RSM has appointed James Lewis as an M&A partner in its corporate finance practice. Lewis joins RSM from Deloitte where he jointly led the firm’s PLC M&A Advisory team. Prior to that, he held advisory and M&A positions at both Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse. In his career to date, he has completed over 45 deals worth in excess of GBP14 billion including buyside and sellside M&A transactions, public offers, debt for equity swaps and capital market mandates. In his new role, Lewis will lead an expansion of RSM’s advisory proposition with a specific focus on M&A advisory services to

Centaur Asset Management has appointed Rose Omundi as Corporate Counsel. This is the latest in a series of senior-level appointments across the business. Prior to moving to the UAE, Omundi was based in Kenya and worked for one of the leading banks in Kenya as a Senior Legal Counsel and Company Secretary to two of the bank’s subsidiary companies. Over the course of her career, she has amassed practical experience in corporate, commercial law, banking sector governance, regulatory and compliance issues and procedures. She has been involved in drafting and negotiating various commercial contracts, structuring loan transactions and security arrangements.

Private equity firm Harvest Partners has appointed Michael JP Klein as an Advisor. Klein will support the firm in identifying and evaluating investment opportunities in the automotive aftermarket parts, distribution, services, and retail sectors.  Klein has more than 35 years of experience in the automotive aftermarket, including CEO roles with Armored Auto Group, IDQ Holdings (a manufacturer of automotive A/C products), and Murray’s Discount Auto Stores. He has a history of driving businesses and shareholder value creation through organic growth initiatives and acquisitions. Mr. Klein currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association and is slated to

Investec Specialist Bank continues to expand its Growth & Acquisition Finance team with the appointment of Nicole de Silva and Prasan Desai to the London office.  In their respective roles, Nicole and Prasan will report to James Stirling and focus on providing senior debt, mezzanine finance and minority equity across the entire capital structure.   Nicole joins from Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) where she was Director of Corporate Transactions. During her time at RBS Nicole managed healthcare and commercial real estate portfolios, most recently focusing on structuring and executing leveraged transactions across the mid-market to support buy-outs, acquisitions, shareholder

Centerview Capital Technology Management has appointed Dr Buno Pati as a Partner adding to the founding partnership of Ned Hooper, former Chief Strategy Officer of Cisco Systems, David Dorman, former Chairman and CEO of AT&T and Sandhya Venkatachalam former VP Advertising and Monetization and Head of Corporate Development of Skype. Dr Pati is an entrepreneur and company builder who brings more than 20 years of experience growing, leading and investing in technology companies and has served as an Advisor to the firm since 2014.  Pati founded and served as Chief Executive Officer of Numerical Technologies, a company that redefined how

Venture capital firm Accel has appointed Nir Blumberger as a venture partner based in Tel Aviv, Israel. Accel opened its first international office in London in 2000 to partner with extraordinary founders and teams across Europe and Israel. In that period, Accel has invested in over 30 companies in Israel from a range of technology sectors. Blumberger’s appointment deepens Accel’s commitment to the Israeli technology ecosystem; based in Israel and a core part of the Accel investment team in London, he will be leading investments in consumer and enterprise start-ups in the region.     Over the past 15 years,

Berenberg has further expanded its US presence by hiring James J Ramp as Head of Equity Capital Markets (ECM), to be based out of New York.  Ramp has over 20 years’ experience in ECM and Investment Banking, with prior experience as a Managing Director at BNY Convergex, Managing Director at Susquehanna International Group (SIG) where he led the Global Investment Banking Division, and senior roles at Cowen and Rothschild Inc.   Berenberg launched its US presence in Boston in 2011 to offer high quality research-based Pan-European equity products to US Institutional investors. Since commencing operations in the US, Berenberg has

Jenner & Block has appointed corporate lawyer Kyle Gann as a partner in the firm’s Chicago office.  Gann will be a member of the Private Equity and Mergers and Acquisitions Practices.   With a decade of corporate transactional experience representing both premier private equity groups and public companies in a broad range of matters, he will provide additional bench strength to the firm's growing Corporate Department.  Gann's practice includes counselling his clients on a variety of corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, joint ventures, divestitures and general corporate matters.  His experience crosses a wide array of asset classes,

Radius Equity, the provider of tax efficient private equity investments, has appointed Andrew Hodson as the firm’s new Head of Business Development, focussing on introducing investors to early stage businesses looking for growth funding. Radius Equity says that Hodson has over 25 years of experience working within accountancy and financial services, having started his career at Coopers & Lybrand. He then worked as an investment manager at BZW, and as an analyst at investment bank UBS Warburg.   Following this, Hodson then moved into Private Banking, taking on roles within some of the world’s top private banks, including HSBC, Citi

Private equity firm General Atlantic has appointed Eric Zhang, former Global Partner and Managing Director of The Carlyle Group, as Managing Director and Head of China. Zhang will lead the firm’s investments in growth companies across China. “We are excited to build upon our 16 years of experience partnering with leading entrepreneurs and growth companies in China,” says Bill Ford, Chief Executive Officer of General Atlantic. “Eric’s impressive track record in Asia, deep local expertise, and proven ability to invest in and partner with outstanding companies make him an ideal leader for our local team and long-term efforts in China.”