Campbell Lutyens has appointed Mateja Maher as deputy general counsel. Maher joins the firm from Kirkland & Ellis’ London practice where he was a Partner. Campbell Lutyens has seen a sustained period of growth across its private equity, infrastructure and private debt practices and has had a very successful year in both fund raising and secondary advisory. Over the last year the firm successfully raised over USD12 billion for its clients from investors globally with final closes on Exponent, Bowmark Capital, Xenon, Holtzbrinck Ventures, Antin Infrastructure, Old Ironsides, Navis, I Squared Capital, and Metric Capital. It has also advised on

Law firm Goodwin Procter has appointed James Barrett as partner and Edward Amer has joined as counsel. Both will be part of the firm’s Private Equity Group and will be based in its Boston office. Barrett and Amer both come to Goodwin from Locke Lord.   Barrett represents private equity and venture capital firms, life sciences and technology companies, boards of directors and management teams on a variety of transactional and corporate governance matters. His practice is focused on investment transactions, mergers, acquisitions, securities matters and general corporate representation. Prior to joining Goodwin, Barrett was co-chair of Locke Lord’s private

Centrus Advisors, a treasury, corporate and project finance advisory firm, has appointed Fiona O’Driscoll as Director in the firm’s Dublin Office. O’Driscoll has over 11 years’ experience in capital markets and project finance spanning the infrastructure, utilities and renewable energy sectors. Ms O’Driscoll has recently completed the Lisbon MBA International in Portugal with a focus on social finance in her final thesis. Prior to this, she was a Senior Portfolio Manager at Dexia where she was responsible for a large, global infrastructure investments portfolio, building upon previous debt arranging and investment management experience gained at DEPFA Bank in Dublin and

Morrison & Foerster has appointed corporate lawyer Graeme Sloan as a partner in the Mergers and Acquisitions practice in the firm’s London office.   Sloan will head the firm’s London corporate practice and will serve as global co-chair of the firm’s M&A practice. Sloan’s arrival continues the expansion of the firm’s presence in Europe following the opening of the firm’s office in Germany. Sloan joins the firm from Latham & Watkins, where he served as global co-chair of their M&A practice. His practice focuses on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, acting for both strategic and private equity buyers, as well as

Financial services private equity investor Cabot Square Capital has promoted investment directors Tarun Sharma and Richard McDougall, and General Counsel Lawrence J Small to Partner. Managing Partner, John Van Deventer, says: “Reaching the milestone of the close of our fifth fund is an appropriate point for us to reflect Cabot Square’s growing size, and the outstanding contributions made by Tarun, Richard and Larry by announcing their promotions to Partner.”   Sharma (pictured) originally joined Cabot Square in May 2008. Prior to joining the Firm, Sharma spent seven years with HSBC, primarily in their securitisation team. Sharma has also worked in

BerchWood Partners, a leading independent global placement agent, has appointed Olaf Wentrup as a Vice President in its London office.  Wentrup has more than 10 years of experience in the alternative investment space and will have responsibility for originating new client relationships, managing fundraising assignments and relationships with Limited Partners and Fund Managers with a special focus on the DACH – Region.   “We welcome the addition of Olaf to our London team,” says Paola Tarazi, partner and head of the BerchWood Partners’ London office. “His expertise and experience will help us further enhance our platform and maximize the success