Global law firm Reed Smith has appointed Sam Webster as a partner in the firm’s Global Corporate Group in London in January. The news highlights the group’s continued expansion in Europe, following the recent hire of life sciences partner Iqbal Hussain in London and tax partner Martin Bünning in Frankfurt. Recognised for his expertise advising clients on complex cross-border corporate transactions, Webster focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity and venture capital. Webster, who is joining the firm following 15 years at Mayer Brown, has extensive experience working with large corporates and financial investors across a

Renaissance Capital, an emerging and frontier markets investment bank, has appointed Oladipupo Olalere Adekanmbi as Vice President, Investment Banking, Nigeria. Adekanmbi is based in Lagos and reports to Temitope Popoola, CEO, Nigeria and Risana Zitha, Head of Investment Banking, Africa. Popoola says: “We are glad to welcome Oladipupo to our on-the-ground team. He has a strong track record in financial advisory, corporate finance, structured finance and project finance, which dovetails particularly well with our recently deepened structured products and financing offering in Nigeria.” Zitha adds: “We are happy to strengthen the team in Nigeria as we continue to enhance our

Livingbridge, one of the UK’s leading mid-market private equity investors, has appointed Mihir Patel and Joseph Evans as investment managers.  Patel joins Livingbridge from PwC where he was a manager in the Corporate Finance division, gaining lead advisory experience with the Real Estate M&A team. Prior to this, he worked in the Valuations practice with a range of financial services clients, and also in Banking & Capital Markets Assurance. He recently passed Level II of the CFA Program and is a qualified chartered accountant (ACA).   Evans most recently worked at Ennismore International Management Limited as a strategy associate in

Mediolanum Banking Group has officially opened it new European Asset Management Headquarters in Dublin. The Irish operations of Banca Mediolanum comprise Mediolanum International Funds Limited (MIFL) and Mediolanum International Life Dac. Mediolanum Banking Group has had a presence in Dublin since 1997. MIFL is responsible for the design, development, investment management and distribution of investment funds distributed to approximately 1.5 million clients in Italy, Germany and Spain whose needs are served by over 5,200 Family Bankersâ. A local 40-strong investment team manages cEUR42 billion of assets from the Dublin office.   MIFL is the R&D centre for investment management within

Private equity firm TA Associates has appointed Charles Ha as a Vice President in its Boston office as a member of the North America Technology Group. “We are pleased to welcome Charles to TA Associates,” says Brian J Conway, Chairman and Managing Partner at TA Associates. “We believe that Charles’ previous experience in both private equity and consulting provides a strong foundation to support our efforts in sourcing and analysing new investment opportunities in technology companies with high quality, profitable business models. We look forward to his involvement in further growing TA’s technology portfolio and partnering with the management teams

Private equity firm Edison Partners has promoted Jennifer Lee to Principal with immediate effect. Lee, a senior member of the firm’s Fintech investment team and investment lead, continues to support portfolio companies in their growth. She will also now help in developing industry themes and overseeing pipeline development. As Vice President, Lee led investments earlier this year in Fund That Flip, a real estate investment and funding platform, and Bipsync, a research management platform for asset managers. Lee is a board member of both Fund That Flip and Bipsync. She also worked on Edison Partner’s $62 millon lead investment in

HIG Capital (HIG) has made a number of organisational changes the firm says are designed to position the firm for continued growth and better manage the increasing scale and scope of its business. The senior leadership team has been expanded with the promotion of Rick Rosen and Brian Schwartz to the newly created title of co-Presidents. Rosen and Schwartz, who have been at the firm since 1998 and 1994, and currently manage the HIG US Middle Market fund and the HIG Advantage fund, respectively, will work closely with Sami Mnaymneh and Tony Tamer, founders and co-CEOs of HIG, who will

Duff & Phelps has appointed Marcus Morton and Albert Maass as managing directors in the firm’s Valuations Advisory Services practice, based in London. Morton is part of the core Valuations Services team focusing specifically on the financial services sector. He has over 25 years of experience in investment banking with significant expertise in all types of valuation opinions, operating models, risk management, cost transparency, control frameworks and compliance.   Most recently, Morton worked at KPMG and prior to that he worked at several investment banks including Goldman Sachs, Nomura, JP Morgan and Barclays, and spent several years as the Senior Risk

Carl Marks Advisors, an investment bank providing financial and operational advisory services to middle market companies, has promoted Scott Webb to Partner. Since joining the firm in 2007, Webb has held positions of increasing responsibility and for the last two years has led the firm’s investment banking restructuring vertical alongside Partner Evan Tomaskovic. As Partner, Scott will continue to specialise in advising companies and creditor groups throughout the capital structure on financial restructurings, distressed mergers and acquisitions, capital raises and other special situations. He brings passion, creativity, deep expertise, and smart, innovative solutions to his engagements, providing clients a wealth

Gridiron Capital, an investment firm focused on partnering with founders, entrepreneurs, and management teams, has promoted Sean Kelley to Managing Director, Business Development and added and promoted Ty Black to Associate as part of the Business Development Team. Kelley will continue to focus on developing new business partnerships, marketing to and communicating with business owners, managing investment partnership sourcing, and exit planning. He will also increase his role in marketing and building the Gridiron brand. Ty Black will become a member of Gridiron’s Business Development Team and will report to Kelley and Gridiron’s two Managing Partners, Tom Burger and Kevin Jackson.