Squire Patton Boggs has appointed Henry Davey as a consultant in its energy and natural resources practice group in London.   Davey was previously a corporate partner at Herbert Smith Freehills in London.   Davey is an energy corporate M&A lawyer with some 25 years’ experience of energy transactions, encompassing acquisitions and dispositions, project development and commercial contracts. His clients include energy corporates, utilities, financial institutions, infrastructure funds and private equity investors.   Davey’s expertise covers a wide range of domestic and international energy projects, from the sale and purchase of distribution, transmission and pipeline assets and the acquisition and

Arma Partners has strengthened its senior team with the appointments of Mark Rodrigues and Dr Friedrich Froeschl as senior advisers in New York and Munich respectively.    Rodrigues has over 30 years’ experience in the global technology and financial services industries as an executive, investor and consultant, and currently holds several board positions with international fintech companies and advisory roles at venture capital and private equity firms focused on the sector.   Previously, Rodrigues was a global managing director and leader of strategic customers and solutions at Thomson Reuters, where he was responsible for managing the USD2.9 billion global revenue

Hamilton Lane has strengthened its team in Europe, adding three senior individuals in response to a year of growth across its European client base, service lines and product offerings.   The appointments come as the firm continues to expand its footprint across Europe, with a substantial increase in its overall European client base in 2016.   Client relationships more than doubled in Switzerland as well as in Germany, a market in which the firm has plans for further expansion.   Hamilton Lane also added major clients last year in Italy and Finland. Joining the firm’s long-standing European client base is

Private equity house Maven Capital Partners has appointed three investment managers and a portfolio administrator to its North West investment team.   The appointments are in support of NPIF Maven Equity Finance, which has a North West focus and is managed by Maven for the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF).   Martin Clark, James Darlington and Jeremy Thompson will be responsible for transacting new NPIF equity investments, while Nikola Clarke will provide portfolio support to NPIF investee businesses.   These appointments will supplement Maven’s Northern England investment team, which has been completing SME transactions across the North for almost 20 years.

Global investment bank GCA Altium has appointed Stuart Warriner as senior adviser as the business continues to build its corporate finance team in the North of England.   Warriner joins GCA Altium from PwC, and has over 30 years’ experience in the industry, leading the firm’s corporate finance team across Leeds and Manchester since 2007.   He has led transactions with an aggregate value of more than GBP2 billion, and has established strong relationships with many of the region’s businesses and private equity firms.   Key deals in the last few years include the sale of vehicle rental business Nexus

David G DeWalt, the former CEO of publicly held cybersecurity company FireEye, is joining Allegis Capital as a venture partner.   Previously, DeWalt served as the CEO of cybersecurity market leader McAfee and held executive positions at EMC.   DeWalt, 52, becomes the sixth cyber security executive serving as a venture partner at Allegis, a 21-year-old early stage venture firm that focuses solely on investing in cybersecurity start-ups.   DeWalt is a member or leader of a number of boards of directors including ForgeRock, a San Francisco-based multinational identity and access management software company. He is also vice chairman of

Accendo Capital has appointed Jaakko Kivinen as senior adviser to the fund.   Kivinen, who has previously been partner in Altor Equity Partners and Soros Private Equity Partners, has extensive international private equity experience in deal sourcing, executing transactions, and helping lead businesses as a board director.   Henri Österlund, founding partner of Accendo Capital, says: “I have known Jaakko for more than 15 years and have always been impressed with his dedication, drive and focus on delivering shareholder value. Jaakko is a valuable addition to our team and will support us in evaluating investment targets and helping our portfolio

The Paris office of law firm K&L Gates has added Mounir Letayf as a partner in its banking and asset finance practice, accompanied by counsel Adeline Roboam.  They join K&L Gates from Paul Hastings.   Letayf and Roboam have broad experience in leveraged, structured, and real estate finance, debt restructuring, and general lending and securitisation. They also advise lenders, borrowers, and investors on domestic and cross-border transactions.   “We are delighted to welcome Mounir and Adeline to our firm,” says Louis Degos, administrative partner of K&L Gates’ Paris office. “Their addition will further develop our maturing global banking and asset finance practice as well as our

Independent Growth Finance (IGF), a commercial finance provider for SMEs, has appointed two regional sales directors covering Yorkshire and the Midlands. Danielle Hodgson joins as regional sales director for the firm’s invoice finance division, covering Yorkshire & the Humber. As the main contact for IGF’s clients in the region, she is responsible for developing relationships with existing and potential SME clients.   Hodgson joins the firm from Aldermore Bank, where she was a regional sales manager specialising in construction and trade financing.   Hodgson says: “Each of the management team at IGF has a fantastic career behind them and have