Hilco Valuation Services has appointed Nat Baldwin as Director of Intellectual Property Services Europe. Baldwin will assume business development responsibility for the United Kingdom and European Intellectual Property (IP) appraisal and disposal practice assisting clients in identifying, preserving, and extracting value from these key assets within corporate transactions. Baldwin brings more than 10 years of transaction experience to the Hilco team and will leverage his expertise to assist key stakeholders, including directors, professional advisors and lenders, when assessing IP value.   Chris Hall, CEO of Hilco Valuation Services Europe says: “Nat Baldwin is a perfect addition to our organisation adding

Specialist direct lender Beechbrook Capital, which backs small and medium-sized businesses in the UK, has further strengthened its Manchester-based regional office team with the appointment of Jon Petty as Associate Director. Petty joins from Deloitte, where he spent five years in their Manchester-based Debt Advisory practice, advising on a wide range of financing projects. Previously, he had spent four years in the Royal Bank of Scotland Structured Finance team. Petty will support Beechbrook investment director Matt Kenny, who joined in April to head up the company’s Manchester office.   Jon Herbert, Managing Director of Beechbrook’s UK SME Credit fund, says:

Align Capital Partners (ACP), a growth-oriented private equity firm that targets control investments in lower middle market companies, has added two new team members to its Dallas office. Matt Iodice joins as Vice President while Maseel Mir is Director of Finance and Chief Compliance Officer. With these new hires, the team at Align Capital Partners now totals 12 individuals.   Iodice oined ACP upon graduating from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. Prior to business school, he spent three years at Saw Mill Capital, a middle market private equity firm that acquires manufacturing, industrial services, and specialty distribution businesses. While

Global law firm Reed Smith has added Leith Moghli as a partner in the firm’s Global Private Equity and Investment Funds practice, based in London. Moghli joins Reed Smith from Kirkland & Ellis, where he was a partner in, and a founding member of, the firm’s funds practice in London.       Moghli advises Global and European fund sponsors and financial institutions on the formation of their investment vehicles across a broad range of strategies and asset classes, with a particular emphasis on private equity, venture infrastructure, natural resources, energy, secondary and debt funds.  He also counsels fund managers on

FPE Capital (FPE), a growth private equity investor in UK lower mid-market companies, has appointed Chris Kay as Investment Manager.  Kay joins FPE Capital from PwC, where he was a member of the firm’s global TMT Advisory team.  Kay is a fully qualified ACCA and is a graduate of Durham University where he graduated with a Frist Class degree in Modern Languages.   The appointment marks a further step in the development of the FPE Capital investment team as it continues its focus on the lower end of the UK mid-market. Kay will be responsible for the sourcing and execution of investment

Dentons has launched its Energy practice in the Czech Republic with the recruitment of Petr Zákoucký as a partner. He joins the Firm’s Prague office from Clifford Chance, along with two associates, Michal Pelikan and Barbora Obračajová, who will join within the next month.
 Zákoucký is a prominent lawyer in the energy, infrastructure and mining sectors. He provides a full range of regulatory advice and is the co-author of the first commentary on the Czech Energy Act. He has advised on many of the most important M&A transactions and litigations in the Czech and wider CEE energy sector and is

Dentons Boekel has strengthened its Corporate and M&A practice in Amsterdam with the recruitment of two partners, David Griston and Kuif Klein Wassink.   As a highly respected adviser to the oil and gas sector, Griston will also be a key member of the Energy practice. Wassink brings extensive experience on private equity transactions and will strengthen the Firm’s Private Equity group. Both lawyers will join on 1 September, 2017.   Griston joins Dentons Boekel from Clifford Chance, where he led the Energy team in Amsterdam. He focuses on high-value M&A in the energy, natural resources and commodities sectors. He acts

Kirkland & Ellis International has appointed Anand Damodaran as a partner in the firm’s Investment Funds Group in London. Damodaran focuses on advising clients on the formation of credit, private equity and real estate funds. “Anand is a hugely talented practitioner and an excellent addition to our market-leading investment funds group in London,” says Jeffrey C Hammes, Chairman of Kirkland’s Global Management Executive Committee. “His extensive experience and knowledge advising fund sponsors across the spectrum of investment strategies, including his particular credit fund strength, will further enhance our global funds offering.”   London-based investment funds partner Richard Watkins, says: “Anand