Specialist financier ExWorks Capital is moving its London office to 33 Central, King William Street in the City of London from its previous London headquarters on Cornhill. Over the past two years, the Chicago-based company, which opened its first international office in London in 2017, has enjoyed notable success, ensuring that the company’s excellent reputation has been upheld in the United Kingdom (UK). The new headquarters will facilitate the continued growth of ExWorks’ business and enable it to cater to the needs of its expanding client base. ExWorks will occupy the seventh floor of the building, which was purchased by

Grasshopper Bank, a new commercial venture bank for innovation economy companies and the venture capital firms that fund them, has appointed Barbara Fleming as Head of Venture Capital and Private Equity Relationships.  Fleming joins from Bridge Bank, where she helped launch and expand its private equity and venture capital direct lending group. While there, Fleming lead the group’s business development efforts, product rollout, credit policy implementation, and portfolio management. She has more than 30 years of experience in a variety of business development focused banking roles, and prior to joining Bridge Bank served as Senior Vice President at Square 1

Timothy (Tim) Swan has joined BakerHostetler as a partner in the firm’s Business Group. Swan, who was previously a partner at Sidley Austin LLP and, most recently, at Frost Brown Todd LLC, will be resident in the firm’s Cincinnati office. Swan advises clients through a variety of technology transactions, most often in the life sciences, healthcare IT and information technology sectors. He also works with clients and investors on equity and convertible debt financings. In addition, Swan has experience counselling clients on both the buyer and seller sides of M&A transactions, with a focus on software, life science and other

Augusta, a UK-based itigation and dispute funding institution, has appointed Polly Bahl as Chief Operating Officer, based in London.  Bahl joins from US law firm Proskauer Rose where, as London Director of Professional and Administrative Resources, she coordinated a range of operational functions. A solicitor by training, Bahl qualified with SJ Berwin (now King & Wood Mallesons) where she became a partner specialising in private investment funds, a role which latterly incorporated various operational responsibilities. Bahl’s hiring is the latest addition to Augusta’s senior team following the recent arrivals of Gowling WLG Partner James Foster as Head of International Arbitration

Astarte Capital Partners, an alternatives co-investment platform, has appointed Omar Habboush, CFA, to its business development team as an Associate.  Habboush joins recent hires Richard Templer, Finance Director, and Bruno Fumach, Investment Director, in the London office.   Prior to his appointment at Astarte Capital Partners, Habboush gained seven years of experience at Citigroup in London, where he was part of the Institutional Sales team and worked with UK, European and Middle Eastern pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and central banks. Prior to that Habboush focused on operations, risk, regulation and balance sheet management within Citigroup’s Fixed Income Sales team.

Deepbridge Capital has appointed two new Business Development Managers (BDMs) covering both the North West and North East regions. Donna Battersby joins Deepbridge as BDM for the North West. Don Battersby na worked most recently within the tax-efficient investment space with Ingenious, following two decades of financial services experience with the likes of NatWest, Zurich and Aegon. Matt Nelson joins as BDM for the North East. Nelson has previously worked with Deepbridge as an independent consultant but now joins the team in a full-time role. Matt’s previous experience includes roles with companies such as AXALife Invest and Ascentric. Both will

Duff & Phelps, has appointed Paul Martin as a managing director and leader of the firm’s UK Transaction Advisory Services practice, based in London. Martin has over 25 years of experience providing clients with financial and operational deal advice, with a focus on private equity and large corporates. Highly regarded in the private equity industry, Martin has led projects and teams across all aspects of the deal life cycle from origination, due diligence execution, post-deal control, performance improvement, exit readiness, sell-side support through to exit. In addition, he has worked with clients across the world and has advised on cross-border