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Highlander Partners opens Romania office
GP has opened its inaugural office in the region after entering the Polish market in 2008
Genesis hires two for investment team
New hires will reinforce the investment team and will be active in planned fundraising
Aurelius expands management team
Albrecht will be responsible for acquisitions and sales across all business areas in his new role
Quilvest reshuffles management
Alexis Meffre takes over from Stanislas Poniatowski as Quilvest's executive chairperson
Marlborough opens office in Madrid, hires head of Iberia
PwC's Pedro Manen de Sola-Morales will become managing director and head of Iberia
Investec hires HSBC's Burgess
Burgess will focus on origination and execution of private debt services across Europe
Pantheon opens Japan office, hires three
New operation based in Tokyo, Japan will be Pantheon's seventh international office
Achleitner joins Investcorp advisory board
Career academic sits on the advisory board of several other financial institutions
Epiris appoints Brent as investment manager
Appointment comes shortly after the newly independent GP promoted Wilson and Wood to partners
Adcuram hires Brickenkamp and Feldt
Brickenkamp leaves his post at Frankfurt-listed Technotrans to join as head of operations
Dentons appoints Briz as Barcelona managing partner
In her new role, Briz will be in charge of strengthening Dentons' position in the Catalan market
Evoco strengthens team
Camenisch joins as director of finance and operations, and Sormani is promoted to director
Inflexion appoints three new investment partners
Hemmers will lead the TMT team while Coffin will focus on energy and Kaufman on minority investing
Rede hires former AlpInvest head of secondaries
Camacho will work in the role of principal in the Rede secondaries team led by Yaron Zafir
3i promotes Crane to partner amid appointments wave
GP hires Rothschild's Howard as director and makes four further senior European PE promotions
Epiris promotes Wilson and Wood to partner
Team members have been with the newly independent fund manager for five and six years, respectively
DLA Piper hires Baker McKenzie's Schumann
Schumann will be responsible for advising private equity and corporate clients on M&A transactions
Golding hires Allianz director Sedlmayr
Sedlmayr will be responsible for institutional client services and sales
State Street hires new MD for EMEA alternatives
Responsibilities will include driving the team's sales strategy across hedge and PE fund clients
DN Capital's Marovac named new Invest Europe chair
Marovac, the founder and manager of VC firm DN Capital, will chair the trade body until 2019
AGIC hires former Equistone partner Breuning to lead UK office
Breuning will be responsible for all of AGIC's UK investment activities and future fundraising
Szymański to leave Waterland's Warsaw office amid departures
Szymański joined the firm in February 2015 to lead Waterland's operations in the Polish market
Triago to expand London presence
Triago first opened a London office in 2016 but has recently moved to a new address
Ardian's Gaillard takes over as France Invest chair
Dominique Gaillard will chair the French PE trade body for two years, taking over from Olivier Millet