Rabobank, a global food and agribusiness bank, has appointed Gregg Fatzinger and Dean Asofsky as co-heads of its Wholesale Banking Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) business in North America. The appointments reflect Rabobank’s growing M&A advisory presence in North America and globally, including recent deals such as Marfrig’s pending USD969 million acquisition of a 51 per cent controlling interest in National Beef and Fresh Del Monte’s USD361 million acquisition of Mann Packing. Asofsky and Fatzinger are based in New York and will lead a North American team that falls under Global Head of Mergers & Acquisitions Don Meltzer, and that is

Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC), an UK fund manager and social enterprise, has strengthened its team with the appointment of Amelia Sussman in the new role of Head of Operations. She is one of four new recruits to SASC this year, which has seen the team grow to 10 people.   Sussman previously worked at Impetus – The Private Equity Foundation, where she was an Investment Director for 11 years, working closely with a portfolio of charities and the private equity community.  Before joining Impetus PEF, she was COO at Common Purpose.    Commenting on her new role, Sussman says,

BakerHostetler has appointed Michael Moyer as a partner in the firm’s Seattle office, where he will work on clients’ corporate finance, project finance and other complex transactional needs.   Moyer comes to BakerHostetler from Cairncross & Hempelmann, PS. He is the first partner in the firm’s Business Group to be based in the Seattle office.   Moyer has represented a broad array of companies during his more than two decades as a corporate finance attorney. Though he continues to represent various types of clients, Moyer focuses his practice primarily on serving sustainable industry, life science and other technology companies. He

Idinvest Partners, an investor in SMEs across Europe, has appointed Guillaume Santamaria as Investment Director for the firm’s Growth Capital team, which held its first closing at EUR250 million in November 2016. In this role, Guillaume Santamaria me will be involved in sourcing, analysing and executing investments for the Growth Capital team, both in France and across Europe.   Before joining Idinvest Partners, Santamaria originated and executed over 10 operations on both fundraising and M&A with Apparius Corporate Finance, an independent M&A firm specialised in TMT where he started the digital health practice. Prior to this, Santamaria was part of Quilvest Group,

Law firm Paul Hastings has added M&A partner Roger Barron to the firm’s team in London. Barron has been a partner at Linklaters for more than 17 years.   “Roger has an outstanding market presence, with considerable experience and a formidable track record with a number of blue-chip clients,” says Seth Zachary, chair of Paul Hastings. “This significant appointment underlines our focus and commitment to accelerate the growth of our M&A practice in London, and enhance our offering to the firm’s global clients.”   “The London legal market is in a dynamic state and I believe that Paul Hastings is

Results Healthcare, a corporate advisory firm focused on public and private healthcare and life sciences companies, has appointed Jason Foss as Managing Director. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Foss will work alongside colleagues in Results’ existing New York office to drive the growth of the firm’s operations in the world’s largest healthcare market, the USA.   With over 20 years’ experience, Foss is a highly knowledgeable healthcare investment banker having started his career at Morgan Stanley before moving to the United Kingdom to work at a variety of bulge bracket banks including UBS and Citi. In these roles Jason advised clients

DealCloud, a specialist in deal & relationship management in the private capital markets, has opened its new EMEA headquarters in Holborn, London, United Kingdom. With the opening of the regional headquarters in London, DealCloud operates out of four offices globally. Supporting a rapidly growing client base in the region, DealCloud now provides implementation services, client support, and account management through a dedicated team based out of the London office.   “We work closely with every client to tailor our exceptional technology and capabilities to their specific process,” says DealCloud Co-Founder and Chief Revenue Officer Ben Harrison. “We are committed to delivering the best possible results for our

CoInvestor, a platform digitising alternative asset transactions for fund managers, investors and advisers, has appointed Rob Ferguson as its Chief Operating Officer.   Ferguson has more than 20 years’ experience working within software, financial and legal firms in accelerating growth in financial companies. While serving as a member of CoInvestor’s board, he has gained invaluable insight into the firm’s unique offering and its mission to digitise access to, and management of, alternative assets.   In his last executive role Ferguson was Chief Commercial Officer of IG Investments at IG Group, a global leader in online trading. At IG, he spearheaded

Private equity investor Compass Partners has added James Kester to its team to help grow the firm’s business and increase origination in the US.   Since 2000, Kester has built and managed global investment businesses for institutional investors. Most recently, he served as Chief Investment Officer of the Private Equity department of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds since 2010. James has also been a member of Advisory Board of DPE Deutsche Private Equity GmbH since 2017.   Compass Partners says: “We are delighted that Jim has joined the team. We believe