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GERMANY - Mayer Brown bolsters private equity team
Mayer Brown has bolstered its private equity team. Dr Benedikt Weiser has joined as partner in the Frankfurt office of the law firm.
WORLD - Covington & Burling appoint two
Covington & Burling LLP has appointed Timothy Clark and Loretta Shaw-Lorello as partners in the firm's corporate practice in New York. Clark will co-chair the firm's private equity practice.
FRANCE - Daphné Dussauge joins BNP Paribas Private Equity
BNP Paribas Private Equity has appointed Daphné Dussauge as head of corporate development. Daphné Dussauge joined BNP Paribas Group in 2006 as a fund manager in BNP Paribas Real Estate Investment Management.
EUROPE - EIF makes two appointments
The European Investment Fund (EIF) has appointed Richard Pelly as chief executive officer and Jean-Marie Magnette as deputy chief executive. Richard Pelly succeeds Francis Carpenter, whose term of office ended in February.
World - Capital Dynamics promotes Cynthia Duda
Capital Dynamics has promoted Cynthia Duda to managing director. Duda has over 20 years of private equity experience.
PORTUGAL – APCRI names new president
The Portuguese Private Equity and Venture Capital Association, APCRI, has named Afonso Barros as its new president. Barros is executive manager of Inter-Risco, the private equity arm of bank.
UK - Finance Wales appoints new chairman
Finance Wales has appointed Ian Johnson as the new chairman.
UK - SJ Berwin lawyer departs
Bruce Gardner has left SJ Berwin to join US law firm Sidley Austin. He worked in the financial services department.
GERMANY - Leadership change at Dresdner Kleinwort Leverage Finance
Marcel Herter has left Dresdner Kleinwort and been replaced by Kai Gebauer as head of leverage finance, Germany. Gebauer joined Dresdner Kleinwort last September as head of mid-cap leverage finance. He will be based in Frankfurt and will report to Brian...
UK - Graphite recruits new partner
Graphite Capital has hired Dana Haimoff as partner.
CEE - Darby Overseas recruits Sean Glodek in Warsaw
Darby Overseas Investments has recruited Sean Glodek as senior president in its Warsaw office.
EMERGING MARKETS – Actis appoints former Barcap leveraged finance founder
Actis, a prolific investor in emerging markets private equity, has appointed Chris Coles to assist with the firm’s risk management, deal sourcing, financing and portfolio management.
FINLAND - Sunstone Capital recruits new partner
Sunstone Capital has recruited Pekka Vartiainen, former head of Nokia Mobile Phones Americas in the US, as partner. He will become part of Sunstone’s technology team and will be based in Finland.
UK - Apposite hires new investor relations manager
Apposite Capital has appointed Valerie Auffray as investor relations manager.
UK - August Equity promotes two
August Equity has promoted Aatif Hassan and Keith Davidson to investment directors.
UK - Accel hires new partner
Accel Partners has hired Sonali De Rycker as partner. She will join Accel's team in London.
UK - Bridgepoint makes two appointments
Bridgepoint has appointed Barbara Kux and Dr Hubertus Erlen to its European advisory committee.
UK - Octopus hires new investment manager
Octopus Private Equity has hired Mark Fowler, a former KPMG corporate finance adviser, as investment director.
CEE - EnerCap recruits Miroslav Antalik
EnerCap Capital Partners has recruited Miroslav Antalik as investment manager. He will be responsible for structuring and negotiation of senior debt and mezzanine financing of investments in renewable energy projects made by EnerCap Power fund I.
DENMARK - EQT recruits new Danish head
EQT has appointed Peter Korsholm to lead the firm's Danish operations from the 1st of May, replacing Ole Andersen who is stepping down.
UK - Octopus hires new investment director
Octopus Ventures has hired Paul Humphries as investment director.
CEE - Morgan Stanley opens in Kiev
Morgan Stanley has appointed Ihor Mitiukov as head of the newly-opened office in Kiev. He will work closely with Pavel Fedorov, head of investment banking, to develop Morgan Stanley's business in the region.
FRANCE – Crédit Agricole recruit Sophie Dano
Sophie Dano has joined Crédit Agricole’s Idia team as head of investments and marketing. She joins Crédit Agricole from IDI where she was marketing manager in charge of origination. Dano started her career at Crédit chimique.
UK - Emap gets new chief executive
Apax and Guardian Media Group have appointed David Gilbertson as the new chief executive of recently acquired Emap.