Industry
HarbourVest makes £1.02bn final offer for SVG
Fund-of-funds acquirer is on track to secure a 51.2% stake and is aiming for a full takeover
Deal in Focus: HIG divests maiden Italian education buyout
An in-depth look at the firm’s first private equity investment in the education sector in Italy
McDonald joins Taylor Wessing from Olswang
Duncan McDonald joins the law firm’s private equity practice in London as a partner
Cavendish appoints EY's Hay as partner
New recruit leaves his role at EY after just one year on the capital and debt advisory team
Ireland primed for dawn of new buyout age
Increased understanding of the PE model combined with growing interest from international investors point to an evolution of the local buyout market
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NorthEdge hires Clearwater's Hales as head of origination
New recruit joins the firm's newly formed deal origination team after seven years with Clearwater
In Profile: Livingbridge
Wol Kolade talks to Denise Ko Genovese about plans to open an office in the US on the back of success in Australia and the scarcity of online expertise
Corvm Capital becomes Canopia Capital Partners
Corvm Capital was set up in late 2014 by former HIG senior associate Arthur Dessenante
Livingbridge holds final close on £660m for eighth fund
UK mid-market GP launched its eighth fund in May with a £600m target
GP Profile: August Equity Partners
UK mid-market GP is currently out fundraising for buy-and-build opportunities in the healthcare sector
Inflexion promotes Williams to partner
VC simultaneously announces the appointment of Octopus's Neville as assistant director
Social Impact Ventures holds final close on €40m
VC had held second close on €30m in April, with commitments from the European Investment Fund
BlackFin hires Creuzé and Mandin to head fintech fund
BlackFin Capital Partners hopes to raise €120m for its maiden fintech vehicle
Gilde promotes van de Paer to head of investor relations
Van de Paer will also be in charge of the firm’s portfolio enhancement programme
Segulah co-managing partner Henrik Lif departs
Lif leaves the Swedish GP just two years after joining and months after the firm raised its fifth fund
Beyond capital: winning over Germany's Mittelstand vendors
Increased competition for family-owned assets means investors must be flexible and willing to veer away from textbook strategies
Polish buyouts keep CEE afloat
Poland has established itself as the largest buyout space in CEE
Advent, Bain and ATP to float Nets
IPO aims to raise around DKK 5.5bn for the company and investors
HgCapital hires Luckock as partner
Nick Luckock, previously a partner at Actis, will be joining the firm in October
Sonya Pauls leaves KWM for Clifford Chance
Pauls will join Clifford Chance as a partner in the investment funds team on 1 October
IK VIII to hit €1.6bn target in coming weeks
unquoteт can reveal the GP is likely to surpass the тЌ1.6bn target for its eighth mid-cap fund
17Capital fully realises first fund
Mezzanine financing vehicle for the secondary market reaches full realisation in six years
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher hires Howe as partner
Howe had been a partner in the London-based team of law firm Proskauer Rose since 2015