Ridgemont Equity Partners, a middle market private equity firm, has appointed Anthony Cassano as a Partner in the firm’s Tech & Telecom practice.  In addition, the firm has announced the following promotions – Charles Anderson, Tim Dillon and Cay Freihofer were to Partner, Seth Peck to Principal, Tyler Houin to Vice President, and Dan Norton to Senior Associate. Karen Garrison was also promoted to Fund Controller on Ridgemont’s Finance and Operations Team.    Cassano will focus on investments in the Tech & Telecom space.  He spent the last 10 years at Spire Capital Partners.  Prior to that, Anthony was at

Seward & Kissel has promoted Lancelot (Lance) King, a member of the firm’s Investment Management Group in Washington DC, from associate to counsel. The promotion is effective 1 April, 2019. King’s practice focuses on a broad range of regulatory, compliance, and transactional matters affecting investment companies and registered investment advisers. His experience includes counselling clients in the establishment, registration, and operation of registered investment companies; developing and reviewing compliance programs for investment companies and investment advisers; and counselling clients undergoing regulatory examinations.   “Time and time again, Lance has gone above and beyond in servicing our clients,” says Seward & Kissel Managing Partner Jim

Specialist private equity investor Hg has opened a new US office in New York.  Hg is one of the the most active European-based investors in software and services, having led over 100 investments in the sector in the last 25 years. On an aggregated basis, Hg’s portfolio represents the third largest and fastest growing technology company headquartered in Europe.   The firm has 170 people representing the largest technology investment team in Europe, with funds under management of USD13 billion and a portfolio representing a combined enterprise value of USD25 billion. Hg’s investment teams have a flexible investment approach, investing

Arma Partners, an independent corporate finance advisory firm focused exclusively on the global Communications, Media & Technology sector, has appointed Broor Spahr van der Hoek as Partner and Co-Head of its Private & Growth Capital team.  Broor will be based in Arma’s London office and will further enhance the firm’s deal origination and execution capabilities in this strategically important area. This appointment follows a period of record activity for Arma, with the firm having advised on 30 transactions valued at approximately USD12 billion in aggregate since the beginning of 2018, including raising nearly USD300 million across five transactions for fast-growing

Argand Partners, a New York and San Francisco Bay Area-based middle market buyout firm, has promoted Joyce Schnoedl to Partner, Dino Sawaya to Principal, and Janel Maki to Operations Manager.  “Joyce provides important leadership across our firm in sourcing and executing complex deals. Her ability to identify and generate opportunities by navigating complexity and continually expanding relationships is a significant asset,” says Tariq Osman, Partner of Argand. Schnoedl has most recently been a Principal at Argand and has worked with several portfolio companies, including Sigma Electric Manufacturing Corp, Brintons Carpets, Ltd, and Concrete Pumping Holdings. Earlier in her career, Schnoedl

Drawbridge Partners, a cybersecurity consulting firm specialising in the needs of hedge fund and private equity managers, has appointed Viktor Tadijanovic as Chief Technology Officer (CTO).  In this role, Tadijanovic will oversee the company’s overall technology strategy and lead the engineering, product and customer engagement teams.   With deep expertise in the financial services sector, Tadijanovic brings more than 20 years of IT governance, technology architecture, platform development and corporate strategy experience to Drawbridge. Tadijanovic most recently served as Chief Strategy Officer at Abacus Group and was responsible for corporate development initiatives. As a founding member of Abacus Group in

Private equity fund administrator Gen II Fund Services (Gen II) has appointed Ian Cameron as its Chief Operating Officer (COO). Cameron will focus on strategic and operational responsibilities at Gen II and will report to the Managing Principals, Norman Leben and Steven Millner. Since 2015, Cameron was Chief Financial and Operations Officer for the Washington State Investment Board (WSIB). WSIB is a public pension plan that oversees approximately USD130 billion in assets under management, including retirement plans that benefit approximately 784,000 active and retired public employees. WSIB’s investment portfolio consists of over USD45 billion in private market assets. While at

Akin Gump has appointed Allen Shyu as a partner in the firm’s Beijing office. Shyu comes to Akin Gump from Stephenson Harwood, where he was the lead partner in the Beijing office. Shyu’s practice focuses on advising mid-sized and large-scale public companies on equity capital markets and corporate M&A transactions, particularly in the energy and natural resources sector. A native of Taiwan, Shyu also provides regular counsel to Taiwanese companies issuing equity and equity-linked securities and venture capital/private equity transactions for emerging companies in that market. “Allen’s arrival significantly boosts our capital markets, corporate and energy offerings in mainland China,”

HarbourVest Partners, a global private markets asset manager, has opened a new office in Dublin, Ireland. The new Dublin office expands the firm’s global footprint to ten locations, adding to its presence in Beijing, Bogota, Boston, Hong Kong, London, Seoul, Tel Aviv, Tokyo and Toronto. Craig MacDonald, Managing Director, HarbourVest Partners will oversee operations in Dublin.   The Dublin office will operate under HarbourVest Partners (Ireland) Limited (HVPI), which was established in September 2018. HVPI is authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland as an EU Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM) to conduct regulated activities within the EU on behalf