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POLAND - Carlyle expands CEE team with three new hires

Carlyle has expanded its Central and Eastern European team in Poland hiring three private equity professionals. Janusz R. Guy, managing director, Aleksander Kacprzyk, director, and Piotr Nocen, director, are to join the team.

UK - Craig Armour joins LDC's new Scotland office from Penta

LDC has opened its first office in Scotland. The office, located in Edinburgh, will be headed up by Craig Armour. Armour previously spent seven years as a partner at Penta Capital, where he led buyouts in the consumer and business services sectors throughout...

ITALY - Former Capitalia CEO in private equity fund launch

Capitalia's former chief executive Matteo Arpe has returned to Milan's financial scene after announcing the launch of Sator, a new house which will focus on private equity investments as well as asset management. Arpe will own around 50% of the shares...

UK - Darryl Cooke leaves DLA for Hill Dickinson

Darryl Cooke has left DLA Piper to join Manchester law firm Hill Dickinson. Cooke has been at DLA for three years, heading up its private equity team for the latter part of his time there. Prior to that he spent over ten years at Addleshaw Goddard establishing...

ITALY - Morgan Stanley nominates new country head

Morgan Stanley has appointed Domenico Siniscalco as the country head and chief executive of its Italian business, reporting to Walid Chammah, chairman of Morgan Stanley International, with effect from 1st December.

UK - 3i appoints general counsel

3i has announced the appointment of Kevin Dunn as general counsel, responsible for the group's legal, compliance, internal audit and company secretariat functions.

UK - H.I.G. Capital boosts London team

H.I.G. Capital has appointed Mark Kelly and Andrew Busby to bolster its London team. H.I.G. Capital is a global private equity firm specialising in providing capital to small and medium-sized companies. It recently closed a EUR 600m dedicated fund to...