Iris Dorbian

Global asset manager Affiliated Managers Group is acquiring a stake in EIG. No financial terms were disclosed. EIG's management team will remain majority stakeholders. Also, EIG has named William C. Sonneborn as president, effective May 5, 2014. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., EIG is a private equity firm that focuses on energy and energy-related infrastructure companies.

Blackstone Energy Partners has launched Global Water Development Partners, a new water investment and development platform. Usha Rao-Monari, former global head of IFC's water and wastewater group, and Lars Thunell, former IFC CEO, will lead the company.

KKR has teamed up with energy firm Fleur de Lis Energy to form a partnership that will make investments in producing oil and gas properties in North America. The partnership will join KKR's Natural Resources platform.

Canadian International Oil Corp. said Thursday that it has received C$200 million from Riverstone. According to the company, the capital will be used to support CIOC's development program in the Western Canadian Deep Basin. Based in Calgary, CIOC is an oil and gas company.

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners has raised $1.65 billion in the final close of its fifth fund. The target was $1.5 billion. The pool's LPs include public and private pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, endowments and foundations, insurance companies, fund of funds and family offices.

ProSiebenSat.1 has made a "significant" investment in next generation media company Collective Digital Studio. No financial terms were disclosed. Moelis & Co advised CDS on the transaction. CDS is a subsidiary of Collective Management Group, which is owned by its founders and GF Capital Private Equity Fund.

Mid-market investment bank Scott-Macon has hired Scott Silverman as managing director. Previously, Silverman worked at Westbury Group where he served as managing director and head of consumer and retail investment banking. He also worked as a managing director at CDG Group in New York where he led the M&A practice.

Amedisys has appointed Nathaniel M. Zilkha to its board of directors. Zilkha is a member of the general partner of KKR. He also heads KKR’s credit platform and serves as its global co-head of special situations. Amedisys is a home health and hospice care company.

Sutron Corp. has promoted Glen E. Goold to chief financial officer. Prior to joining Sutron, Goold worked at The Carlyle Group where he served as an associate vice president in its fund management department. Based in Sterling, Virginia, Sutron is a provider of solutions for air, water, weather, oceanic and geotechnical applications.

Beverage company True Drinks has added Scott Cohen to its board of directors. Cohen is the founder and managing partner of V3 Capital Partners. He is also a co-manager of Hong Kong-based private equity fund Red Fortune Fund.