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UK - Law firm Stephenson Harwood strengthens team
Law firm Stephenson Harwood has strengthened its corporate group and India practice by appointing Pawan Sharma as a corporate partner, from Grundberg Mocatta Rakison. Sharma's expertise lies in a broad range of corporate finance work including AIM listings,...
UK - Glitnir Integrated Finance appoints Natalie Eastham
Natalie Eastham, previously an associate director at Close Brothers Growth Capital, has joined Glitnir in the UK as a director. Her primary role is to grow Glitnirтs integrated finance presence in the UK market, reporting to Erlendur MagnУКsson, managing...
UK - Inflexion hires new assistant director
Inflexion Private Equity has appointed Anthony Bower to join its investment team as assistant director.
FRANCE - UFG Private Equity boosts its investment team
UFG Private Equity (formerly known as Nord Europe Private Equity) has announced the nomination of two new investment directors.
UK - LDC appoints new investment director in Midlands
LDC's Birmingham office has strengthened its team with the appointment of Steve Aston as investment director.
UK - Smedvig appoints new chairman to portfolio company Streetcar
Smedvig Capital has appointed Sir Trevor Chinn as the new non-executive chairman of Streetcar, the UKтs largest pay-as-you-go car club and a recent addition to the Smedvig portfolio. Smedvig provided Streetcar with ТЃ6.4m of expansion funding in March...
UK - Richard Holway joins Regent as non-executive director
Regent Associates Ltd has announced that Richard Holway has joined the board of its parent company Regent Partners International Ltd as a non-executive director with effect from 2nd April 2007. RPI is a holding company within which Regent, a leading specialist...
UK - Clearwater promotes Nick Jones to partner
Clearwater has marked the end of its fourth year with the promotion of Nick Jones to partner. Jones is Clearwaterтs eleventh partner and is based in the London office.
UK - Linklaters appoints new partners in private equity team
Linklaters' London private equity funds team has been strengthened by the election of Nicola Hopkins and Edward Smith as partners. Hopkins and Smith each have significant experience in establishing and advising onshore and offshore private equity funds,...
SPAIN - Nicola Zambón leaves Investindustrial
Following the recent wave of resignations in the private equity scene in Spain, Nicola Zambón has decided to leave buyout firm Investindustrial.
SWEDEN - Environmental Technologies Fund appoints Per Ericsson
Per Ericsson has joined the team at Environmental Technologies Fund. Prior to ETF, Per was the regional head for General Electric in the Nordic countries and Baltic states for the past 20 years. He will be based in Stockholm and will work on new investments...
UK - Bank of Scotland Integrated Finance appoints Paul Brooks as non-executive director
Bank of Scotland has appointed Paul Brooks to the management board of its Integrated Finance division as a non-executive director. Brooks will be working alongside Bank of Scotland Integrated Finance's senior management team to provide independent strategic...
SPAIN - Insiders speak on Nmás1 exodus
An insider at Nmás1 has told unquote” the reasons behind sudden changes at the top of the Spanish buyout house, which has just seen six members of staff leave in the last couple of weeks – in the middle of the firm’s fundraising.
UK - August Equity makes four internal promotions
August Equity has made four promotions. Sam Watkinson, who joined August Equity in August 2005, has been promoted to director. Watkinson is responsible for managing the deal origination activities across the four sectors which the firm focuses on т healthcare,...
UK - Matrix expands its team with appointment of Guy Blackburn
Matrix Private Equity Partners has appointed Guy Blackburn as investment manager. He joins the new deals team, and will work on origination and establishing and building contacts for the firm.
GERMANY - New partners at Willkie Farr & Gallagher in Frankfurt
Willkie Farr & Gallagher has announced that Dr Andreas Hautkappe, Rolf Hünermann and Dr Stefan Jörgens join the firm as national partners in the Frankfurt office. Additionally Ole Oldenburg and Ingo Bednarz join the team as associates. All five new members...
UK - Grant Thornton Leeds strengthens corporate finance team
The Leeds office of Grant Thornton has strengthened its corporate finance team with the appointments of Bridie Robinson as manager and Christina Lacy as executive. Jenny Hopkins has also been promoted to manager. Robinson, who joins Grant Thornton's Lead...
UK – Promotions at Capital Dynamics
Capital Dynamics has announced three promotions to enhance its management capabilities. The global private equity asset manager has appointed John Gripton to the post of managing director and head of investment management Europe. With 17 yearsт experience...
UK - Barclays promotes within leveraged finance
Barclays Capital has changed the structure of its leveraged finance team. Kirk Harrison and Phil Kelleher, both Managing Directors, have been jointly promoted to the newly created role of Co-Heads of Leveraged Product, reporting to John Kelting, Head...
UK - Legal & General Ventures expands investment team
Legal & General Ventures is expanding its investment team with the appointment of Euan OтSullivan as an Associate. OтSullivan joins LGV from Close Brothers Corporate Finance where he advised on a number of company disposals as well as public company and...
FRANCE - Global Private Equity hires US LP specialist
International placement agent Global Private Equity has appointed Gayle Jackson as senior consultant.
UK/US - Abingworth appoints new venture partner
Following the final close of Europe's largest dedicated life sciences fund on ТЃ300m earlier this year, Abingworth has appointed Dr Vincent Miles as venture partner. He will be based at the companyтs offices in Waltham, MA, US. His responsibilities will...
UK - 3i strengthens media team through appointment of Wolfgang Kitza
3i has strengthened its media sector team with the appointment of Wolfgang Kitza as venture partner with 3iтs global venture capital team. In his new role, Kitza will bring experience and contacts to help 3i increase its investment opportunities in the...
GERMANY - 3i strengthens Frankfurt buyout team
3i announced the appointment of Dr Thorsten Grenz verstärkt as operating partner to its pan-European buyout team in Frankfurt. Together with fellow partners Tim Harrison and Iain McRitchie in London, Jerome Girzsyn in Paris and Frederik Roth in Frankfurt,...