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NORWAY - Ferd strengthens its investment team
Ferd Equity Parnters has recruited three new investment professionals.
UK - Sloan moves from Maclay Murray & Spens to Latham & Watkins
Latham & Watkins has appointed Maclay Murray & Spens private equity partner Graeme Sloan.
FRANCE - AXA PE staff shuffle in UK and US offices
AXA Private Equity’s London office is modifying its structure to become a limited company, AXA Private Equity UK, which is set to relocate to its new premises by 1 June 2006. James Pitt, head of the UK office, is leaving the company, as well as David...
UK - SJ Berwin private equity partner takes TDR COO role
Private equity house TDR Capital has hired SJ Berwin corporate finance partner Blair Thompson as the groupтs chief operating officer (COO).
UK - UHY Hacker Young appoints new head of corporate finance
Peter Petyt has been named the new Head of Corporate Finance at the London office of top twenty accountancy firm UHY Hacker Young.
UK - HarbourVest promotes four investment staff
HarbourVest Partners today announced the promotions of four senior investment professionals. Kevin S Delbridge was named senior managing director, Michael W Taylor was named managing director, and Julia H Ocko and Scott C Voss were promoted to principals...
UK - Enterprise Ventures appoints new investment director
Enterprise Ventures has announced the appointment of Wayne Thomas as investment director.
UK - Ernst & Young appoints new head of private equity
Simon Perry has been appointed to the new role of global private equity leader at Ernst & Young in a move that underlines the growing interest by professional services firms in the buy-out industry, according to the FT.
UK - Curvey becomes partner at Duke Street
Duke Street Capital, the independent private equity fund manager, has announced the promotion of Colin Curvey to partner. Curvey joined Duke Street in 1999 and focuses on the consumer goods and insurance sectors.
SWEDEN - ICG recruits Timo Larjomaa as Nordic investment manager
Timo Larjomaa has joined Intermediate Capital Group’s (ICG) Nordic team in Stockholm as an investment manager. He has previously held positions at the Boston Consulting Group and the Finnish law firm Roschier Holmberg.
FRANCE - Mezzanine Management appoints new director
Mezzanine Management has today announced the appointment of Henry-Louis Merieux as a director. He will be based in Mezzanine Management’s Paris office and will be responsible for originating and managing mezzanine investments in France. Merieux previously...
UK - Cobbetts attracts Pinsent Masons' PE team
Cobbetts corporate team has recently attracted more private equity lawyers from Pinsent Masons. Partner Paul Johnson, Nicola Frost, Vicky Zivkovich and Paul Kelly have made the move, following Cobbettsт recent appointment of partner Sean Fitzgerald, who...
UK - Baker Tilly expands in Scotland
Stuart McCallum has joined Baker Tilly as a director within the corporate finance team based in Glasgow. He brings with him over ten years of corporate finance and business advisory across a diverse range of industries.
UK - LDC appoints Farazmand to head London team
LDC has appointed Tim Farazmand as London regional director to lead its seven-strong team based in Old Bond Street.
SWEDEN - Industrifonden appoints Anders Grånäs as investment manager
Anders Grånäs has been recruited as new investment manager at Industrifonden and will focus on ICT ventures.
SWEDEN - Segulah recruits Håkan Dahlin as CFO
Segulah has appointed Håkan Dahlin as CFO to start in his new position in the spring.
UK - Northern Trust makes four strategic appointments
Northern Trust, the provider of asset servicing, investment management and wealth management services, has made four appointments to its asset servicing business development team for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region.
UK - Duke Street appoints operating partner
Duke Street Capital has announced the appointment of Sir Neville Simms as operating partner.
GERMANY - Cipio promotes Dennert to partner
Roland Dennert has been promoted to partner of Cipio Partners in Munich. Cipio managing partner, Werner Dreesbach, said: 'Roland has successfully managed a number of our European and Israeli investments and made major contributions to the development...
GERMANY - Winter arrives in Frankfurt
Private equity lawyer Jochen Winter, whose clients include Fortress Investment Group and CVC Capital Partners, has left Linklaters to join the Frankfurt office of Willkie Farr & Gallagher.
UK - LDC recruits in the Midlands
LDC has strengthened its team in the Midlands with the appointment of Tim Newman as business development director.
UK - ICG appoints new non-executive director
The board of Intermediate Capital Group Plc, the specialist European and Asian provider of mezzanine finance, has announced the appointment of Justin Dowley as both a new non-executive director of the company and thereafter independent chairman of the...
UK - Kennet Venture Partners hires new director
Kennet Venture Partners has announced that it has appointed Eileen Tanghal as director. She will be based in the companyтs London office.
UK - PwC appoints Northern head of corporate finance
PricewaterhouseCoopers has appointed a corporate finance leader for its business in the North of England.