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ITALY - Freshfields names new managing partner
International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed Marzio Longo as managing partner of the firms Italian operations.
EUROPE - Price joins Candover as general counsel
Philip Price, formerly with hedge fund SRM Global, has joined Candover Investments as general counsel.
UK - Versatus hires two
New debt advisory firm Versatus has appointed Tara Moore as director and Andrew Stevenson as associate.
FRANCE - Blackstone opens Paris office
The Blackstone Group has opened an office in Paris, and appointed Jean-Michel Steg senior managing director.
FRANCE - Lafonta resigns as head of Wendel
Jean-Bernard Lafonta has stepped down as CEO of Wendel to be replaced by Frédéric Lemoine.
UK - Mourant hires director
Mourant International Finance Administration has appointed Francois Chesnay as director in its corporate services team.
UK - Havers named BVCA chairman
Baird Capital Partners' Simon Havers has been named as the 27th chairman of the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA).
GERMANY - Target Partners appoints partner
Target Partners has appointed Olaf Jacobi as a new partner.
UK - Palamon hires new VP
Mid-market private equity house Palamon Capital Partners has hired Pascal Jean-NoУЋl Noth as vice president in its London office.
UK/FRANCE - Carlyle makes promotions
The Carlyle Group has promoted 24 of its staff worldwide, among them four in London and one in Paris.
UK - Shore Capital hires CEO
Shore Capital Group has hired Alex Abadie as CEO of Shore Capital Ltd, its asset management business.
UK/IRELAND - CSAM appoints UK and Ireland head
Cerdit Suisse Asset management has appointed Colin Taylor as head of its UK and Ireland activities based in London.
SWITZERLAND - BioMedPartners strengthens management team
Basel-based BioMedPartners has strengthened its management team with the addition of Dr Andreas J Schulze and the promotion of Patrick Burgermeister.
CEE - Linklaters appoints new head of EEMENA
International law firm Linklaters has appointed Stuart Salt as the new head of Emerging Europe, Middle East and North Africa (EEMENA).
UK - Hermes hires head of European sales
Hermes has appointed Simon Ewan as director and head of European sales.
UK - PIM appoints new CEO
Portfolio management specialist Principal Investment Management has appointed Hugh Titcomb as new CEO.
UK - BLP hires new PE head
International law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has hired Raymond McKeeve to head up its private equity practice.
UK/NETHERLANDS - A&M hires nine
Turnaround management specialist Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) has hired nine advisers for its European financial institutions advisory services team, eight of which will be based in London and one in Amsterdam.
GLOBAL - Freshfields elects 14 new partners
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has elected 14 new partners, with the appointments taking effect from 1 May 2009.
GERMANY - Key leveraged team members leave Dresdner Kleinwort
Kai Gebauer, the managing director and head of leveraged finance for Germany and CEE at Dresdner Kleinwort in Frankfurt, has resigned together with the main part of his team, including vice-presidents Jennifer Kroehl and Paul Kim and associate Aileen...
Uk - Kennet appoints new director
Kennet Partners has hired Hillel Zidel as director.
SWEDEN - Creandum promotes Blomquist to principal
Swedish venture capital firm Creandum has promoted Daniel Blomquist from associate to principal.
UK - Alix hires new director
Restructuring firm Alix Partners has hired John Corr as director.
SWITZERLAND - BV promotes Balmer
BV Holding AG has promoted entrepreneur Ernst Balmer to president of its administrative board.