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UK - Guy Hands to step down as CEO of Terra Firma
Terra Firma chief Guy Hands is to give up his role as CEO.
UK - New debt advisory business: Versatus
Former bankers Michael Berry and Jacco Brouwer have launched Versatus, a new debt advisory business.
UK - Whitehead Mann opens turnaround and restructuring practice
Recruitment firm Whitehead Mann has launched a turnaround and restructuring practice to be headed up by Guy Beresford, partner in the firm's board unit.
UK - Buffini to step down from SVG
Reports suggest that Permira chairman Damon Buffini is to step down from his position on the board of SVG Capital as part of the listed fund's strategic review.
UK - Macfarlanes appoints Berman as partner
Law firm Macfarlanes has hired David Berman as financial services regulatory partner.
UK - Greenpark appoints Eric Pathé
Greenpark Capital has appointed Eric PathУЉ as investment director.
ITALY - Crédit Agricole PE strengthens new team
Crédit Agricole Private Equity (CAPE) has appointed Stefano Zavattaro to its soon to be established Italian office.
UK - Gresham's Mills joins HIG
Gresham's Alastair Mills has left the firm to join HIG Europe as a director in the London office. The move comes less than a month after Gresham's London chief Mike Henebery left to pursue other interests.
FRANCE - Close Brothers hires new MD
François Wohrer has joined Close Brothers as a managing director in the firm's Paris office.
NORWAY - Strømme leaves Herkules Capital
Dag Strømme is leaving Norwegian buyout house Herkules Capital after two years as partner.
EUROPE - Allen & Overy to cut back banking teams
Law firm Allen and Overy, which earlier this year announced that it was to make a series of redundancies as part of a wider restructuring, is reportedly planning to substantially scale back its banking teams worldwide, which could lose as much as a third...
GLOBAL - Riverside promotes 12 and hires four
International private equity firm The Riverside Company has promoted 12 employees and hired three investment professionals as well as a new assistant director of marketing and communications.
SWITZERLAND - Adveq promotes Creed
Fund-of-funds manager Adveq has promoted Tim Creed to executive director.
UK/SWITZERLAND – Index promotes three
Index Ventures has announced the promotions of Ben Holmes to partner and Tony Zappala and Roman Fleck to principal.
UK - HarbourVest hires McCrystal
HarbourVest Global Private Equity has hired Amanda McCrystal as head of investor relations and communications.
DENMARK - Axcel appoints Better Place CEO to industrial board
Axcel has appointed Jens W Moberg, CEO of electric car network developer Better Place, to its industrial board.
EUROPE - Baird bolsters business services team
Baird has strengthened its investment banking advisory business with the hire of Jonathan Harrison as a director within its European business services sector team.
FRANCE - Blackstone appoints Errera as special adviser
The Blackstone Group has appointed former ambassador Gérard Errera as a special adviser.
UK - Palamon appoints vice president
Mid-market private equity firm Palamon Capital Partners has hired Ricardo Caupers as vice president in its London office.
SWITZERLAND - UBS appoints group CEO
UBS has appointed Oswald J Grübel as its new group CEO, succeeding Marcel Rohner, who has resigned.
FINLAND - Amanda Capital appoints CEO
Former CEO of East Capital, Martin Paasi, has joined Finnish buyout house Amanda Capital as CEO.
UK - CVC appoints senior adviser
CVC Capital Partners has appointed Sir Julian Horn-Smith as senior adviser in London.
UK - Vantis hires new client partner
Vantis Restructuring and Debt Advisory Services has hired Richard Ramsey as client services partner, based in London.
SWEDEN - Hannes Snellman appoints dispute resolution expert
Law firm Hannes Snellman has recruited Magnus Eriksson as specialist partner in its conflict management practice in Stockholm.