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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.
GERMANY – Linklaters appoints new head of litigation and arbitration
Linklaters has appointed Dr Rupert Bellinghausen as the new head of its litigation and arbitration practice.
UK - Simpson Thacher & Bartlett hires partner in London
Law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has hired Adam Signy as partner in the firm's London office.
NETHERLANDS - Robeco makes supervisory board appointments
Robeco Groep NV has appointed Willem Buiter to its Supervisory Board.
GLOBAL - RBS drops global head of financial sponsors position
Royal Bank of Scotland has reportedly scrapped the position of global head of financial sponsors as a response to 'market conditions'. Fiona Paulus, who became global financial sponsors head last year, has been said to have moved to a new position as...
FRANCE - Groupe Siparex names new president
Groupe Siparex, the parent company of Sigefi Private Equity, has named Bertrand Rambaud as its new president, effective 31 July.
EUROPE - NBGI Venures boosts investment team
NBGI Ventures has hired John Milad to its investment team.
UK - Ashurst promotes two partners
International law firm Ashurst has promoted Samantha Lake Coghlan and David Arnold to the position of partner in its investment funds and private equity divisions respectively. Both will be based in the firm's London office.
GLOBAL - Houlihan Lokey hires corporate finance MD
International investment bank Houlihan Lokey has hired Tad Flynn as managing director of corporate finance.
EUROPE/ITALY - Foresight expands European Solar Team
Foresight Group has strengthened its Solar Team with the appointment of Pietro Zerauschek as technical director in the firms Rome office.
FRANCE - Ciclad appoints secretary general and hires two
Ciclad has appointed Emilie Lhopitallier as secretary general and recruited Thomas Roudil and Eric Bruguière to its investment team.