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UK - DN Capital appoints Pierre Suhrcke as managing partner

DN Capital has appointed Pierre Suhrcke as managing partner. Suhrcke will focus on financial service technology companies and development capital deals at DN Capital as well as provide coverage for the German speaking countries. He was formerly the European...

UK - Linklaters boosts its banking practice

Linklaters has elected banking partner Brian Gray to join the firm’s London banking practice. Brian Gray specialises in leveraged and acquisition financing, with particular experience in public-to-privates, infrastructure transactions, securitisation...

UK - Global Infrastructure appoints Joseph Blum as partner

Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) has appointed Joseph Blum as a partner and general counsel, based at the company’s London office. Blum will join GIP on 1 July 2007. He has extensive experience in representing sponsors and financial institutions...

UK - LDC boost South team

LDC has boosted its South team three new appointments. Adrian Willetts, James Austin and Richard Stewart join the existing team headed by Regional Managing Director, Kevan Leggett. Willetts joins LDC as director with a focus on new business and supporting...

UK - E-Synergy appoints Sam Richardson as investment director

E-Synergy has appointed Sam Richardson as investment director to the team managing its £30m Sustainable Technology Fund. The Sustainable Technology Fund, launched earlier this year, is a £30m UK Limited Partnership Fund backed by a mix of institutional...

UK - Joseph Bergin joins NBGI Private Equity from Octopus

Joseph Bergin has joined NBGI Private Equity as director. He will be based in Manchester and will focus on the North of England. Bergin was formerly at Octopus Investments where he was director for their VCT funds. Previously he spent nine years at 3i...

UK - Glitnir strengthens loans syndication team

Glitnir has announced two new hires to strengthen its UK team. Fabritzia Capurro joins as an associate director and Amanda Loughlin as a senior analyst in the London-based Global Loans Syndication team.

UK - LDC expands its London team

Andy Kilborn, who spent ten years with KPMG advising on mid-market transactions, joins as investment manager and Alex Bowden, previously based at LDC’s Reading office, joins as investment director. They bolster the now eight-strong London team led by...

SWEDEN - Industrifonden recruits two new investment managers

Industrifonden has hired two new investment managers. Stefan Jakelius, formerly head of seed financing at the Energy Agency, who will invest in cleantech ventures. Tore Tolke, formerly investment manager at Småföretagsinvest, who will work in expansion...

UK - LDC appoints Paul Johnson as head of larger mid-market team

LDC has appointed Paul Johnson to head a newly-created team which will focus on originating larger mid-market transactions. The team will target deals requiring an equity investment between £25m and £100m, the newly-instated upper reach of LDC’s underwriting...

SWITZERLAND - Adveq establishes US presence

The Swiss fund-of-funds manager Adveq has announced it is to open an office in New York. A number of the firm's investment team will transfer from the Zurich office to New York, where they will be joined by two new members, Lee Gardella and Steven Yang....

UK - Kreos appoints Luca Colciago as partner

Kreos Capital, the provider of debt financing for venture deals, has appointed Luca Colciago as partner. Colciago has focused specifically on venture debt for the past seven years. He joins Kreos from Noble Fund Managers, an alternative assets manager...

UK - Palamon expands investment team

Palamon Capital Partners has expanded its investment team with the appointment of Jaime­Enrique Hugas as principal. Hugas, a Spanish national, joins Palamon from Morgan Stanley where he was executive director of the European Media and Communications...

UK - LDC strengthens London team

LDC has appointed two senior investment professionals to its expanding London team. Andy Kilborn, who spent 10 years with KPMG advising on mid-market transactions, joins as investment manager and Alex Bowden, previously based at LDC’s Reading office,...

GERMANY - Bank of Ireland boosts Frankfurt team

Bank of Ireland has appointed Sebastian Osing and Jörg Tennemann to its Acquisition Finance team in Frankfurt. The new team members will focus on arranging funding opportunities in the German acquisition finance market. Osing joins from the M&A department...