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UK - Pinsent Masons strengthens corporate finance team
Pinsent Masons has announced a fourth major corporate signing in Manchester with the move of highly regarded corporate finance specialist, Chris Moss, to the firm as a partner.
UK - Frontier Capital Management appoint chief operating officer
Frontier Capital Management has announced the appointment of Colin Hodges as its chief operating officer. Frontier was founded by Michael Azlen in 2004 in order to deliver a unique multi asset fund to the institutional, high net-worth and private banking...
UK - Warburg Pincus announces appointment of Charles Miller Smith
Warburg Pincus has announced that Charles Miller Smith has become a senior advisor to the firm. He will be based in London and will participate in the firm's European investment activities.
UK - Octopus makes two new appointments
Octopus Investments announced that it has appointed two new members to its private equity team; Richard Taylor and Jane Vinson. Taylor’s role will be to source and develop private equity deals working with advisory firms in the north of England –...
FRANCE - Electra Partners bolsters its Paris office
Electra Partners Europe has announced three new additions to its Paris office.
UK - Pinsent Masons makes new appointment to corporate finance team
One of the leading corporate lawyers in the North West, Stephen Levy, is joining Pinsent Masons' Manchester team in a move which underscores the top-level reinvigoration of the firm's regional corporate practice.
UK - Latham & Watkins appoints new structured finance partner
Latham & Watkins has announced that Mark Nicolaides has joined the firm's London office as a partner in the finance department.
FRANCE - DLA Piper appoints new partner for its Paris office
DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary, the global legal services organisation, has announced the appointment of Frédéric Bucher as a partner in the Paris office's corporate group.
UK - First Reserve Corporation strengthens London office
First Reserve Corporation, a leading US-based private equity firm that specialises in the energy industry, has announced the strategic hire of Neil J. Hartley as director. He will be based at First Reserve International in London.
UK - Lovells' private equity practice boosted by hire of Alan Greenough
Alan Greenough is to join Lovells to head up the firm's private equity practice. Alan is currently a partner and head of the London private equity practice at White and Case. He will be joined by two senior assistants, Amit Nayyar and Keith Woodhouse.
UK - Cinven appoints new partner
Cinven has announced the appointment of Benoît Valentin as a partner. Previously he was at Goldman Sachs where he worked for 12 years, initially within the investment bank in London and Singapore and later as managing director within the private equity...
UK - Panmure Capital recruits Richard Wyatt from Panmure Gordon
Panmure Capital, a joint venture between Bank of Scotland and Panmure Gordon, has been joined by Richard Wyatt who steps down from his role as executive chairman of Panmure Gordon.
UK - Sovereign Capital expands its team
Sovereign Capital Partners is expanding its investment team with the recruitment of Mark Williams as investment manager, bringing Sovereign’s investment team to 17. Mark joins from BA Capital Partners Europe - Bank of America Bank, where he worked on...
UK - Close Brothers announces senior management changes
Corporate finance house Close Brothers has today announced a reshuffle of its senior management team. The changes are part of the company’s strategy to position itself for its next stage of evolution. Martin Gudgeon, currently Head of European Special...
UK - Microsoft executive Judy Gibbons joins Accel London
Accel Partners has announced the appointment of Judy Gibbons as venture partner in its London office, which focuses on early stage Internet, software and communications investments in Europe and Israel.
GERMANY - Hogan & Hartson expands private equity practice
Hogan & Hartson LLP has appointed Dr Uwe Steininger as a partner within its Munich practice. Steininger, who formerly worked for SJ Berwin as an international private equity and funds lawyer, will help lead the German and pan-European expansion of Hogan...
UK - European Capital recruits two new directors to buyout team
European Capital today announces the addition of Alex Morey, director, and Julian Masters, investment director, to its UK buyout team in its London office. In addition, Athesan Guna and Ivan Stoyanov join the team as associates. With these recent appointments,...
UK - Dow Schofield Watts appoints seventh partner
Dow Schofield Watts LLP has announced the appointment of Craig Richardson as its seventh partner. Richardson trained as a chartered accountant with KPMG and subsequently spent 10 years with KPMG Corporate Finance. During the last three years Richardson...
FRANCE - Jean-Hubert Vial to join Astorg Partners as portfolio manager
Astorg Partners has announced the appointment of Jean-Hubert Vial to their team as portfolio manager. He will be joining from Rothschild & Cie, where he worked for six years as director of the mergers and acquisitions department. Mr. Vial has a degree...
GERMANY - AIB appoints new portfolio management leader
Allied Irish Banks has appointed Jens Dienstbach as team leader of portfolio management in Germany. Dienstbach will be responsible for leading the portfolio management team in Frankfurt with the aim of expanding AIB's acquisition finance activities in...
FRANCE - LBO France reinforces its team
LBO France is reinforcing its team by appointing Bruno Cremel as investment manager.
FRANCE - Triago-X appoints new principal
Triago alternative eXchange (Triago-X) has today announced the appointment of Justin Grover as principal. He will strengthen the team and contribute in the international development of the company.
UK - Citigroup recruits Laurent de Rosière to its private equity team
Citigroup’s Private Equity Placements Group has strengthened its team with the appointment of Laurent de Rosière from Acanthus Advisers, a London-based private equity advisory firm, where he was a Principal from 2003.
GERMANY - Dr Neuhaus Techno Nord announces new appointment
Paul Jozefak has joined Dr Neuhaus Techno Nord from his former position as investment director with SAP AG.