TPG, a global alternative asset management firm with $139bn of assets under management, has appointed Partner and Board Member Anilu Vazquez-Ubarri as the firm’s new Chief Operating Officer (COO), succeeding Ken Murphy who will retire following a planned transition period. 

Adenia Partners (Adenia), a private markets investment firm focused on responsible investments in Africa, has appointed Mack Schow as its Head of Investor Relations. Schow joins from German Investment Corporation (DEG), Germany’s development finance institution (DFI). 

Global corporate, private client, and fund services provider Hawksford has expanded its mergers and acquisitions team with three new appointments in the firm’s offices in London, Singapore and Mauritius.

International law firm Addleshaw Goddard has appointed Ben Cocoracchio as partner in its private funds team in London. He joins from Osborne Clarke where he focussed  on venture capital, private equity, debt and real estate. 

Bregal Investments (Bregal), a €17bn international private equity platform for direct investment and fund-of-funds teams, has named Delaney Brown as its new Head of Capital Solutions, a newly created position, based in the firm’s London office

Global law firm Baker McKenzie has added to its private equity practice with the appointment of Hannah Luqmani as a partner. Luqmani, who joins from Fried Frank, and took up her new position on 4 September, will be based in the firm’s London office.

Macfarlanes has appointed Peter Chapman as a partner in the firm’s investment management group. Chapman, who joins from Sidley Austin, advises private fund sponsors across a range of asset classes including private credit, private equity, growth capital, venture capital and hedge funds. 

Global alternative investment firm TPG has appointed Flavio Porciani as a Partner based in London to lead European software and enterprise technology investing for TPG Capital, the firm’s US and European late-stage private equity platform. 

Hauser Private Equity, a co-investor and fund manager based in Cincinnati, has appointed Hayley Long as Investor Development Director with responsibility for managing relationships with existing investors and partners, and raising future capital.

CoVenture Management (CoVenture), an alternative asset management firm focused on direct credit opportunities and credit-oriented investments in early and late-stage companies, has appointed Lei Tie as a Managing Director.