K&L Gates has appointed James CH Lee as a partner in the private equity practice in the firm’s New York office. He joins K&L Gates from Goodwin Procter.   Lee has extensive experience advising private equity funds, venture capital funds, private investment firms, high-net-worth family offices, and their respective portfolio companies in a variety of domestic and cross-border transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, growth equity investments, alternate vehicle investment structure transactions, recapitalisations, reorganisations, divestitures, and debt and equity security investments.   He represents clients across a range of industries, such as healthcare, technology, industrial technology, manufacturing and distribution, financial services

Harvest Partners (HP SCF), the non-control private equity strategy of Harvest Partners LP, has appointed Chris Peyser as a senior associate on the investment team. Peyser will evaluate, structure, execute and monitor portfolio investments.   He was most recently at Kelso & Company.   Jay Hegenbart, senior managing director and portfolio manager, HP SCF, says: “We have great confidence in Chris’s abilities and are very pleased that he has joined our team. We look forward to his contributions to our investment programme.”   Prior to joining HP SCF, Peyser was a senior associate at Kelso & Company, where he focused

Cairngorm Capital has appointed Stuart Whiteford as investment manager. Whiteford joins from the EuroAsia special assets group at Goldman Sachs, where he was an executive director involved in strategy and investment for a range of European opportunities.   Prior to Goldman Sachs, he was a member of Citigroup’s UK investment banking team, advising companies and private equity investors on mergers, acquisitions and equity capital market transactions.   As an investment manager at Cairngorm Capital, he will source new opportunities, execute transactions and work in partnership with the management teams of Cairngorm Capital’s portfolio companies.   Whiteford’s appointment is the first

BGF (Business Growth Fund) is continuing to expand its team covering the South West of England with the appointment of James Skade, who will be based in the firm’s Bristol office. Before joining BGF Skade spent five years at EY, most recently in the corporate finance team where he advised on a number of transactions including the sale of IPL to Civica and the acquisition of Transtank Pty by Western Global.   Skade joins BGF’s 60-strong nationwide investment team responsible for identifying investment opportunities and managing the deal process from origination through to completion. BGF’s investors also provide support either

Private equity firm NMS Capital Group has launched a real estate investment and advisory firm called NMS Capital Realty Advisors (NMSRA). NMSRA will focus on providing direct and indirect financing solutions for construction, senior secured and mezzanine loans to clients and advisory solutions related to real estate sales, recapitalisation and restructuring needs across the hospitality, multi-family, office, retail and commercial property sectors throughout the US.   Trevor M Saliba, chairman/CEO of NMS Capital Group, says: “We are very excited about this new venture. We see the NMS Capital Realty Advisory business launch as a perfect complement to our existing portfolio

Idinvest Partners, a European SME investor, has opened a Shanghai office to support the growth of its portfolio companies in Asian markets. The office will be led by Solomon Moos, corporate development Asia, who joined Idinvest in July 2016 from Allianz Global Investors.   Moos will be supported by three Chinese partners.   This marks the most recent milestone in Idinvest’s international development, coming shortly after the opening of a Frankfurt office earlier this month.   Idinvest’s Shanghai presence will facilitate the firm’s ability to help entrepreneurs find the right partners, build stronger ties and generate synergies with industrial, strategic

IGF, a commercial finance provider for SMEs, has made a trio of new hires across the UK. Kelly Tighe joins as client manager on the firm’s invoice finance team; Aman Gill is regional sales director, also on the invoice finance team; and Mark Stainsby joins IGF Business Credit, the firm’s asset based lending arm, as client manager.   Joining the firm from Bibby Financial Services, Tighe will be responsible for managing IGF’s Invoice Finance clients across the north of England. She will be based out of the firm’s new North West office in Manchester. Tighe’s previous roles also include positions

Joan Schriger and Brian O’Keefe, founders of Pharus Capital Management, a San Francisco-based private fund manager, have joined Pacific View Asset Management. Schriger and O’Keefe bring with them a portfolio of venture capital investments and a track record dating back to 2013.   Throughout their careers, they have been active in all aspects of venture capital from principal investing to providing advice on financing, corporate transactions, operations and capital raises.   Their experience led them to develop a strategy that identifies late-stage investment opportunities in privately held technology companies backed by top-tier venture capital sponsors.   “We are very excited

RCP Advisors has promoted Dave McCoy to managing partner; Alex Abell, Nell Blatherwick, Michael Feinglass and Andy Nelson to partner; and Ross Koenig and Michael Rice to vice president. McCoy joined RCP in 2010 and has 15 years of private equity experience. Heis the portfolio manager for RCP’s co-investment funds and maintains broader activities throughout the investment function. He is also on the investment committee and active as an advisory board member of several underlying funds and portfolio companies.   “We are proud to recognise Dave McCoy's many achievements with this well-deserved promotion,” says Charlie Huebner, managing partner. “During his