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Dentons appoints Briz as Barcelona managing partner
In her new role, Briz will be in charge of strengthening Dentons' position in the Catalan market
Evoco strengthens team
Camenisch joins as director of finance and operations, and Sormani is promoted to director
INVL launches Baltic Sea Growth Fund
Fund will focus on acquiring minority stakes and will take an active role in management
Natixis IM buys MV Credit Partners
London-headquartered MV invests in both senior and subordinated debt across Europe
Italian funds find new source of capital
Local private pension funds are hiking their allocations to Italian private equity, improving fundraising prospects in the mid-market space
Inflexion appoints three new investment partners
Hemmers will lead the TMT team while Coffin will focus on energy and Kaufman on minority investing
Rede hires former AlpInvest head of secondaries
Camacho will work in the role of principal in the Rede secondaries team led by Yaron Zafir
Cairngorm aiming for third fundraise in 2019
UK-based investor is likely to begin fundraising in the new year, with Cairgorm Capital II being currently depoyed
3i promotes Crane to partner amid appointments wave
GP hires Rothschild's Howard as director and makes four further senior European PE promotions
DACH Fundraising Report 2018
Private equity fundraising in the DACH region continued to build on strong momentum in 2017
Unquote British Private Equity Awards: FAQs
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Epiris promotes Wilson and Wood to partner
Team members have been with the newly independent fund manager for five and six years, respectively
DACH fundraising picks up steam after slow Q1
Funds holding final closes in Q2 have surpassed the total amount raised in the first quarter of the year, following a strong 2017
Colony to acquire four Abraaj funds
Deal includes Abraaj's stakes in the funds along with staff in eight offices
DLA Piper hires Baker McKenzie's Schumann
Schumann will be responsible for advising private equity and corporate clients on M&A transactions
Golding hires Allianz director Sedlmayr
Sedlmayr will be responsible for institutional client services and sales
France Invest seeks to capitalise on Macron's reforms
Trade body's newly appointed chair discusses plans to capitalise on reforms and bolster the popularity of the PE ownership model
DN Capital's Marovac named new Invest Europe chair
Marovac, the founder and manager of VC firm DN Capital, will chair the trade body until 2019
Q&A: Nordic Capital's Kristoffer Melinder
Partner Melinder discusses Nordic fundraising, the increasing focus on ESG, and differentiated strategies in high-price environments
UK government intervenes in sale of Better's Northern Aerospace
Better Capital agreed to sell the business to former portfolio company Gardner, now Chinese-owned
AGIC hires former Equistone partner Breuning to lead UK office
Breuning will be responsible for all of AGIC's UK investment activities and future fundraising
Q1 entry multiples drop to lowest level since Q1 2016
PE deal valuations drop for the third consecutive quarter, as the Nordic region continues to see the highest entry multiples
Szymański to leave Waterland's Warsaw office amid departures
Szymański joined the firm in February 2015 to lead Waterland's operations in the Polish market
GP Profile: Mangrove Capital
An early backer in Skype and Wix, Mangrove held a final close on €200m for its fifth fund earlier this year