Andrew James Lom, an investment management lawyer, has joined the law firm Norton Rose Fulbright’s New York office as a partner. Lom (pictured) comes to Norton Rose Fulbright from Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP. He represents global asset managers, investors and private companies in a wide range of regulatory and transactional matters. In his asset and wealth management practice, Lom advises clients on fund formations, private equity transactions, SEC and related regulatory matters, corporate issues and tax matters. In addition, he assists family offices and other financial investors with investment due diligence, private equity transactions and holding company structuring and

BTIG, LLC, a global financial services firm specialising in institutional trading, investment banking, research and related brokerage services, has appointed Mark Secrest as a Managing Director within its Healthcare Investment Banking Group.  Secrest will focus on the medical devices, life sciences tools and diagnostics industries, increasingly active areas of growth for the firm. Over the last year, BTIG has significantly built out its Investment Banking Group with a team of seasoned industry professionals. KC Stone, Managing Director and Head of Healthcare Investment Banking at BTIG, says: “Mark’s extensive M&A experience and transactional expertise make him an exceptional addition to our

Sabine Mathis, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of BlackFin Capital Partners, has been promoted to a partner in the firm. Mathis joined BlackFin Capital Partners in 2011 as CFO. Prior to joining BlackFin, she spent several years as an auditor at Ernst & Young (from 2002 to 2008), then as chief financial officer of Natixis Private Equity International (from 2008 to 2011). Mrs. Mathis graduated from HEC and holds a DECF. Mathis was born in 1978.  Laurent Bouyoux, Managing Partner of BlackFin Capital Partners, says: “This firm has successfully positioned itself as a leader in financial services in Europe, and the

Silversmith Capital Partners (Silversmith), a growth equity firm focused on supporting the best entrepreneurs in technology and healthcare, has named Mike Lester, Bill Ready, and Ashok Subramanian as Senior Advisors of the firm.  In this capacity, each will contribute to the firm by offering industry insight, sourcing new investment opportunities, and providing strategic guidance to Silversmith portfolio companies.   “We have a long shared history with Mike, Bill and Ashok and admire them not only as entrepreneurs, but more importantly, as people,” says Todd MacLean, Managing Partner of Silversmith.  “We are grateful that these individuals have committed their time and

Seventure Partners has further strengthened its Life Sciences team with two new appointments; Professor Denise Kelly joins as an Investment Advisor whilst Oxana Kukhaneva has been appointed Venture Partner. Kukhaneva joins Seventure from Inventages Venture Capital, where she was Investment Manager of the investment team. Oxana brings over 12 years’ experience in private equity investment in venture and growth in healthcare, nutrition and consumer goods. Born and raised in Russia, she started her career in project finance and business development, working for a software start-up company. Kukhaneva holds a BA in International Relations and Affairs and a BS in Economics

Fund finance partner Liz Soutter has joined Mayer Brown’s Banking & Finance practice in London. She was formerly at Dentons, where she was a partner. Soutter provides debt financing solutions on both mainstream and alternative asset classes to investment funds across a range of sectors, including private equity and financial institutions. In addition, she has considerable experience advising on investor call bridging, management fee line facilities and portfolio acquisitions. Soutter’s clients include domestic and foreign lenders, borrowers and sponsors.  Co-leader of the Global Fund Finance practice at Mayer Brown, Zac Barnett, says: “We have a preeminent fund practice in the

Mid-market private equity house Dunedin has promoted Nicholas Hoare and Simon Rowan to Partner, Andrew Davidson to Senior Associate and Katie Chung to Associate.   The promotions follow a busy first quarter for the firm, which completed an investment in £80m Alpha FMC last month, as well as the sale of its equity stake in CitySprint in a GBP175 million transaction.   Hoare joined Dunedin in 2007. He is responsible for sourcing and transacting deals focusing on Business Services and Healthcare. Nicholas was Chief Operating Officer at Dunedin in 2012/13 when the firm was raising its new fund. He was

Oliver Olah has joined Vinson & Elkins as counsel in the firm’s M&A and Capital Markets Practice Group. He will be based in the New York office. Olah joins V&E from the Frankfurt office of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, where his key areas of practice were cross-border private equity, private mergers and acquisitions and corporate advisory work with a strong focus on US/European inbound and outbound transactional matters. “Oliver’s broad experience and exceptional transaction skills will benefit the firm’s clients in New York and beyond,” says Jim Fox, co-head of V&E’s New York office. “His tailored approach to client

Aurelius Group has made its third hire of 2016 with the appointment of Ed Akenhead as Operational Manager.  Akenhead, who joins as part of Aurelius’ UK operational team with immediate effect, will be placed at Allied Healthcare, the UK market-leading domiciliary care business acquired from Saga plc in December 2015.    Akenhead joins Aurelius from AT Kearney, where he worked as Manager (2010-2015). In this role he was responsible for the sale, scoping, and delivery of strategic and operational improvement projects, with particular specialisms in the private equity, FMCG, oil & gas, and TMT sectors. Alongside his five years of

Private equity firm TA Associates has hired Diana Martz in the newly created role of Vice President, Human Capital. Martz will be based in TA’s Boston office. Martz is a member of TA’s Strategic Resource Group, which leverages diverse consulting and operating experience to support the scaling of growth and value creation in TA’s portfolio companies. She partners with deal sponsors in TA’s five industry groups and portfolio company management teams to assist in the identification of world-class executive talent, industry advisors and board members. Prior to joining TA Associates, Martz was Director of Talent for OpenView Venture Partners, where