Independent investment bank Zeus Capital has appointed Rachel Birkett as research analyst in its Manchester office. Birkett, who is a qualified chartered accountant, joins from Brown Shipley where she spent two years as a company analyst and fund manager. In this role, Birkett researched the consumer discretionary sector of the FTSE350 to identify trends and support investment cases, as well as managing a concentrated portfolio of GBP90 million fixed income investments.   Birkett also worked for three years as an audit assistant manager at business advisory firm Deloitte, covering field managing statutory audits across a range of industry sectors. Having

Law firm Noerr is adding a team of 11 DJBW lawyers including three partners and an of counsel to its Warsaw office, effective 1 January 2017. DJBW is an independent Polish law firm founded by ex-White & Case managing partner Witold Daniłowicz and former White & Case partner Witold Jurcewicz, together with Radoslaw Biedecki and Ludomir Biedecki.   DJBW is a recognised transactional and corporate brand on the Polish legal market, servicing domestic and international clients from various sectors.   Noerr has operated in Poland since the 1990s and has built a strong regional advisory force in Central Eastern Europe,

Inflexion Private Equity has appointed Daryl Cohen as an investment director within the partnership capital team, focused on minority investing. He starts with immediate effect.   Cohen has over 10 years’ investment experience in the UK and Western Europe, completing numerous transactions, add-on acquisitions and refinancings across a range of sectors and businesses.   Most recently at Vision Capital, his transaction highlights included the acquisition and IPO of Nordax Bank in Stockholm, as well as the acquisition of Bormioli Rocco and disposal of its various divisions; he held directorships at both businesses.   Prior to this, Cohen spent time at

BGF (Business Growth Fund) has expanded its Manchester-based team with two appointments. Paul Dolyniuk joins as an investor after 10 years at KPMG while Daniel Beckett, who joins from Bureau van Dijk, will focus on business development across the North West, Yorkshire and North East.   Most recently, Dolyniuk worked on a number of transactions in KPMG’s corporate finance team, including advising the board of BDP Holdings on the sale of the business to Nippon Koei.   Beckett has nine years’ experience in business development, including seven years spent at Bureau van Dijk Electronic Publishing where he focused on corporate

Caledonia Investments has appointed Alex Mills as an investment manager in the firm’s unquoted pool.  Mills joins from Graphite Capital where she worked on the recent New World Trading Company and Aero Technics Group acquisitions as well as representing Graphite on the board of the Groucho Club.    Prior to joining Graphite, she was with KPMG working in the transaction services and restructuring divisions.   Duncan Johnson, head of unquoted investments says: “We are delighted that Alex has joined us at Caledonia. Alex’s background at KPMG and more recent experience at Graphite will add enormously to our business. We all look

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery has appointed Harris C Siskind as the global head of its corporate and transactional practice group, effective immediately. Siskind replaces Ira J Coleman who will take over as the chair of the firm as of 1 January 2017.   Siskind advises clients on private equity transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate matters. He has handled many complex transactions, including acquisitions and divestitures on behalf of private equity sponsors. He has also represented numerous strategic buyers, public corporations and private companies in connection with acquisitions, sales and a broad range of other corporate

RueOne Investments, an alternative asset manager that offers institutional asset owners and family offices direct investment opportunities on a deal by deal basis, has appointed Tracie Ahern and Hoyt Stastney to the firm’s board of directors. Ahern (pictured), who is currently a principal at Danesmead Partners, a fund fiduciary services firm, will serve on the board's audit committee.   Stastney, currently the general counsel at Bronfman EL Rothschild, a wealth management firm, will chair RueOne's legal, compliance and cybersecurity committee. A focus of the compliance and cybersecurity committee will be ensuring that RueOne adopts and maintains best-in-class policies and procedures

US Capital Partners has appointed Britt Doyle as senior vice president (SVP). Headquartered in San Francisco, US Capital Partners is a private investment bank that makes direct debt investments, participates in debt facilities, and has wide distribution for debt and equity private placements for small and medium-sized businesses.   A 30-year veteran of the capital markets, Doyle started his career as an institutional fixed-income salesman for Security Pacific Asian Bank in Singapore directly out of college.   After receiving an MBA in the late 1980s, Doyle moved to the private client side of the business, working for various large investment