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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 Candover’s portfolio...
FRANCE - CAPE nominates Lecointe as General Secretary
Credit Agricole Private Equity (CAPE) has announced the nomination of François Lecointe as General Secretary.
FINLAND - CapMan appoints Vesa Walldén as senior partner
CapMan has announced several appointments as of October 2006. Vesa Walldén has been appointed as senior partner in the technology team, Jan Mattlin has been nominated as investment director in the buyout team, Gitte Reitz and Mari Huuhka as investment...
UK - Close Brothers Corporate Finance makes new appointments
Close Brothers Corporate Finance has made several senior promotions. Appointments include a further three directors in the UK, a new director in France and senior promotions in Germany. The three new UK directors are Gareth Davies, Darren Redmayne and...
UK - Sir Ronald Cohen to re-enter the arena
One of the founders of Apax Partners, Sir Ronald Cohen, who left the business in 2005, is set to indirectly re-enter the private equity world. He is teaming up with Lord Jacob Rothschild to set up Portland Capital, a fund which will invest in commodities,...
UK - August Equity announces appointment of Keith Davidson
August Equity Ltd has announced the appointment of Keith Davidson as Investment Manager. Davidson joins August Equity from PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he has been since 2002. Keith qualified as a chartered accountant with Arthur Andersen in 2002 before...
FRANCE - Aon Accuracy hires Bruno Husson
Financial advisor Aon Accuracy has announced the appointment of Bruno Husson as an associate. His role will entail developing all aspects of financial evaluations.
LUX - Oostvogels strengthened by new appointment
Following substantial growth in client activity, predominantly in the private equity sector, Oostvogels Pfister Roemers (Oostvogels) has added to its expertise by appointing Mr Frédéric Feyten as additional tax partner.
UK - Gresham appoints new investment executive
Gresham has announced that Simon Hemley has joined the investment team as an investment executive. He will be based in London.
SWEDEN - FSN Capital recruits two new Swedish partners
FSN Capital has recruited Peter Möller and Dan Johnson as partners to strengthen its presence in Sweden. Möller joins from Permira, where he has worked as an investment manager, and Johnson has fourteen years of experience from The Boston Consulting...
UK - YFM Group appoints new investment manager
YFM Group, manager of the £25m South West Ventures Fund, has appointed Julian Dennard as investment manager. Dennard will join the SWVF team which make venture capital funding available to small- and medium-sized enterprises with high-growth potential...
UK - Aberdeen Asset Managers Growth Capital appoints new investment manager
Aberdeen Asset Managers Growth Capital has appointed Jonty Hall as investment manager to its Northern team. Hall will focus on new investments involving smaller UK companies requiring up to £4m of equity finance, including MBOs/MBIs, expansion capital,...
ITALY - Advent appoints new chairman
Advent International, has announced the appointment of Francesco de Giglio as chairman of its Italian office. De Giglio is focused on mid-market pan-European buyouts and has over 18 years of experience in the Italian market. Prior to joining Advent,...
UK - Deloitte brings in US transaction expert
Deloitte has announced today the joining of Gary Levinson, the former head of the US firm’s Mid West transaction services practice, to its London office.
UK - HMV's Alan Giles to join Fat Face
Fat Face, the clothing group backed by Advent International has recruited Alan Giles as non-executive. Fat Face's sales rose to £81m for the year to May 2005 with an increase of 79% on operating profits to £13.4m.
UK - Braveheart announces new appointment to corporate finance team
Braveheart, the venture capital and investment management business, announces today that it has strengthened its corporate finance team with the appointment of Lesley Jardine as technology analyst. Jardine joins from the Scottish Executive and will be...