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ITALY - Argos Soditic strenghtens its Italian team
Private equity firm Argos Soditic has announced the appointments of Mirco Dilda and Jean Pierre Di Benedetto. The two professionals, formerly from BPM Private Equity and JP Morgan respectively, will join the Matteo Carlotti as partners at the Italian...
UK - Lyceum Capital expands team
Lyceum Capital has expanded its team by appointing two new associate partners - Mark Hall and Rob Gershon. Hall will be responsible for identifying portfolio acquisitions and working with Lyceumтs portfolio companies on business development. He is a graduate...
UK - BDO Stoy Hayward Corporate Finance strengthens its business services sector expertise
BDO Stoy Hayward is strengthening its corporate finance team with business services expertise. Director Christopher Clark joins the lead advisory team from PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he has spent the last nine years advising numerous business services...
UK - Abingworth appoints John Heard as general counsel
Abingworth, the life sciences investment group, has announced the appointment of John Heard as general counsel. Heard will be based at the companyтs headquarters in London. He joins Abingworth from Intel Capital, the venture capital investment arm of...
GERMANY - 3i reinforces infrastructure team
3i has strengthened its German infrastructure team with the appointment of Uwe Danziger. A chartered accountant and qualified banking clerk, Danziger will lead 3i's German infrastructure activities.
UK - Bank of Scotland appoints Mark Hammond as head of Integrated Finance
Bank of Scotland Corporate has appointed Mark Hammond as head of Integrated Finance. He is responsible for over 70 experienced buyout transactors based in 7 offices throughout the UK and a portfolio of over 50 investments. Hammond takes over from Donald...
FRANCE - IDI poaches buyout giants
Two directors from the large-cap private equity firm Charterhouse Capital Partners are now to head the LBO team of small-cap independent listed investor IDI.
UK - Monument Group makes new hire
Monument Group Inc, a leading independent private equity placement agent, is pleased to announce that John B. McCormick has joined as a director. McCormick, formerly a specialised consultant with Cambridge Associates, joins Monument with 10 years of global...
GERMANY/SWEDEN – Benson Elliot appoints investment head Hansson
Private equity real estate firm Benson Elliot Capital Management has recruited Jan-Olof Hansson as an investment manager to direct German and Swedish operations.
FRANCE - Bryan, Garnier & Co appoints new partner
European investment bank Bryan, Garnier & Co has appointed Bruno Tourme as partner and head of the corporate finance technology group.
UK - Ingenious plans launch of Ingenious Securities
Ingenious, the media investment and advisory group, announces that Robert Benton and Richard Jeffrey have been appointed Chief Executive and Head of Securities, respectively, of Ingenious Securities, a new business to be focused on the media sector, which...
UK - NBGI Private Equity adds to investment team
NBGI Private Equity has announced that Nick Gibbons has joined its investment team as investment manager. He previously worked at Centrica Plc for four years in corporate strategy, commercial and business development positions.
FRANCE - Access Capital Partners boosts its communications
Fund-of-funds specialist Access Capital Partners has strengthened its team with two new appointments. Erin Sarret has been recruited as marketing director and Cécile Croissant as investor relations and communication director.
FRANCE - Crédit Agricole Private Equity appoints head of growth capital and LBO
Eric Pencréac’h has been appointed head of the growth capital and buyout team at Crédit Agricole Private Equity.
ITALY - BC Partners appoints Antonio Belloni
BC Partners has announced the recruitment of Antonio Belloni as managing partner of the firm’s office in Milan. Formerly CEO at De Agostini Group, he will be responsible for leading the firm's buyout operation in Italy. Belloni's new employer invested...
FRANCE - Montagu hires Apax's LBO director
Montagu Private Equity has hired Guillaume Jabalot as its new head of investments.
BULGARIA - DLA Piper opens Sofia office
DLA Piper has announced the opening of a new office in Sofia to strengthen the presence of its 11 other offices in Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth Independent States. The Sofia office will initially advise clients with a team of seven...
GERMANY - Waterland Private Equity strengthens senior investment team
Waterland Private Equity has appointed Jörg Dreisow and David Zimmer to its senior investment team. The two men join as investment director and senior investment director respectively.
ITALY - Consilium moves to new office
Consilium, the private equity firm of Antonio Glorioso, has recently moved to new premises. The contact details are: Consilium SGR pA Via Sacchi, 7 20121 Milan Italy Tel. +39 02 7260191 Fax. +39 02 72095768
UK - Daniel Mytnik joins Palamon Capital Partners
Daniel Mytnik has joined Palamon Capital Partners in London. Previously, he worked at Altium, the mid-market investment bank and Morgan Stanley Private Equity.
ITALY - DLA Piper appoints new partners
DLA Piper has announced the appointment of partners Luigi Rizzi and Alessandro Corno. Both specialise in financial services. Rizzi, a former Simmons & Simmons partner, has a wealth of experience in financial service and regulatory activities, as well...
SWITZERLAND - MVM Life Sciences appoints Søren Mouritsen
MVM Life Science Partners LLP announced today that Dr Søren Mouritsen has been appointed as entrepreneur in residence. Mouritsen will be based near Zürich, which the investor considers to be one of the most promising biotech clusters in Europe.
UK - Scott Mead joins Apax
Scott Mead, formerly of Goldman Sachs, is to join Apax as the chair of its global technology and telecommunications advisory board. He left the investment bank, where he was credited with shaping the telecoms industry in the dotcom era, two years ago....
UK - Candover appoints Clive Dolman and Alexis Dormandy as Operations Partners
Candover has announced that it has appointed Clive Dolman and Alexis Dormandy, both of whom join as operations partners. The role of operations partner is a new position at Candover, and will involve focusing on value creation in Candoverтs portfolio...