home care agencies. Based in Redhill, England, the Businesses are focused on private pay, live-in care agency services, with over 2,700 registered clients, 690 of which are currently receiving care services. Both Country Cousins and Patricia Whites offer a flexible and unique approach though their respective carers to enable clients to remain in the comfort of their own homes.  

LDC, the private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group, has made a number of senior promotions across the firm as part of its commitment to invest GBP1.2billion in UK mid-market firms in the next three years.The promotions follow a period of significant success for the leading mid-market private equity investor, having already completed two investments and two exits in 2020. This builds on a strong performance in 2019 where LDC invested GBP365million to back 18 ambitious management teams, and generated a total of GBP330million total proceeds, despite challenging market conditions.    Head of New Business Andy Grove is promoted to a

Global investment firm KKR has appointed Chee-Wei Wong as Head of Global Impact for Asia.KKR Global Impact is focused on identifying and investing behind global opportunities where financial performance and societal impact are intrinsically aligned. The business specifically focuses on companies whose core business models provide commercial solutions that contribute measurable progress toward one or more of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). “Chee-Wei brings a wealth of sustainability-related investment experience in Asia and globally, in line with KKR Global Impact’s own mission. This valuable expertise will be essential as we continue to build the firm’s Impact business across

Latham & Watkins has appointed Neal Reenan and Ian Bushner as partners in the firm’s Boston and Chicago offices in the Corporate Department and as members of the Mergers & Acquisitions Practice and the Private Equity Practice. Reenan and Bushner advise private equity sponsors and public and private companies on complex corporate transactions across a range of industries. “Neal and Ian are fantastic additions to our premier global M&A and Private Equity Practices and I am thrilled to welcome them to the firm,” says Marc Jaffe, Global Chair of Latham’s Corporate Department. “Their individual and combined experience executing innovative, highly complex