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FRANCE - 123Venture hires Sarah Doyle as director
123Venture has recruited Sarah Doyle as director and head of institutional investor relations.
EUROPE - SEP appoints general counsel
Venture capital firm SEP has hired Andrew Buchan as general counsel.
UK - Perella Weinberg appoints partner in London
Perella Weinberg Partners has hired Robert Maguire as corporate advisory partner in its London office.
GERMANY - S-Refit appoints new chairman to supervisory board
Regional investor group S-Refit has appointed Walter Paulus-Rohmer as chairman of the supervisory board, replacing Karl Bauer, who retires from the position he has held since 1997.
UK/GERMANY - Freshfields appoints heads of ENR sector group
Freshields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed London-based partner Laurie McFadden and Hamburg-based partner Dirk Hamann as joint heads of the firm's energy and natural resources (ENR) sector group.
FRANCE - Octant Partenaires strengthens team
Octant Partenaires has recruited Benjamin Brochet as an associate.
EUROPE - Perella hires partner in advisory group
US-headquarted Perella Weinberg Partners has hired Stefan Jentzsch as a partner in its advisory group. He will be based in the firms London office.
UK - Ipes makes two senior appointments
Ipes, a provider of fund administration services to the private equity industry, has hired Richard Grainger as chairman and Gavin Hayman as chief financial officer.
UK - Osmosis Capital makes senior hire
Osmosis Capital has hired Jim Totty as partner and senior investment manager.
GLOBAL - SVG Capital makes two executive hires
Listed fund-of-funds SVG Capital has appointed Lynn Fordham as CEO of the company and Tony Dalwood as CEO of SVG Advisers.
UK - Livingstone boosts UK team
Boutique investment bank Livingstone Partners has made three promotions and one new hire in its London office.
FRANCE - Linklaters names new counsel
Linklaters has promoted Kathryn Merryfield to the role of counsel.
FRANCE - Argos Soditic names new associate
Argos Soditic has promoted Frédéric Quéru to the role of associate.
UK - GE Capital makes six senior hires in the UK
Following the reorganisation of GE's global operations under the GE Capital brand, the company has made six senior level appointments to head up its asset-based lending, fleet and equipment financing operations in the UK.
UK - Charlemagne appoints Russell
Emerging markets investment management group Charlemagne Capital has hired Michael Russell as head of private equity - property.
FRANCE - Bridgepoint strengthens Paris office
Bridgepoint has recruited Frédéric Pescatori as a director within its Paris office, taking the number of members of the team to seven.
UK - August Equity boosts investment team
August Equity has hired Mehul Patel and Ranji Goodwin to its investment team.
GERMANY - Gleiss Lutz opens new office, bolsters corporate practice
Law firm Gleiss Lutz will open a Düsseldorf office in August. The office will be headed up by partners Dr Stefan Mutter and Dr Alexander Schwarz, who will be joined by new hires Dr Thomas Menke and Martin Hitzer, both set to join the corporate practice....
UK - Octopus Ventures appoints investor director
Octopus Ventures, specialist investors in UK-based early-stage and expanding companies, has hired Jo Oliver as investor director.
UK - Brookfield hires managing partner
Brookfield Asset Management has hired Leo van den Thillart as managing partner of private institutional equity.
SWEDEN - Hannes Snellman hires PE and financial restructuring expert
Law firm Hannes Snellman has recruited former managing asssociate at Linklaters, Roger Johnson, as a specialist partner within M&A. Johnson will particularly focus on private equity and financial restructuring.
GERMANY – Houlihan Lokey boosts financial advisory services
Houlihan Lokey has hired Marc Hayn and Tim Laas to further develop the firm's financial advisory services business in Germany and Northern Europe out of the Frankfurt office.
ITALY - IDeA appoints new chairman
IDeA Alternative Investments (AI) has appointed Lino Benassi as chairman, bringing 40 years' experience to the job.
UK - Norton Rose appoints investment funds partner
International law firm Norton Rose LLP has hired Michael Newell as partner of the investment funds team in London.