MJ Hudson, Law, has made two new Partner promotions: Edyta Brozyniak, who was previously at Macfarlanes joined the firm only a year ago, while Emmanuel Amos joined from Allen & Overy eighteen months ago. Brozyniak advises on the formation of infrastructure, private equity and venture capital funds and co-investments. In the space of just twelve months Edyta has proved herself as a pivotal player in the Firm’s successful LP Unit, which includes sovereign wealth funds and governments as clients and has become central to its fund offering.   Amos has experience advising on a broad range of corporate transactions, including domestic

Guernsey Finance has appointed Adrian Norman as its new London Representative. Permanently based in London, Norman’s remit is to further promote awareness of the island’s finance offering, to educate about Guernsey’s financial services, and to connect London professionals with Guernsey practitioners.   Norman (pictured) is Guernsey-born and has 25 years of finance experience, more than 20 of those on the island, where he has worked across funds, private wealth and banking at firms such as Credit Suisse, Northern Trust, Carey Group, Ogier and Odey Wealth. His role at Odey took him to London in 2014, where he was Head of

THL Credit Advisors has appointed Christopher Todisco as Director on the Business Development team in New York. His responsibilities include business development, client relationship management, and fund marketing for THL Credit’s growing Direct Lending and Tradable Credit platforms.  Todisco will be involved in the development and management of institutional investor relationships across consultants, pension funds, insurance companies, endowments and foundations.    Before joining THL Credit, Todisco spent 12 years in Business Development at GAM USA Inc, a USD150 billion AUM alternative investment manager. At GAM, he represented absolute return credit, real estate private debt, emerging market debt, alternative risk premia and

Salveo Capital, an alternative investment firm specialising in the legalised cannabis space, has appointed Thomas Mazarakis as a Managing Partner. Mazarakis will work alongside Managing Partners Michael Gruber and Jeffrey Howard in overseeing strategic direction and will be responsible for portfolio management as well as scaling the firm and its operations.   Mazarakis has over 18 years of financial and investment experience. Most recently he served as a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs in London where he was head of the Fundamental Strategies Group, a department of research analysts within the securities division’s multi-billion dollar equity and credit businesses. Earlier

Gibraltar Business Capital has added two veteran speciality finance lenders to its sales team – Elijah Kaplan and Scott Simmons. Located in New York, Kaplan is an experienced professional in middle market lending, private equity, and restructuring.  He has over 16 years of experience in financing, acquiring, and advising middle-market businesses through leveraged buyouts, acquisitions, recapitalisations, and restructurings. He honed his collaborative approach to working with management teams and private equity sponsors while at Deloitte CRG, Hudson Capital Partners, Marathon Asset Management and Albion Investors.    Based in Dallas, Simmons joins Gibraltar with 25 years of experience in building relationships

Cotton Creek Capital, a Texas-based lower middle market private equity firm, has added Blake Tilley to its investment team as an Associate.  Prior to joining Cotton Creek Capital, Tilley was a Financial Analyst in the Global Industrials Group at Robert W Baird & Co, a wealth management, capital market, private equity and asset management firm headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. During his tenure with Robert W Baird & Co, Tilley focused on mergers and acquisition transactions along with equity offerings across the industrial sector.    Tilley earned his Bachelors of Business Administration in Finance and Accounting from Texas Christian University’s Neeley

C5, an investment specialist firm investing into cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and cloud, has announced that it will continue to strengthen its management team with the appointment of Christopher Cooke as Managing Partner and Head of Investor Relations.  At C5 Capital, Mr Cooke will be taking responsibility for all aspects of Fundraising and Investor Relations, working closely with the Head of Fund Operations and the C5 Investment Team. He will be joining the board of C5 Capital.   Prior to this role, Chris was a Managing Director at Hycroft, HSBC and Greenhill & Company, where he established the London desk for private

UBS Asset Management’s (UBS-AM) Real Estate & Private Markets (REPM) business has appointed Perry Offutt as Head of Infrastructure Americas, effective June. Offutt will join REPM’s USD4 billion Infrastructure platform to lead the US team and further develop its growing presence in the region.   Offutt has more than 20 years of investment and industry experience and has worked on over USD100 billion of transactions. Perry joins UBS-AM from Macquarie Infrastructure & Real Assets, where he was a Managing Director of the North American Investment team, responsible for originating and executing investment opportunities. Prior to this, he spent 15 years