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SPAIN - Latham & Watkins to launch operations in Spain
US law firm Latham & Watkins announced Monday that it will open offices in Madrid and Barcelona on 1 January.
UK - Maxwell leaves Standard Life following dispute over SLIPE's future
Industry veteran Jonny Maxwell has left Standard Life Investments Private Equity, citing disagreements over the future of the division which he set up.
NL- Gilde Buy Out Partners hires three new team members
Gilde Buy Out Partners has announced that it has strengthened its team with three hires.
FRANCE - CVC hires industrial expert for its Paris office
CVC Capital Partners has announced the appointment of Patrick Verschelde as industrial partner in Paris.
UK - PPM Capital appoints new chairman for Paramount Restaurants
PPM Capital has appointed a new chairman to portfolio company Paramount Restaurants. John Conlan, the founder of First Leisure Plc and Chorion Plc, and more recently chairman of Barrucuda Plc, the managed pubs and bars business formerly backed by PPM...
LUXEMBOURG - Oostvogels Pfister Roemers appoints new partner
Oostvogels Pfister Roemers has announced the appointment of Jean-François Trapp, formerly partner at Noble & Scheidecker, as finance partner.
FRANCE - Fondinvest appoints new managing director
Former Caisse des Dépots subsidiary Fondinvest Capital has appointed Emmanuel Roubinowitz as managing director. Roubinowitz, who joined Fondinvest in February 2004 thus became the second managing director alongside François Gamblin. Both report to Charles...
UK - GI Partners makes new appointment
Kristen Mary has joined GI Partners' London office as director of investor relations. Prior to joining the firm, she was a Partner at placing agent MVision Private Equity Advisers.
UK - Jefferies expands European team
Jefferies investment bank has hired senior investment professionals formerly of HSBC to the firm's transportation, oil service and infrastructure group.
SWEDEN - Risberg joins 3i from InnovationsKapital
3i has hired Jonas Risberg as partner to its global venture business. Risberg will be responsible for investing in IT and communications businesses in the Nordic region. He was previously partner at InnovationsKapital, where he focused on investing in...
FRANCE - Wendel boosts its investment team
Wendel Investissement has hired two additional investment professionals.
GERMANY – BayBG with new MD
BayBG has announced that Peter Pauli will succeed retiring Dr Wolf Rüdiger Willig as managing director from 1 January 2007.
GERMANY - Life Science Partners recruits Jörg Neermann
Life Science Partners (LSP) has announced that Dr Jörg Neermann will join its team as partner operating from the Munich office as of 1 January 2007. Dr Neermann arrives from DVC Deutsche Venture Capital where he was a member of the investment team,...
UK - Standard Life European Private Equity Trust appoints new non-executive directors
The board of Standard Life European Private Equity Trust Plc has appointed Clive Sherling and Donald Workman as independent non-executive directors of the company, with effect from 1 December 2006. Sherling spent 17 years at Arthur Andersen, the last...
GERMANY – New partner joins Lovells in Frankfurt
M&A and private equity specialist Wolfgang Hess will leave Simmons’ Frankfurt office to join Lovells as a partner in January.
UK - Barclays Ventures appoints new head of its Birmingham office
Barclays Ventures has appointed Adrian Willetts as the new head of its Birmingham office. Willetts joins from European private equity firm Bridgepoint where he ran their Midlands operations. Willetts has been involved in a number of major private equity...
UK - Esprit appoints new partner
European technology venture firm Esprit Capital Partners has appointed Peter Keen as partner. A chartered accountant, Keen will assume responsibility for Espritтs financial and fund raising activity as well as providing investment support, with a focus...
SWEDEN - Northzone Ventures recruits Hans Otterling as new general partner
Nordic venture capital company Northzone Ventures has recruited Hans Otterling as new general partner. Hans Otterling is an addition to the Stockholm office, which to date has been led by Jörgen Bladh and Pär-Jörgen Pärson.
UK - Addleshaw Goddard appoints Andrew Carpenter as head of private equity
Addleshaw Goddard has announced the appointment of Andrew Carpenter as head of private equity to lead the practice through the next stages of its growth.
UK - 3i appoints Rupert Bell as director
3i has appointed Rupert Bell as a director within its Growth Capital business, based in London.
UK - Alcuin team joins Core Capital
Core Capital has announced that it has expanded its team with the appointment of Mark Storey and Ian Henderson-LondoУБo, formerly of Alcuin Capital. Mark and Ian worked together at BancBoston Capital, where Mark had worked since 1984 and was the UK managing...
FRANCE - Pascal Noguera joins Astorg Partners' investment board
French mid-cap buyout firm Astorg Partners has nominated Pascal Noguera as associate.
UK - New recruit joins MSIF's venture fund
Merseyside Special Investment Fund (MSIF)has appointed Jon Wormald as investment manager for its ТЃ40m venture fund. Wormald joins the fund from PricewaterhouseCoopers where he spent six years working in audit and transaction services in the entertainment,...
SPAIN - Henderson Global Investors opens Madrid office
Asset management firm Henderson Global Investors continues its expansion in Europe with the opening of a new office in Madrid. George Giovannini will be the country manager of the new office. Giovannini, who has been with Henderson Global Investors since...