Financial services

The firm appointed Xavier Lambert as head of Europe to lead its EU expansion.

Cooper Parry is a provider of accounting and business advisory services to corporate SME and individual clients in the UK.

Ardian has expanded its self-storage platform in France by acquiring a self-storage company.

Ismail joins as an investment director, whilst Grady has been appointed as an investment executive.

Nordic Capital and OTPP agreed to take a co-control ownership of Max, a financial adviser for pensions, insurance and investments, in late-November.

Relation Insurance Services is an insurance brokerage firm.

The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2025.

Hellman & Friedman, Valeas Capital Partners, New Mountain Capital and Lovell Minnick Partners are some of the firms investing in this sector.

With the acquisitions, Skerritts will rebrand to Shackleton.

Keensight Capital has agreed to acquire a European human risk management software vendor.