SSA & Company has appointed Philippe Rose as managing director. Rose, who brings over 25 years of experience in chemicals and management consulting, will grow and lead the firm's European private equity and industrials practice having formerly run Celerant's Europe, Middle East and Asia (EMEA) private equity practice.   In that role, he covered the full M&A cycle, from due diligence to post-merger integration, across multiple sectors as well as working on the sell side in chemicals and pharmaceuticals.   "Increasingly, our clients ask for support of their global businesses," says Paul de Janosi, senior managing director at SSA. "Philippe

PenderFund Capital Management, the manager of the Pender suite of investment and alternative funds, has appointed Maria Pacella to its investment management team. Pacella joins Pender as senior vice president of private equity.   She has 16 years of experience of investing in emerging growth companies, mostly in the areas of information technology and med-tech. This experience includes operational roles, M&A facilitation and board memberships. She has built an extensive technology network across North America, notably in Silicon Valley. She is an active member and a past President of CFA Society, Vancouver.   Pacella joins Pender to launch a private

Kirkland & Ellis International has appointed Volkmar Bruckner as a partner in the firm’s Munich office in the corporate practice group. Bruckner focuses his practice on private equity and M&A.      Bruckner joins Kirkland from the Munich office of Weil Gotshal & Manges where he has been a partner since 2015. Prior to Weil, he was a partner at Latham & Watkins for eight years. He is admitted to practice both in Germany and in New York.    Bruckner advises private equity investors, management teams and corporations on complex domestic and cross-border transactions. His particular focus is on leveraged

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery has added a new corporate team in its Milan office with the arrival of three partners, Giancarlo Castorino, Ettore Scandale and Emidio Cacciapuoti, and a team of four counsel and 10 fee earners.  The team joins from the Milan office of King & Wood Mallesons (KWM). Castorino had been the office’s managing partner, succeeding Scandale who previously held the role.   Ira J Coleman, chairman of McDermott, says: “This group is a great addition to McDermott as we extend and deepen our relationships with both local and global clients as a leading firm

CohnReznick, a US-based accounting, tax, and advisory firm, has tapped Netherlands-based Marc Altena to serve as EMEA advisory services leader and leader of the firm’s newly formed European subsidiary, CohnReznick Netherlands, based in The Hague. Altena is an experienced consultant specialising in business and technology transformation solutions.   Previously, he served as managing partner of a Netherlands-based consulting firm, working with clients throughout EMEA in the real estate, insurance, and banking sectors. He brings expertise in business transformation strategy, process optimisation, international project management, change management, and global technology implementations.   The practice serves real estate, private equity, and life

YFM Equity Partners has appointed James Savage as portfolio director. Based in the London office, he will focus on actively managing YFM’s growth and buy-out investments as part of the portfolio team led by David Bell.   With over 12 years’ industry experience, Savage joins from Barclays’ Principal Investments team (formerly Barclays Ventures) where he was vice president, working on a range of transaction types, situations and across sectors with a primary focus on value creation and realisation. Prior to this he advised private equity sponsors and management teams at BDO.   David Hall, managing director of YFM, says: “We

bfinance, an independently owned investment consultancy, has appointed Anish Butani to strengthen infrastructure coverage in the private markets team. Butani (pictured) joins from KPMG Corporate Finance, where he gained over 8 years’ experience as a senior member of the infrastructure corporate finance team based in London, advising investors on M&A transactions and valuations.   During his time at KPMG, Butani advised on transactions involving over GBP3 billion worth of assets, with a specific focus on secondary market M&A in the UK PFI and PPP sector. In addition, Butani provided valuation advice to a number of leading global infrastructure fund managers,

83North, the international venture capital firm with operations in Europe and Israel, has appointed David Buttress as a general partner. Buttress will be based at the firm’s London office and will work alongside 83North’s five existing general partners.   Until February 2017 Buttress was the chief executive officer of Just Eat, a marketplace for online food delivery. He started the UK arm of the company in 2006 and more recently as CEO led the business through its rapid global growth to one of the biggest technology IPOs in Europe for a decade. The company debuted on the London Stock Exchange