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Goldman Sachs mid-market PE team makes hires
Esma Yildiz, who joins from Arma Partners, will head up mid-market sponsor coverage for the team
Speedinvest promotes Markus Lang to partner
Land joined Speedinvest in 2015 and has acted as a board member in various portfolio companies
Alpha appoints Desplanches as managing director in France
In his new role, Desplanches will report directly to Alpha Associés Conseil president Patrick Herman
ArchiMed appoints three new partners
Berthoux and Desmottes join as operating partners, while Philips becomes a strategic partner
Level 20 names Pam Jackson as new chief exec
Jackson succedes Jeryl Andrew, who will retire from the role at the end of the year
BVCA's Tim Hames joins FTI Consulting
Hames was recently replaced as director general by former cabinet minister Michael Moore
Azimut launches platform to invest in US-based GPs
Azimut appoints Jeffry Brown as CEO of AACP; Brown previously worked at Dyal Capital Partners
Isai hires Accenture's de Scorbiac
De Scorbiac was responsible for the Accenture Venture fund's activities in Europe
Sovereign's Peter Shaw joins Inflexion
Inflexion has added 11 professionals to its investment team since March this year
Eurazeo Growth makes new appointments
PE firm recruits two MDs and an associate across its UK, German and French offices
Verdane opens Berlin office
GP aims to invest in German consumer internet and software companies
Caledonia hires PwC's Lander
Appointment follows the hire of Toby Lane as an investment executive in the summer
Ropes & Gray promotes Todd to private equity partner
Law firm has made new appointments in its New York, Boston, Chicago and London offices
Ashurst appoints Gütle as partner
Gütle joins from the Munich office of Linklaters where she was a counsel in tax and fund advisory
Permira appoints Pascalizi as co-head in Italy
In his new role, Pascalizi will lead the firm's Milan office alongside co-head Fabrizio Carretti
Pemberton hires Gibson as head of IR
Gibson will support the launch of new strategies and new vintages of existing ones
Kartesia expands DACH presence via new Munich office
Firm's Munich expansion incorporates new hire Giuseppe Mirante, previously of HIG Capital
LGPS Central searches for head of private markets
New head would take direct responsibility for the private equity assets
Beechbrook hires Whitehouse as investment director
Whitehouse joins the private debt firm from the corporate and leveraged finance team at Lloyds
Invest Europe appoints Gimv's de Montgolfier as CEO
De Montgolfier joins from Brussels-listed investment firm Gimv, where he was partner and head of France
Reed Smith appoints Baker as partner
Colin Baker was previously Counsel at Goodwin Procter and an associate at SJ Berwin
AnaCap hires NN's Verret
Verret will be a managing director at the European financial services-focused firm
CVC Credit appoints Haaijman as head of client services
Haaijman previously worked at Alcentra as global head of product management and at JP Morgan
Sidley hires Proskauer partner
Eleanor Shanks joins Sidley Austin's private equity practice from Proskauer Rose