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Activa Capital hires investment manager
French mid-market firm Activa Capital has appointed Jean-Baptiste Salvin as investment manager.
Riverside's Karsten Langer becomes EVCA chairman
The general assembly of the European Venture Capital Association (EVCA) has elected Karsten Langer, partner of The Riverside Company, as its chairman for the year to June 2012.
DC Advisory Partners announces two managing directors
DC Advisory Partners has appointed Norbert Schmitz and Johannes E. Schmittat as managing directors to lead its debt advisory and financial restructuring team in the Frankfurt office.
CalPERS appoints new private equity investment executive
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) has appointed Real Desrochers as its new private equity investment executive.
Maven opens Edinburgh office and expands its team
Maven Capital Partners has opened an office in Edinburgh and appointed four investment and portfolio executives.
Zurmont Madison announces new industry partner
Rainer Reichert has joined Zurmont Madison Management’s board of directors.
Weinberg appoints director of investor relations
Weinberg Capital Partners has appointed Sophie Chateau as director of investor relations.
CapMan announces new partners
Jonas Lagerstedt has been appointed as a partner at CapMan Buyout effective from 15 August 2011 and Ikka Tomperi as a partner at CapMan Real Estate from 1 July 2011.
Dewey & LeBoeuf hires two from Taylor Wessing
Dewey & LeBoeuf has appointed Mark Davis and Russell Van Praagh as partners. They both join the firm from Taylor Wessing.
Leahy hire bolsters CD&R
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice’s hiring today of ex-Tesco CEO Sir Terry Leahy as a senior adviser certainly reinforces the firm’s commitment to having operational experts on the payroll.
Sovereign Capital adds to investment team
Manish Miglani has joined Sovereign Capital’s investment team.
Ransome joins Endless investment team
Endless has appointed Edward Ransome as an investment executive at its Manchester office.
Creandum appoints Hjalmar Winbladh
Creandum has appointed Hjalmar Winbladh as part time venture partner.
Shore Capital appoints Shay Ramalingam
AIM listed investment banking group Shore Capital has appointed Shay Ramalingam as investment director for the Puma VCTs business and other private equity activities.
Clydesdale hires Hambrook to London office
Clydesdale Bank Corporate & Structured Finance has hired Paul Hambrook as a director in its London office.
SJ Berwin names eight to partnership
SJ Berwin has promoted eight of its lawyers to partner.
Lloyds adds Widdall to acquisition finance team
Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets has appointed Matt Widdall as director on its acquisition finance team in the North West.
Business Growth Fund appoints former 3i partner
The newly-created Business Growth Fund (BGF) has appointed Richard Bishop as its first head of investments.
August Equity expands investment team
August Equity has appointed Anthony Bellau and promoted Mehul Patel to its investment team.
Weitnauer appoints equity partner
Weitnauer has announced the appointment of Dr Henning Mennenöh as a partner in its Munich office.
Pinsent Masons names Masraf new head of Corporate
International law firm Pinsent Masons has named Andrew Masraf the new head of the firm's 200-strong Corporate & Tax group.
GED Capital appoints Javier Echarri as managing partner
Spain-based investor GED Capital has appointed Javier Echarri, former head of the European Venture Capital Association (EVCA), as managing partner.
Clydesdale adds Ben Clare to its team
Ben Clare has been hired by Clydesdale & Yorkshire Bank to provide legal support to the firm’s corporate and structured finance (CSF) division throughout the UK.
Inflexion appoints Edward Fraser
Inflexion has appointed Edward Fraser as investment executive.