Behrman Capital, a private equity investment firm based in New York and San Francisco, has appointed Simon P Lonergan as Managing Partner.  Lonergan joins Grant G Behrman and William M. Matthes as the firm’s Managing Partners.   “Since 2005, Simon has been an invaluable partner of our firm, consistently demonstrating his deep investment expertise, insightful industry experience and outstanding leadership skills,” says Behrman. “We are very pleased to recognise Simon’s extensive contributions to Behrman Capital and our portfolio with this well-earned promotion.”   onergan has played an integral role in leading the firm’s investments in the defence and aerospace and

Following its successful launch of Strategic Industrial Real Estate (SIRE), am EUR2 billion (USD2.2 billion) pan-European joint venture with a leading North American private equity investor, Arrow Capital Partners has appointed Marie Ferguson as Financial Controller. Ferguson is responsible for all accounting, finance and financial reporting across the Arrow platform, including both the Asian, Australian and European businesses.   Christian Bearman, Partner and Head of Europe at Arrow Capital Partners, says: “Having worked with Marie for five years, we are delighted to welcome her back to the Arrow team. She will provide us a wealth of experience covering the structuring, accounting

Mid-market private equity investor LDC has appointed Lawrence Dean as the Head of its South team. The appointment comes as the firm approaches its 20th anniversary in the region, having invested more than GBP575 million in over 60 of the region’s most ambitious firms since 2000, from its base in Reading.   Dean brings with him a wealth of experience from different sectors, including TMT and leisure in particular. He joins from LDC’s Birmingham office where he led two significant mid-market deals this year including the GBP110million deal to invest in motor finance technology specialist Evolution Funding, and the management

Jambu Palaniappan has joined OMERS Ventures as managing partner in London. The former Uber executive brings extensive operational experience from the startup world to the Canadian venture capital firm’s European team. OMERS Ventures is an early-stage investor in disruptive technology companies shaping the future of how we live and work, from fintech, proptech, insurtech, and healthtech to deeptech, smart cities, and the future of work. Backed by one of Canada’s largest pension plans, OMERS Ventures launched in Europe in March 2019 following eight years in North America that have included notable exits such as Shopify (which went public in 2015,

Boutique law firm Kleinberg Kaplan has appointed Joshua M Kaplan as a partner in its Estate Planning and Administration Practice. He joins from Dechert. With more than a decade of experience in private wealth matters, Kaplan advises clients on a broad range of issues, including estate planning and administration; estate, gift and GST tax planning; business succession planning; charitable giving; and life insurance. Kaplan’s clients include hedge fund and private equity fund managers, for whom he provides guidance in connection with estate planning issues related to fund formation, ownership and disposition. He regularly advises institutional clients regarding fiduciary issues and

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