LONDON, July 18 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs ( GS ) has made a

handful of senior leadership appointments within its investment

banking team, according to a internal memo seen by Reuters.

The company named former JPMorgan banker Carsten

Woehrn as joint co-head of M&A in Europe, the Middle East and

Africa (EMEA) to "grow and develop our European franchise," the

memo said.

Woehrn led JPMorgan's ( JPM ) Infrastructure M&A franchise in Europe

and has focused on transactions in healthcare, energy and

transportation.

Goldman Sachs ( GS ) has also appointed Nimesh Khiroya as co-head

of M&A in EMEA. Khiroya, previously head of activism and

shareholder advisory in EMEA and Nordic M&A, will continue his

role as co-head of UK Investment Banking.

The memo also confirmed Haidee Lee is returning to Goldman

Sachs ( GS ) as global co-head of Sponsor M&A, having left the bank for

JPMorgan in 2021. Lee served as co-head of strategic investor

group mergers & acquisitions at JPMorgan.

Lee will work alongside David Kamo, global co-head of

Sponsor M&A, and will be based in New York.

The leadership changes were announced as M&A activity is

starting to pick up. M&A volumes hit $1.6 trillion globally in

the first half of the year, up 20% from a year earlier, Reuters

previously reported.

Equity capital market volumes climbed 10% during the same

period. Wall Street banks reported a healthier pipeline for

deals and a jump in investment banking activity in quarterly

earnings last week.