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UK - Aberdeen executives create Spirit Capital
The senior executives of Aberdeen Asset Managers Private Equity, a subsidiary of Aberdeen Asset Management Plc, have completed a buyout of the business and re-branded as Spirit Capital Partners LLP.
UK - BDO hires McDaid
BDO Stoy Hayward has hired Neil McDaid as a debt advisory director within its corporate finance team.
GLOBAL - HIG appoints former Apax exec
HIG Capital has appointed Tim Armstrong as managing director.
UK - HSBC Private Equity hires investment manager
HSBC Private Equity has hired Basil Sakellis as investment manager.
UK - Darwin hires Katie Beck
Darwin Private Equity has hired Katie Beck to its investment team.
SPAIN - Catalana d’Initiatives appoints director
Catalana d’Initiatives has appointed Alfredo Gatius as director of investments.
UK/GERMANY – Wellington Partners hires Daniel Waterhouse
Wellington Partners has strengthened its presence in London with the appointment of the former Yahoo! manager and 3i sector partner Daniel Waterhouse.
UK - Cardano hires private equity specialist
Cardano, a manager of pension fund assets, has hired Anna Dayn to its investment management team.
GERMANY - Target Partners hires associate
Target Partners has hired Christian Thaler-Wolski as a new associate.
UK - Sovereign promotes partners
Sovereign Capital has promoted Dominic Dalli, David Myers and Kevin Whittle to partner.
UK - Hipperson joins KKR
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & CO (KKR) has appointed Simon Hipperson to its infrastructure investment team.
RUSSIA - Aurora Russia appoints new chairman
Aurora Russia has appointed Dan Collinson Koch as its new chairman.
GLOBAL - Lehman Brothers restructures management team
Lehman Brothers is restructuring its management team, appointing Eric Felder and Hyung Soon Lee as global co-heads of fixed income to replace Andrew Morton, who is leaving the firm after just seven months in the position.
UK - Goldman Sachs appoints Allen as adviser
Goldman Sachs Capital Partners has appointed Charles Allen, former chief executive of ITV, as a senior adviser.
UK - DFJ hires venture partner
DFJ Esprit has hired William Reeves as venture partner in its London office.
UK - Dunedin hires analyst
Dunedin has hired Simon Rowan as analyst.
SWEDEN - GP Bullhound recruits two
Investment bank GP Bullhound has hired Andreas Zartmann as director and Carl Bergholtz as analyst.
UK - Kirkland & Ellis hires new partner
Kirkland & Ellis International has hired Jane Scobie as a partner in the tax practice group.
UK - Brown Rudnick hires new partner
Brown Rudnick has hired Sonya Van de Graaff as partner.
Germany - TVM promotes Schuster
Munich-based venture capital house TVM Capital has promoted Steffen Schuster to general partner.
Germany/China - Freshfields re-posts private equity partner
Freshfields Bruckhuas Deringer will relocate Dr Heiner Braun, one of its Frankfurt-based private equity partners, to its Shanghai office on 8 September 2008.
UK - Phil Greves to launch Elysian in the North
Former 3i director Phil Greves has been appointed to set up the first office in the North of England for Elysian Capital.
UK - AlpInvest hires two in London
Dutch investment group AlpInvest Partners has hired Dominic Curtis and Christopher Bone for its London office, where they will focus on mezzanine investments.
UK - Rutland appoints in investment team
Rutland Partners has appointed David Wardrop and Tristan Craddock to its investment team.