Addleshaw Goddard’s Corporate team has been strengthened with the arrival at the firm of experienced dealmaker Pete Wood from Pinsent Masons. Wood, who joins the team as partner in the firm’s Leeds office, has a wealth of experience in Private Equity and M&A, advising clients across a broad range of sectors including retail, financial services, manufacturing and consumer goods.   Garry Elliott, Partner at Addleshaw Goddard, says: “We are delighted that Pete is joining us. Pete’s experience, his relationships and his character, combined with his proven track record of deal leadership, will further enhance our team, and his way of

Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP) has promoted Charles Birnbaum, Amit Karp, and Kristina Shen to partner. “We’re thrilled to recognise the major contributions that Charles, Amit, and Kristina have made to BVP’s investing practice over the years,” says Ed Colloton, partner & COO of Bessemer Venture Partners. “Each of them has demonstrated deep sector knowledge and a keen ability to spot standout companies early. As partners, they will each develop their own investment roadmaps and continue to significantly contribute to our practice in helping entrepreneurs build world class businesses.”   Birnbaum joined BVP’s New York office in 2013. Charles is actively involved

Michael Hardy has joined Duane Morris as a partner in the firm’s Baltimore office. The firm says Hardy’s appointment will enhance the firm’s corporate and securities law capabilities in Baltimore and throughout the US, He joins Duane Morris from Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP.  Hardy has extensive experience representing private equity investors, senior and junior debt lenders and operating companies in connection with mergers and acquisitions, offerings of debt and equity securities, credit facilities, joint ventures, and other strategic transactions.   Hardy also regularly advises companies regarding corporate governance and structure, business and tax strategy and matters relating to

Law firm McDermott Will & Emery has appointed Armando X Ramirez as a partner in the Firm’s growing Corporate & Transactional Practice Group in New York.  Ramirez rejoins his long-time colleague Jeffrey W Meyers, who arrived at McDermott in April.  Ramirez and Meyers will work together to further expand McDermott’s global corporate and transactional practice in the energy sector, with a focus on the sale and acquisition of interests in energy businesses and facilities and the development and financing of international and domestic energy projects. Together, they bring a wealth of experience advising the owners of and lenders to power

Investment manager James Excell, who joined the London team at private equity house Key Capital Partners (KCP) in April 2016, has been promoted to investment director. Excell has been working alongside investment partners Mike Fell and Philip Duquenoy at KCP’s London office to source and deliver investment opportunities as part of the deployment of its latest fund.    On 15 May, the team announced that it had made an GBP8.65 million investment to acquire a majority stake in rapidly growing online retailer of building materials, Plymouth-based Construction Materials Online Ltd (CMO), which operates retail websites supplying DIY builders and small

ZEDRA has appointed Robert Lucas as the firm’s new Head of Funds, Jersey. Lucas comes to ZEDRA with over 16 years’ experience, having worked across a wide range of Trust, Fund Administrators, Corporate Funds and Private Equity firms, affording him a wealth of industry knowledge and understanding needed to build success and maintain company growth.   ZEDRA has experienced rapid expansion in current months, its recent senior hires over the past few months has not only strengthened the firm as a whole, but also elevated the level of product and service solutions it provides.   In his previous experience before

Global investment firm KKR has appointed Go Yamashita as Head of KKR Capital Markets (KCM) Japan. In his role, Yamashita oversees a team of professionals who support KKR, the Firm’s portfolio companies and other clients by providing tailored capital markets advice and manage relationships and business development with institutional investors in Japan.   Worldwide, the KCM team develops and implements traditional and nontraditional capital solutions for investments and companies seeking financing. In Japan, KCM arranged financing for key transactions including KKR’s acquisitions of Panasonic Healthcare, Pioneer DJ, Calsonic Kansei and Hitachi Koki, as well as Panasonic Healthcare’s acquisition of Ascensia

Greg Lawton has joined Antares Capital’s asset management team as managing director, raising capital from institutional investors for the firm’s asset management group. In this newly formed role, Lawton will report to Timothy Lyne, senior managing director and asset management leader.   “As the growth of our asset management business continues to accelerate, we are very pleased to welcome Greg to the team,” says Lyne. “Greg is a seasoned fund raising veteran and we look forward to his contributions.”   Lawton, based in Chicago, joins Antares after five years as managing director at Crescent Capital. While at Crescent, he raised