Advisory
Houlihan Lokey hires Baird’s Harrison as MD
While at Baird, Harrison worked on a number of high profile deals for PE clients
Reed Smith hires Dechert's Deveau as fund finance partner
New recruit joins the London office after three years as counsel at Dechert
Goodwin promotes Miranda to partner
Miranda specialises in PE, VC, management incentive schemes and restructuring transactions
Debevoise hires new funds regulatory counsel
John Young joins the firm's funds and investment management group as an international counsel in London
Asante appoints Apponyi as MD
Apponyi will be responsible for supporting Asante’s growth and development across all three offices
League table of placement agents: a clarification
While the data highlighted is based on searches made on Unquote Data, it was run and published without our involvement
Campbell Lutyens hires HSBC's Dumbell
Firm says the new role reflects its growth in response to increasing demand for fund placement
Arma appoints new partner, and managing director
Both new appointments will be based in Arma's London office to enhance the firm's deal capabilities
Maples and Calder appoints seven new partners
Firm also appoints three counsel in its Cayman Islands and Dublin offices
Mercer acquires Pavilion Financial
As part of Mercer, Pavilion's clients will have access to the firm's investment capabilities
Rede hires Amala's Simpson
Rede's seventh hire this year, most recently following the appointments of Joseph and Camacho
Debevoise hires Kirkland's Dickman
Dickman will be responsible for fund formation, management and reorganisation advice
Ogier promotes two
Delamarre and Elslander earn promotion to senior associate after joining the firm in 2014 and 2016
Campbell Lutyens appoints six new principals
In its London office, the firm appointed Annabelle Judd and James Sladden as principals
Calpers to hire legal advisers for PE
New counsel contracts are due to begin in January 2019 and would be five years long
SGG Group buys Augentius in fund admin consolidation play
Transaction would make SGG the fourth largest investor services firm worldwide with $400bn AUM
Marlborough opens office in Madrid, hires head of Iberia
PwC's Pedro Manen de Sola-Morales will become managing director and head of Iberia
Lacera to appoint Greenhill as secondaries adviser
Other firms that responded to the RFP include Citigroup, Credit Suisse and Elm Capital
Dentons appoints Briz as Barcelona managing partner
In her new role, Briz will be in charge of strengthening Dentons' position in the Catalan market
Rede hires former AlpInvest head of secondaries
Camacho will work in the role of principal in the Rede secondaries team led by Yaron Zafir
DLA Piper hires Baker McKenzie's Schumann
Schumann will be responsible for advising private equity and corporate clients on M&A transactions
Triago to expand London presence
Triago first opened a London office in 2016 but has recently moved to a new address
Co-investment: Dancing to a new tune
Co-investment has evolved from a value-add into an industry staple, but debate remains as to whether the strategy favours LPs and GPs equally
Time Partners hires Schroder Adveq's Kimeze
Kimeze is Time Partners' fifth director and will join the private capital division
